This Is Getting More Disturbing By The Page

 

"The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, is getting into very disturbing territory, extremely violent and scary but still an excellent read. Slipping into how good men can be cowed and quieted when everyone falls in line with the violent bully, but there may be some hope. I will let you know.

"The King Of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany is still rather excellent Orion, son of Lirazel and Alveric looks like he is going to leave the land of men and go to Elfland, as he is half-elf.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Beyond The Fields We Know" by Mary Hopkin, Bob Johnson and Pete Knight

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
6. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
7. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Blood And Cruel Murder

 "The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, has now got me hooked, it is not my thing , it gets more bloodthirsty by the page and the body count keeps going up, but it is keeping my attention going.

"The King Of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany is still rather excellent although I found the hunting and killing of the unicorn by Orion quite disturbing. Orion is Lirazel's son and it looks like he will find Elfland once more after his father lost it.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Thomas The Rhymer" by Steeleye Span

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
6. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
7. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Rome And Elfland

 "The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, has now got me hooked, it is not my thing , but I did like Britannia with David Morrisey and McKenzie Crook, and it is quite bloodthirsty so I will finish it but unlikely to follow up the series, but if you like this sort of thing then definitely give it a try.

"The King Of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany is a different kettle of fish. I love it although some of the language is a little flowery and repetitive. A wonderful story of love and loss with heaps of magic and fantasy, and some extreme violence. It is also a lot broader than I was originally expecting but is still a great read.

So this is my kick-off post for 2025

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Roman Wall Blues" by Alex Harvey

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
6. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
7. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

No Romans In Elfland

"The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, which is a Roman War thing, is not my cup of tea, I am finding it a bit like a history lesson. It's not bad enough to ditch but not too enthralling for me.

"The King Of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany is a different kettle of fish. I love it although some of the language is a little flowery and repetitive. A wonderful story of love and loss with heaps of magic and fantasy, and some extreme violence.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Seven Hundred Elves" by Steeleye Span.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
6. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
7. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Blood Crows And The King Of Elfland's Daughter

 

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read but now finished but cliff-hanging into the second book "The Mime Season"

Meanwhile I have started on "The Blood Crows" by Simon Scarrow, which is a Roman War thing, not my cop of tea, but I like the title and rescued it from a local street book exchange. I am forty pages in after two days, so it has got me on board.

I am also enjoying "The King Of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany I was aware of this but came across the song "Lirazel" and then the album and the book, and it is rather excellent.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Lirazel" by Mary Hopkin from the album "The King Of Elfland's Daughter"

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
6. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
7. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Jailbreak

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". Paige is now effectively the leader of a mass jailbreak cum revolution and the first book draws towars its conclusion.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy despite the slightly silly lyrics.

"Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak

Somewhere in this town"

It might be a the jail guys 😺

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

(No) Escape

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". Paige has been kidnapped and sent to Oxford and is effectively a prisoner. She gets a chance to go back to London and tries to escape in a fight but she ends up back in Oxford. The book is excellent.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes. Great main riff, dire lyrics.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Fighting For Strangers

 

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". The book is drawing me further and further into its universe and currently, we are at a psychic and physical battle that Paige (The Pale Dreamer) is involved in at Trafalgar Square. She is on the wrong side fighting against those that she wants to be reunited with.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Fighting For Strangers" by Steeleye Span

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Over The Hill Of Bones

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". It gets more engrossing as you go through, in a sort of dystopian Dickensian fashion. I am still wrestling with the concepts but that is part of the joy of this ride.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Over The Hill" by John Martyn

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Bad To The Bone Season

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". I have just picked this up again after being on holiday and the further I get into it the more I know that I will be getting the whole series in my library. It is very violent but I have documented that in previous posts, but I keep reading one more page because I want to know what is going to happen.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Pale Dream Is Over

 

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". I am a hundred fifty pages into The Bone Season, and have finished The Pale Dreamer which is just eighty pages of which five are the epilogue and fifteen are a glossary, but is still a great read and a great start to the series which I will be reading.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "The Dream's Dream" by Television

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

A Pale Dreamer

 

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read. I said I thought it was two chapters, but it is two books, the main one followed by the prequel "The Pale Dreamer". I am a hundred pages into The Bone Season, but then thought I should really read the prequel first so unusually I have two bookmarks in one book to remember where I was in the main book.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Pale Shelter" by Tears For Fears

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

The Bones Are Showing

 

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read but a big book, It is a near future dystopia with elements of Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast", Philip Pulman's "His Dark Materials" and "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. While it is easy to read it is not an easy read and cyberpunk elements are reminding me of the work of Willam Gibson.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "International Robots" by The Saints

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

The Bone Season Goes On

"The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  is a brilliant read but a big book, It is a near future dystopia with elements of Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" , Philip Pulman's "His Dark Materials" and "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Chant of the Ever Circling Family" from "Diamond Dogs" by David Bowie

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

Dem Bones

I got it wrong that  "The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon,  has only two chapters. It's the book and it's prequel although the prequel ("The Pale Dreamer") is after the book. It does have chapters and white space and, so far it is an excellent read.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "Bones" by Imagine Dragons

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram

It's Bone Season

I ditched"The Complete John Silence Stories" by Algernon Blackwood it was getting like pulling teeth. Dry as hell and the third story was like a badly stitched quilt.

Next up is "The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon, which has 550 pages and is not what I expected from the title. It's a near-futuristic dystopia and has only two chapters, the first of which is 450 pages so that scares me, but twenty pages in it has me hooked.

I recently discovered that my American Amazon Author page has a feed from this blog which you can see here. It only shows on the .com site but not on others. C'est La Vie.

The music is "The Earth Dies Screaming" by Tom Waits from the album "Bone Machine"

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories

I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

1. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
2. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
3. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
4. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
6. Three Reasons Why I Love Settle - Scaleber Force, The Hoffman Kiln and Castlebergh Crag
7. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
8. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer and this is her Instagram