Beltane Eve
The thirtieth of April is traditionally the eve of Beltane, the rebirth of summer when, according to Borrobil, the strange little man of William Croft Dickinson’s classic tale, the dark king of winter...
View ArticleFox fire in Holmfirth
Holmfirth, nine o’clock on a Saturday night… the smell of fish and chips leads three hungry travellers in search of food, the smallest of whom is fairly bouncing up and down at the prospect of a real...
View ArticleThe gap in the hedge
The morning walk was pre-dawn so the camera had stayed at home. Unfortunately there was also a fox that apparently needed chasing… so the sun was already colouring the east as we finally reached the...
View ArticleFlame
The flame died; Spitting a public obscurity, Veiled by volume And the sparkle of illusion. An outpouring of love That quenched fire with fire, Heat with ice, Desire with approval And the smooth...
View ArticleDiscovering Albion – day 9: Phoenix
“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring…” Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Just before midnight, October 19th 1906, workers who had been installing a new system in the...
View ArticleFirefox
Mister Fox: The Legend Sue Vincent & Stuart France A Graphic Novel Available in Paperback and for Kindle On Amazon UK, Amazon.com and worldwide “…Mister Fox are portrayed here as they wish to be...
View Article‘ON THE ROAD AGAIN…’
…Since we crossed into the Garden State, Jed has been circumspect about the fire-ban, enquiring at all our stops to see if it is still in force and just what is and what is not acceptable. No one he...
View Article#writephoto microfiction: Trapped by Jane Dougherty
Reblogged from Jane Dougherty Writes: Snow had fallen gently all day, but at nightfall it stopped. Inside the house, they listened to the silence and shivered. Not one of them had dared set foot...
View ArticleLantern – Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto
The lantern shone out in the darkness, guiding all that needed it out of the gloom and to safety away from the fire. The light reflected in the fancy windows of the museum sending a strange glow across...
View ArticleMicrofiction #writephoto: Pandora by Jane Dougherty
There was something strange about the couple at the house on the hill. They had been in the village no time and already their names cropped up everywhere: he on the board of governors of the local...
View ArticleIgnis by Jan Malique #writephoto
Sue’s writing challenge this week gave me a good kick up the bottom, in the nicest sense I have to say! My creative fires needed stoking, they needed an injection of oxygen. My enthusiasm for writing...
View ArticleCast Out by Sarah Brentyn #writephoto
Fingertips touching, never leaving, they dance. Embers glowing, wind blowing, they move. Hair whipping, voices crackling, they sing. Fire curling, stars fading, they twirl. Calling for the flames to...
View ArticleFlame by Inia Jardine #writephoto
It is extremely dangerous to ask me to write about flames, as I have very few positive things to say about them. Let’s look at the categories of flames : You get those which burn, torture and kill,...
View ArticleDerelict by Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto
There was no telling what the small abandoned building had been used for over the years. Still though something drew me towards it every morning as I was running with my four dogs. It was a small...
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