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Sunday, 1 August 2021

Gower Ghosts Published!

I am very happy to announce that my new guidebook Gower Ghosts is published today. 

There is more to explore on the Gower Peninsula than its outstanding natural beauty.

This is my second in my series of Gower guide books, the first being my most popular book to date - The Verry Volk - the Faery Folklore of the Gower Peninsula.

There will be a third, as yet untitled, book in these series of Gower guidebooks - look out for that sometime in 2023 (fingers crossed)...



Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Procrastination

Putting off writing by taking photographs of my writing. Again.


 

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Cracking On With Gobble

Cracking on with my vegan folk horror Christmas tale ~ Gobble.




 

Monday, 26 July 2021

Sunday, 25 July 2021

Hangman's Cross and Beggar's Pit

Working out where the hell I need to go...

Thank god for grid refs

My Destination for the final day's
shoot for Gower Ghosts


Hangman's Cross,from Graves Lane, Cold Comfort, Gower

The not easily negotiable footpath to the supposedly haunted Beggar's Pit


Beggar's Pit. Burial site of hanged felons and plague victims

Beggar's Pit


Beggar's Pit

Saturday, 24 July 2021

Thursday, 22 July 2021

Gower Ghosts

Writing for my guidebook on Gower ghost stories has now been completed. As has the book cover design :)

Monday, 19 July 2021

Daughter of Darkness

I have been wanting to reread one of my favourite books for while now. Unfortunately, when I opened my old paperback copy of the novel I realised immediately that it would not survive the task. So now I am now the proud owner of the UK 1st edition hardcover copy of the book. I managed to snag a copy from Abebooks and paid only a few pennies over a fiver for the book. I must admit though, that I do find the American paperback edition has the better cover art:


Sunday, 18 July 2021

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Sunday, 4 July 2021

Old Gower Ghost Stories: T-40 Days!

With just 40 days work remaining, I still seem to have one hell of a lot of work to do!



 

Friday, 2 July 2021

Thursday, 10 June 2021

Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Old Gower Ghost Stories ~ T- 66 Days

66 days left to complete this book of Old Gower Stories.

Me sorting through my images of Gower

I have written up all the North Gower tales, and now its time to tell all about this spooky old rectory in Rhossili:

The most haunted house in Gower 


The haunted rectory overlooking Rhossili Bay