Often as writers we start with very primitive stories that evolve. But for me, the Phantammeron seemed to write itself, as if it had come fully formed and perfected in some believable universe who’s history I had simply tuned into. For I felt at times like an antenna tuned into some tale of woe repeating […]
August, 2020
Phantammeron Book Two – Sample Chapters
The following is the first two unedited chapters from Book Two of the Phantammeron, the dream-like section called the Anakrasitra. Chapter 1 – Phantaia The veiled eyes of a starless sky peered down into the shadows that hung below Heaven’s heights. For the Shade, that gentle Child of Night, had returned to hide all colour […]
On Tolkien and his Work’s Truest Meaning
The following is a response to a blog about a comment describing sub-creation and how Tolkien’s fantasy books were a reflection of the author and his great powers as a fantasists only. I disagreed. My words follow below….. * * * Actually, by creating his Mythopoeia, Tolkien is creating a self-referential medium that has no […]
