Cinder – Crispian Thurlborn

CINDER – cover reveal

As promised, below is the cover for CINDER. If you haven’t read the preview yet, then you can do so here. I had two ideas for the cover. I went with this one. The other was a moth that spread across the front and back covers. …

CINDER – book release

CINDER is a short story of around 8,000 words that I wrote over the past few months. Yes, I wrote that slowly. The tale itself is one of ghostly horror, although I don’t consider it to be horrific. I often find that our senses have …

Something wicked…

When the notification arrived in your inbox to suggest that I had posted something, you could be forgiven for checking twice. That’s right. It’s been a good half-year or thereabouts since I posted anything. There are a number of reasons for this. All of them …

The Optimist

THE OPTIMIST The circle turnsThe game beginsThe candle burnsNo one wins… Flame beckons hitherShadows bendingBlackened hearts witherDreams ending Moth to flameCinder wingsNone to blameSilence rings The candle burnsThe game beginsThe circle turnsNo one wins… – Crispian Thurlborn, “The Optimist” (2015) Click to rate this post!