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Ghostly Stories and Snowy Poems
For those who like ghost stories in the wintertime; in this collection are tales of the strange and supernatural, evoking folk-memories of hauntings and natural magic; interspersed between the stories are poems that tell of winter chill and the wildlife of a white frostbitten world.
An RAF pilot becomes snowbound on the Derbyshire moors and almost dies….. But what has the prehistoric barrow to do with his rescue?
An odd little sailor makes a long journey that ends in the crypt of a village church and he never realises how much terror he causes.
A Land Girl knows her brother has died in his battleship. But no one else knows anything about the sinking of the ship. Until one Christmas Day ….
A war-fatigued journalist visits his old friend, now a vicar
in the Cotswolds, and gets to know a former vicar who had lived there…..three hundred years before.
Returning after a long ignominious absence to attend his father’s funeral, a man is ignored by all but his former girlfriend.
Just some of the stories in this seasonal collection. And the poems such as 'Covenant of Wolf and Prey' chill the heart and mind. Winter is more than fireside comfort. It is the season of darkness, stark trees and the primeval desire for return of the light. Within the jollity there is a darker pagan element. Yet reading these stories and poems makes the mulled wine and the burning logs more warming, more welcome.
An RAF pilot becomes snowbound on the Derbyshire moors and almost dies….. But what has the prehistoric barrow to do with his rescue?
An odd little sailor makes a long journey that ends in the crypt of a village church and he never realises how much terror he causes.
A Land Girl knows her brother has died in his battleship. But no one else knows anything about the sinking of the ship. Until one Christmas Day ….
A war-fatigued journalist visits his old friend, now a vicar
in the Cotswolds, and gets to know a former vicar who had lived there…..three hundred years before.
Returning after a long ignominious absence to attend his father’s funeral, a man is ignored by all but his former girlfriend.
Just some of the stories in this seasonal collection. And the poems such as 'Covenant of Wolf and Prey' chill the heart and mind. Winter is more than fireside comfort. It is the season of darkness, stark trees and the primeval desire for return of the light. Within the jollity there is a darker pagan element. Yet reading these stories and poems makes the mulled wine and the burning logs more warming, more welcome.
115 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 17, 2013
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About the author
Elizabeth Harding
16 books1 followerOf Anglo-Scottish origin Elizabeth Harding was born in Sheffield but the family moved to Dundee when she was still a baby and several years later returned to Yorkshire. Now she lives in the Netherlands.
She is a novelist and poet; her books include the novels 'Winter of the Lyrebird' and the quartet 'The Exiled Bell' and poetry collections such as 'Saint Martin's Eve', 'Harley Davidson and Hildegard's Paraclete' and 'Fabula Saltica'. She has also worked as an editor and translator and for ten years taught Scientific Writing for the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. She travelled up and down the country, giving courses to PhD students at a great many Research Institutes. From Theoretical Physics to Cognitive Psychology, from Oceanography to Cultural Anthropology, there are few disciplines in which she has not been involved.
Now she is once again writing full time. She enjoys working with musicians and has collaborated on some words-and-music pieces with the American composer James Fulkerson.
A graduate in Political Science she has latterly given some impetus to her almost lifelong interest in Archaeology by following many ad hoc courses in the subject, attending field schools and taking part in a number of digs, including Vindolanda.
contact details: ikriaelizabeth@gmail.com
She is a novelist and poet; her books include the novels 'Winter of the Lyrebird' and the quartet 'The Exiled Bell' and poetry collections such as 'Saint Martin's Eve', 'Harley Davidson and Hildegard's Paraclete' and 'Fabula Saltica'. She has also worked as an editor and translator and for ten years taught Scientific Writing for the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. She travelled up and down the country, giving courses to PhD students at a great many Research Institutes. From Theoretical Physics to Cognitive Psychology, from Oceanography to Cultural Anthropology, there are few disciplines in which she has not been involved.
Now she is once again writing full time. She enjoys working with musicians and has collaborated on some words-and-music pieces with the American composer James Fulkerson.
A graduate in Political Science she has latterly given some impetus to her almost lifelong interest in Archaeology by following many ad hoc courses in the subject, attending field schools and taking part in a number of digs, including Vindolanda.
contact details: ikriaelizabeth@gmail.com
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