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Tee-Pee Tales II… Stuart France

* BUFFALO, FIELD-MOUSE AND RED-FOX cont. …Buffalo trampled the grass and tore up the earth with his front hoofs but when he looked for Field-Mouse he was nowhere to be found. ‘That’s put an end to him,’ thought Buffalo. Just … Continue reading

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Tee-Pee Tales… Stuart France

* BUFFALO, FIELD-MOUSE AND RED-FOX. Field-Mouse was out gathering wild-beans for winter when Buffalo came down to the meadow to graze. ‘He will mow down the long-grass with his prickly tongue and there will be no where left to hide,’ … Continue reading

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Gold-en-Brow- Stuart France #writephoto

* Ish-na-e-cha-ge, First-Born-Being, roamed among the Animal-Nations. He understood their ways and their languages. They beheld him in wonder and awe and could do nothing without his knowledge. He pitched his tent in the centre of the land and no … Continue reading

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Brain Fog -#writephoto – Stuart France

* Months it has taken. Months of meticulous research… Meetings in the darkest of disreputable corners where conspiracies are born and take fevered flight across stormy nights. All roads lead to the lair of the Black Beast. That fell apparition … Continue reading

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Looking for the Light Grove… Stuart France

* The Light Grove starts… …Where the Dark Grove ends. ** Stuart France

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‘Still raining, still dreaming’… by Stuart France

* …That night Jed’s ‘derelict’ appears in the bed-room enveloped in an aura of light. He slowly crouches and whispers in my ear: ” ‘E cummin outta dem bushes shinin’, ‘e shinin’ like sum black buff sun. * ‘E donna … Continue reading

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Samildanach…by Stuart France

* …The torchbearers hurriedly re-lit the torches of Dun Culhwch. “Why, a veritable master of all the crafts we have here, it would seem,” said Big Chief Hawthorn, “but let a seat be brought for this man who has asked … Continue reading

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Hound of Hades – by Jan Malique #writephoto-creature

This is my response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt #writephoto-creature. I watch Charon’s boat journey across the Sea of Night for an eternity; time is meaningless in this place. This is the true horror that awaits the dead in the … Continue reading

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Overkill hill by Stuart France

* Never look back! It is good advice, unfortunately in literature, this advice, when given, is never adhered to. Gilgamesh…Orpheus…Lot…Dr Faustus… They are all concerned with Soul. The Soul that turns to look back is caught in time. It is … Continue reading

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Ground Zero from Stuart France

* Deep in the heart of Derbyshire… * * A single, eerie light shines out from Langsett Towers… * * And something primal stirs. * * As night descends, a flare flames… Continue reading here.

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