Grasping the Gothic Part four: the undead.
We’ll always have Whitby
Tag: Creative writing
The Godfather of Gloomth
Grasping the Gothic part three: revival and rebirth. Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill.
Uneasy Lancashire
A pointer to some rural and coastal gems and the scribbling they inspired.
Deep desires
Here are three books I’ve read this year that I can recommend. Each is very different not only from the other two, but from the run-of-the mill works in their respective genres. Desire is at the core of all three.
Building Bohemia Way
Scribing a serial story and the shock that brought it to a stop.
Down to Eartha
Chapter Ten
Bearded Iris
Chapter Nine After Gentile Jesus entered 13A Bohemia Way he never came out. Mother Eartha re-baptised him and he became a new woman. His father was well displeased, his mother confused, his sister unconvinced. Gentile Jesus, aka Christopher Proctor, had been a promising potential civil engineer, but the diversions of 13A become the only way. … Continue reading Bearded Iris
Gentile Jesus
Chapter Eight. Mostly fictional.
The scribbler and the ceramicist
The remaking of patterns The familiar question came again. “Where do you get all your ideas?” The answer is unchanged. “From the same place as you.” Yet she was a ceramicist and I a scribbler. Judging by the display on her stall she is every bit as creative and productive as I, if not more … Continue reading The scribbler and the ceramicist
The Shredder-scope
Chapter Seven
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