Author of the Fantastical and Macabre
Apart from the classic, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, I’m particularly fond of “Fungi from Yuggoth“ by H. P. Lovecraft. Then again, there are several by Lovecraft and Poe that could have been included here… and, of course, one of my own from the …
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This is the poem that comes from the soon to be released novella, A Bump in the Night. Originally, I had intended to release the novella for Halloween. The fact that living in a rural part of the world that exists outside of the US means that …
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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!
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…where I sit and dream and write. For those wondering what is happening with “Glade”, I should mention that I have started work on the last few parts. In saying that, it is still quite some way from being released. There are parts that I need to rethink. …
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As I haven’t posted much in the last few months, I have decided to post another brief excerpt from “GLADE” (brief being the keyword here). This glittering shard of text is part of the poem that presents itself to the reader, all draped in leaves and …
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Here’s the last Valentine’s poem I’ll post. I wrote this for someone back in 2005. Despite the lack of reaction it garnered at the time, I thoroughly enjoyed writing this. I tested it out on a class of children I was teaching at the time and …
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Here is another poem that I wrote for Valentine’s Day. This one was actually written in the first days of January for someone close to me. She had made me a small book out of folded paper. It was about matchbox size. Within were ten pages with a front …
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