The Lady of Shalott
The only thing I can remember about my mother is that she told me I was going to die. I must have been just entering into my third year at the time, for…
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Diwrnach is Dead
Diwrnarch is dead. The great blue slabs of his limbs lie spread-eagled across his table. His fists are heavy clenched stones. His corpse is headless. His head lies in a bloody pool on the…
The Black Knight and the Night of the Ancestors: Part 2
After all the guests were safely abed for the night, Ceridwen’s Champions met at the stable to dress their horses and depart the villa, heading for Londinium. The walled city was only a short…
The Black Knight and the Night of the Ancestors: Part 1
Steward Osric stood on the edge of the orchard, looking up at the threatening sky with an experienced eye. There was a freeze on the way, he could feel it, and still over a…
Arthur and the Vale of Shadows: A King Arthur Story
One crisp October day, King Arthur and his trusted knight, Sir Lancelot, set out from Camelot. They brought no companions other than their horses, as it was a cloudy day with adventure in the…
Beyond the Mists: A King Arthur Poem
When Arthur’s Golden Age had ended and the country fell to mourn, it's true, some beauty fair had ended like the sparkling morning dew. The earth took on a darker hue. But I was one…
A Dream and a Journey: The Writing of “The Black Knight of Avalon Chronicles”
The Black Knight Rises In the many adaptations of Arthurian Mythology, the character of the Black Knight’s story has never been truly told; to many he is a mysterious and evil man, who appears…
Shalott Revisited: A King Arthur Poem
I once met a fine young man Winning in his manners, honest in his speech With ideals that defied the world So broad in their scope, believing in the unseen Clinging to faith, and when…
A Glimpse of Reality: An Analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”
“On either side the river lie, long fields of barley and of rye…” These are the opening lines in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, “The Lady of Shalott”. The poem, loosely based on the tale…