The celebration of Nature in books today has diminished since the days of Thoreau and Wordsworth. But I have decided to make the natural world one of the central themes in all my novels. From the beginning I decided that fantasy needed to be reborn within the grandeur of Nature, much as Tolkien had tried […]
Excerpts from a Dusty Tome
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 […]
The Meaning of Witches
As a kid growing up in America, I’ve always loved Halloween, especially the mystery and fear associated with it. We often wonder where such strange holidays come from. I’ve done some research in the past on American holidays and the odd symbols and creatures associated with them. And that is where I started to uncover […]
