The Rhymer, an Heredyssey

First published in Great Britain by Elsewhen Press, 2014

An imprint of Alnpete Limited

 

Copyright © Douglas Thompson, 2014. All rights reserved

The right of Douglas Thompson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, telepathic, magical, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Part of Part One appeared as Heredyssey in Sein Und Werden Magazine Summer 2013 ‘Not Quite Human’ issue; and part of Part Two appeared as The Rhymer in Ambit Magazine Issue 213, July 2013. Rupert the Bear is a trademark of Express Newspapers; National Trust is a trademark of The National Trust (Enterprises) Ltd. Use of trademarks has not been authorised, sponsored, or otherwise approved by the trademark owners. The passage quoted in Part Three is from The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, published by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1903.

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