I see you enchantress but are you real, When knowing this love you make me feel, It seems as though from a dream you tease-- Am I the only one you please? Do not lay beside me, I am not worthy of your thoughts, My humanity defiles you with the hunger that it courts, … Continue reading Enchantress
Happy Halloween
For today and tomorrow you can download the The Dark Rising for free on Kindle or Kindle App, a short tale from the urban fantasy series The Forest Town Chronicles. Happy Halloween! *** Every town has its secrets, but are the sins of the past ever truly buried? Jason Turlow works the night shift in the local chicken … Continue reading Happy Halloween
Saddle of Meat
They ride this beast through unending days, feed it their hopes and fears like acorns from the lowest branches. It grunts beneath the weight of their burdens, a saddle of meat in this butcher's yard called life, in search of meadows long-forgotten, a world in verdant green beyond the madness of a world unseen, waiting … Continue reading Saddle of Meat
Visions of Insanity
Visions of Insanity Lost from life, lost of soul, inhabiting this dark domain, Through visions of insanity nothing else remains. What sights are seen, unheralded views of a madness beyond control, the insight of a wicked past brings anger to the soul. They lock the madmen up in cages but who is … Continue reading Visions of Insanity
Tuesday night by candlelight
Well, what a pleasant surprise I had tonight with the fab Mrs. H treating me to a candlelit dinner after the rugrats were safely tucked up in bed! And to top it all, I found out the wine we had been slurping was an environmentally conscious brand to boot. So well done Banrock Station, and … Continue reading Tuesday night by candlelight
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!
Scientists at NASA are getting their test tubes in a twist over reports that water may infrequently flow on Mars. Which inevitably leads to the age old question of whether life could exist on the red planet... which in turn leads to a more pertinent question: How long before we wipe it out? Thanks for … Continue reading It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!
Apparatus of Death
TV said, "I am the apparatus of death. I am the scream of a thousand tongues, the raw storm of whispers beneath summer's sweet sweat. I see your skin boiled, pink wax, mother's breast crushed by bitter milk, shadows fasting in repulsive worship that ache in the symphony of time." (c) Darren Hawbrook I wrote this … Continue reading Apparatus of Death
First Days of School
Wow. So today I officially own a schookid. How'd that happen? Okay, bad choice of words, I know how it happened--you don't need to have that 'birds and bees talk' with me--I just can't believe how quickly it happened. After a few taster sessions to ease him into the swing of things, we dropped Oscar off for … Continue reading First Days of School
Albatross
There is no summer across the swollen sea, just the cold, distant sun-- an unfathomable loneliness between the sky and waves, a wind-blown expressway for travellers lonely, soaring, clipping currents on giant wings, no reason or rhyme for these mariners of ancient time, soaring with the grace and beauty of a million generations-- voyagers of the endless sea. (c) Darren Hawbrook *** Unfortunately, … Continue reading Albatross
Forest Town is open for business
It’s been a long hard road, but the website for the Forest Town Chronicles is finally up and the second book, The Dark Rising, is now available on Amazon. The website is a little basic at the moment, purely because after almost two years of fiddling and trying to make an unintuitive WordPress theme work, … Continue reading Forest Town is open for business
Blurred Worlds 