STAINED GLASS
In the first edition of C. G. Howes: A scholar’s guide to the Stained Glass of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isles – a much inferior work in many ways Dominic Trelayn thought, to Painton Cowen’s...
View ArticleIn The Days Of "The Days Of 'The Days Of Our Lives'" (Cut 1)
This story was originally printed in Missing Pieces (2001) (It's intended to be capable of being read in 3 different orders, this version follows the Doctor, Ben and Polly's timeline, so I'm going to...
View ArticleIn the 'Days of the "Days of ""The Days of Our Lives"""' (Cut 2)
This story was originally printed in Missing Pieces (2001)(It's intended to be capable of being read in 3 different orders, this version follows Cliff Archer's timeline, and will need to read in...
View ArticleIn the 'Days of the "Days of ""The Days of Our Lives"""' (Cut 3)
This story was originally printed in Missing Pieces (2001)(It's intended to be capable of being read in 3 different orders, this version is the 'puzzle box' order it was originally printed in -...
View ArticleCaptain Scarrett - the preBrakespeare Years
Among Captain Scarrett's most peculiar assignments in the War, was the time he was given a deep cover position in a version of WW1 and told simply to wait for 'the doubling'.He protested this unhelpful...
View ArticleThe Ox Bow Train
The Ox Bow Train (From A Target For Tommy, reprinted here now that collection is no longer commercially available for charity. Please consider making a donation to an anti-cancer charity for...
View ArticleThrough the Pentagonal Window
Around the house the creatures goThey pass like shadows to and froAnd what they are we can not knowSo keep the latches tight.But father see the fur that gleamsLike rainbows flashing across streamsThese...
View ArticleMaltloaf : The Duckling Song
Suggested by Bryan Burford saying: I'm not sure what you think ducklings do, but it's not that.and Rob Buckley saying: The lesser known Meatloaf song. During a discussion about television in which the...
View ArticleWriting news
Drafts of1) The Black Archive #19: Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit, and2) The Book of The Enemy, a Faction Paradox anthology.are now in (although don't panic if you writing something for me for (2)...
View ArticleMaterial that didn't make the cut #1
"Everything is true. Every work of comedy every work of horror. The difference is one of perception. The universe is a battleground between joyous irrationality and hateful constriction, between...
View ArticleIf Ogden Nash wrote on School Shootings
I don't think I could ever be pally,With someone who couldn't tell the difference between Degas and Dali. I'd find it hard to be a chum see, with those who can't discourse on Noam Chomsky.And as soon...
View ArticleThe Trappers [Lesser Non-timebound entities]
Trappers set their time webs around a set of events as time-bound species might around convenient locations. They are capable of nudging events closer in space-time so that co-lateral species can move...
View ArticleOn Our Origins
"Council of The Eight, hear me. I meant no blasphemy.It is clear that the chamber from which we were,Disgorged upon our new and verdant worldWas built by creatures other than ourselvesContaining as it...
View ArticleOn Story Titles
THE BENIGHTED BOOKSHELVES OF BERNARD BENISON.The wallpaper behind the bookshelves showed blank untitled books piled higgledy piggledy. Some were shown with the edges of the pages towards the room, and...
View ArticleThe Stories of Bernard Benison: Extracts
THE RED BIRTHThere had been no children born in Masura since the time of the Last Plague. The youngest boy was touching his teens now, and the youngest girl the same – though she looked older and...
View ArticleProgress and links for 2019 writing todate
2019 progress reckoner.The Immortal Seaton Begg - with editorhttps://obversebooks.co.uk/product/sextet-an-obverse-celebration-bulk-shipping/The Blues of the Endless Sky - published March...
View ArticlePoem suggested by Tin Bott's art "The Murder Club"
The Murder ClubUnder the arching roof of stone that mocked the broader sky,the crows with eyes of bone decreed the bulldog pup must die!Three birds were there, the murder crew, the wallowers in...
View ArticleProgress Update
2019 Achievements PublicationsThe Blues of the Endless Sky - published March 2019King in Yellow graphic novel issue 1 - published April 2019Stories submitted to editorsThe Immortal Seaton Begg -...
View ArticleThe Ouruboros
They say that death is but a birthIf so, why is it shunned by all?A seaman does not shun a berth,A baby does not shun its caul.Nothing that nature gives to youthIs half as cold as age’s hand.Nothing...
View ArticleThe Bonebreaker's Yard
What happens when they get too old to change?When moonlight doesn’t fire their blood, enough,The songs sung from wood are merely noise,That no commercial amplifier can raise, untilThe hackles on the...
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