Background: The story is rapidly coming to it’s conclusion and becoming harder for me to write knowing this. I started the tales a year ago as an exercise in writing simple little fantasies about a young girl of the Tuatha de Danaan trying to find her lost dreams, but as I went along it began…
Category: Tales of the Caravanserai and other short stories
Tales of the Tuatha – Niamh’s Journey (chapter 32 & 33 of the keep it sweet and short tales)
Finally I’ve continued with my fairy tale and Niamh’s dream journey, – and to catch up from my hiatus I have written two full chapters ( that are still, as usual, a work in progress- arghh). Bear with me fellow story enthusiasts and read at your leisure- or like Alice, just enjoy the pictures!! Meeting…
Tales of the Tuatha (chapter 31 of Niamh’s Journey)
for a few who asked, the story continues!! The next mythical chapter has arrived as…….. The Tears of the Forest Niamh found herself walking through the evening trees and avoiding the more traveled paths of men. She allowed the west wind to guide her into a clearing. In the center of the grove a man stood…
The magic of Light refraction
The Daily Post Challenge A tale of the Crystal Cave a very short story As the light reached the innermost part of the cavern it pierced the stalagmite shard and a single jubilant tone rang through the subterranean halls. The sound shivered through the souls of the waiting listeners. Ixchel, the rainbow goddess was…
Samhain, sorcery and the visual alchemist at work
Hallow’s Eve is coming ( scary ghost sounds)!! I am still trying to catch up with home, work, and WordPress and I don’t yet have any spooky images at the ready ( who me!!- queen of Goth!) but do visit Ed Mooney and his wonderful Bram Stoker Posts. I know others will post on the…
Tales of the Tuatha (chapters 29 & 30) of the keep it sweet and short tales
Dear readers, writers, photographers, philosophers, poets and friends! Only a few days left to Scotland and Ireland!! I’m starting to lose it ( as I always do before a big trip) I’ll try to check in when I can!! In the meantime I managed to finish two more chapters of my sweet Niamh’s journey. (29)…
tales of the caravanserai
I wrote this story a few years back, one of my first, so I decided to include it- a folk tale with tributes to Oscar Wilde, the Childe Ballads, Ozimandias, Scheherzade, and to the great deserts and those who wander on them. Thanks to the Story Warrior Institute, J. Hayduke and Asmira McConnell, and…
Tales of the tuatha – (Chapters 27 & 28 of the keep it sweet and short tales)
Finally by popular demand- another chapter 😀 Niamh’s Encounter with the Morrigan This new landscape though beautiful, felt strange to Niamh. The forest road was worn with the tracks of footsteps and horses hooves. She knew she was traveling in the lesser known sphere of men so she stayed hidden by the stream, keeping close to the…
the runes of the gatekeeper's daughter- dedicated to Nick 