Showing posts with label Remembrance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Remembrance. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Autumn Tales from Ruler's Wit



The fourth short-story anthology from Ruler's Wit, Autumn Tales, has an abundance of seasonal stories and is available from Amazon.

To give an idea of the genres, the stories are as follows:


The Bonfire is a tale of moving on. Who would want a Thai bride? Most appropriate for this time of the year.

Pilates, Pumpkins and Prosecco is both funny and heartwarming. It sees the members of a Pilates class preparing to celebrate, but why isn't one member as popular as she might be?

Dave & Dave and the Halloween Surprise - Are you afraid of spiders? Find out how Dave and Dave cope in this hilarious story set around a night for tricks and treats.

Time For Tea sees strange happenings around a little girl when a new tea shop is being prepared for opening.

Chocolate Makes My Clothes Shrink - Who is eating all the chocolates? Set in and around an MP's surgery in a town library, the librarian there needs to find out as well as fending off unwanted advances.

Hunting in Plain Sight - A femme fatale finds her intended on the spookiest night of the year, but is she all she appears to be and are her intentions honourable?

Life on a Silver Spoon 2: Part Two - Amber Hawkins returns to continue her quest to marry the Lord of the Manor; will she succeed?

The Child Inside - A special little boy has a strong relationship with his child-minder, so strong that his remarkable talents draw them to a disturbing conclusion.

Lee’s Painted Dragon - When Lee finds out that his life is not all he once thought, his dragon tattoo takes him to a dark place.

Medium Rare - Have you ever had your cards read? This humorous story sees two friends visit a medium to see what their futures might hold.

Retribution - A retired scientist finally perfects the invention that will change his life, but perhaps not in the way he had hoped.

A Hidden Clue - Caitlin Blake and Florence Carter have returned from their summer holiday and it seems that Caitlin's husband's death wasn't without suspicion, and she is threatened as a result.

Some Kind of Sign - The luckless DI Sandbach investigates a gruesome murder without a body to be found. You may not eat bacon sandwiches ever again!

What Alice Left Behind - Based on Alice Through the Looking Glass - the Alice in this story needs to return to the party and asks the mantel clock to help her.

Keeping the Peace - What would have happened if the Armistice hadn't been signed in 1918? Our time-travellers need to help to keep the peace.

Poppy Day - A moving story of remembrance set in the National Arboretum in Alrewas.

Autumn Tales is available from Amazon and on Kindle


You might also like:

Spring Tales

Summer Tales

Winter Tales


Sunday, 10 November 2013

Remembrance - Poem: Pals










Pals

                                                                    
 In this lonely place

     rows of white stone       
mark the spot
where we once saw the dawn. 
                                                                                     
In this lonely place
     a solitary oak 
         whispers its sadness

                   where we once carved our names.

In this lonely place
     a flower blooms
         bright as the sun

                   that once warmed our cold backs.

In this lonely place,
    a breeze ripples grass
        silent now

                  where once we sought sleep.

In this lonely place
    a bird bravely flies
        soaring above

                   where the Howitzers roared.

In this lonely place
      shell-holes remain
         empty craters

                  Armageddon we once faced.

In this lonely place
    a rabbit passes by
       on the same earth

                   that once oozed the smell of mortal fear.

In this lonely place
    a whistle blew
        over we went

             where shells scorched Picardie.

In this lonely place
    a battle raged
      pals joined in conflict

                    divided ranks, into hell we ran.  

In this lonely place
    a tear was shed
        destiny marked

                     with the vile taste of despair.

In this lonely place
    the sun went down
         mud took claim

              where a Bergmann gun[1]spat our names.
                            
  We prayed
       We cried
              We lived
                     We died
                                    In this lonely place.


THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[1] Bergmann machine guns were not used on the Somme until 1918