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Posted on May 2, 2016

Our Selves, Alone. Extract 4. Nthposition. 2010

“When society was organised along rational lines, it is surprising how many people were left behind.” That line is striking on re-reading this stories. I am not sure how well my…

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Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

St Berrihert’s Kyle and Well

A little while ago I reblogged a post from Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland on St Berrihert’s Kyle . Others have written about this site and generally describe it as in various ways magical. My…

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Posted on January 25, 2016

The Casebook of Carnacki, The Ghost-Finder by William Hope Hodgson. SF Site 2014

I came across this book in a Clonmel bookshop, and it became one of the pieces I submitted to SF Site based on my own reading, rather than a book…

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