Mortals and Immortals

Dream Child   The salt water was chilly, playing with the sand at low tide. In the rock pools, warmed by the sun, anemone’s...

Elder Brother and His Sister   In the harbour the gulls called, answered by the craw of black crows from the fir plantation. The wind billowed the...

Golden Hair   The boat’s horn sounded a departing blast, the engine’s note rose and white water swirled around the stern....

Handsome Prince   Seven flowers bloomed on seven stems. One red, one white, one yellow, one blue, one orange, one violet and one that...

Hedge Girl   Their neighbour played his lively pipe; their cousin was keeping the tune on the fiddle, while everyone else danced on...

Mother Earth   Sleepy, yawning, across the meadows the sun rolls out the shadows, long, low dark patches. The flowers turned to look...

Small Green Man   A small green man sat nonchalantly on her hand. She gently turned him over, pondering his perfectness. Every small...

Troll   Ogre? Giant? Troll? Which one today? He lazed in the down, musing. Ogre meant dark castles, clanking armour, battles...

Waiting Horseman   She awoke and lay listening as the clock ticked relentlessly. She wondered if the figure still sat on the horse in the...

Wise Man and Wise Woman   It is said, fine before seven rains before eleven. ‘Poppycock! Poppycock! Come in and eat your...