A Drink of Darkness
- Authors
- Burke, Siobhan
- Date
- 2013-02-02T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.05 MB
- Lang
- en
Eight tales from the author of “Perfect Shadows"
Drink the Darkness — In this story we meet the protagonist, Kit Marlowe, from “Perfect Shadows” as he spends a weekend on Lake Geneva with Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Mary’s cousin Clare and John Polidori. In that august company it is guaranteed an interesting time will be had by all!
The Knife and the Ring — Loosely based on “The Cruel Sister”, a folk song involving a harp made from human bones and strung with hair.
Eldest — Another fairy tale for older girls plagued with a younger sister. Influenced by another folk song, “Farmer there lived in the North Country”.
Here are 4 tales of Robin Hood based on the television series “Robin of Sherwood” (1984) directed by Richard Carpenter.
A Bad Day in Sherwood
In This Strange Land
The Robin and the Wren
Roger of Sherwood
The Voice of the Bell — A short story of madness