THE GARGOYLE'S DISPLEASURE

I was walking when I saw him. A lone figure on the opposite field. I stopped because it was unusual for me to see anyone on my walk...

In an endless desert a vast creature lies exhausted. Like the cracked effigy of a man it watches the day  desiccate. Its chin...

The full moon was up the sky.  Like a tag, hole-punched, it said fill your belly boy. I loped along the edge of the field to a stea...

Tapping into unaccustomed vanity I visited the beauty parlour on the high street. I sat and dreamt of the town's New Year Ball as t...

My Father was the court's embalmer and my Mother, the Nobles' mistreated fool. Born in the year of our Lord 1740, my Mother gav...