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Post by robp on Mar 16, 2017 10:44:59 GMT -5
My first fiction book has just been published! Thirteen tales set in the East Anglia Fens, with a big nod to MR James and HPL You can get paperback or pdf download at Innsmouth Gold
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 24, 2017 0:00:38 GMT -5
many congrats! This looks very cool...
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Post by robp on Mar 24, 2017 3:47:45 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by deuce on Apr 22, 2017 19:11:17 GMT -5
Hey Rob! Hope things are going well with the book. The Fens are a great setting for weird tales. I stumbled on this poem by Sax Rohmer and I thought you would appreciate it.
The Fenman
(A Ballad of the Lowlands)
Far from all other men,
In the weird of the fen,
With God's creatures I bide,
'Mid the birds that I ken;
Where the winds seem to dree;
Where the hymn of the sea
Brings its message of peace
From the ocean to me.
The fenman am I;
Ev'ry bird that doth fly
I can call from afar---
For they flock to my cry.
With sweet reeds for my bed,
'Neath God's roof do I lie.
In the Fenland I live;
'Mid the fens shall I die.
There are shades in the fen---
Ghosts of women and men
Who have sinned and have died,
But are living again.
O'er the waters they tread
With their lanterns of dread;
And they peer in the pools---
In the pools of the dead!
But I do not fear them,
Nor cravenly fly.
They are waiting, and watching---
And waiting am I,
Where the shadows abide,
In the weird of the Fen,
Till the King shall enjoy
His own again!
The fenman am I;
Ev'ry bird that doth fly
I can call from afar---
For they flock to my cry.
With sweet reeds for my bed,
'Neath God's roof do I lie.
In the Fenland I live . . .
. . . 'Mid the Fens---I must die!
~ Sax Rohmer ~
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Post by deuce on Jul 1, 2017 11:11:09 GMT -5
Hey Rob! Not sure if you knew this, but the beginning of Louis L'Amour's novel, Sackett's Land, is set in the Anglian Fens. L'Amour portrays the Fenmen -- his soon-to-be legendary Sacketts, in this case -- as hardy, individualistic sorts. My favorite edition has a Manchess cover.
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Post by Von K on Jul 1, 2017 17:03:01 GMT -5
Good to see you carving out your own Mythos niche in the Fens there Rob!
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Post by robp on Jul 2, 2017 3:29:02 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Not seen those Deuce, nice one! I've read through quite a few authors' Fenland settings, yep it is a great area for weird tales and there is so much local legend and lore. One enjoyable historical series was James Wilde's Hereward the Wake
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Post by deuce on Jul 20, 2017 23:24:34 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Jul 21, 2017 1:33:33 GMT -5
thats an awesome sword there. It must have been truly beautiful once
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Post by deuce on Jul 22, 2017 12:10:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Not seen those Deuce, nice one! I've read through quite a few authors' Fenland settings, yep it is a great area for weird tales and there is so much local legend and lore. One enjoyable historical series was James Wilde's Hereward the Wake I keep hearing good things about Wilde's books. Have to check that out. Hereward is a fascinating character. One book -- sort of -- about Hereward, Kingsnorth's The Wake, is a noble failure, IMO. However, it does evoke some good Fennish atmosphere. Worth reading once, but I had much higher expectations.
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Post by robp on Jul 25, 2017 2:54:23 GMT -5
Yes, had seen that, amazing stuff! Having said that I've yet to visit Flag Fen near Peterborough, it's one of those "must get round to it" visits lol. One thing I love about England is you are never far from so much history. Even in my own small village there is a house built by Cromwell for his niece and a Templar building. All good inspiration!
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Post by Char-Vell on Jul 25, 2017 9:29:25 GMT -5
thats an awesome sword there. It must have been truly beautiful once I am assailed with the idea that it's an intelligent, cursed sword...patiently waiting in the fen until it's found and can slay again...
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Post by robp on Jul 25, 2017 12:31:05 GMT -5
thats an awesome sword there. It must have been truly beautiful once I am assailed with the idea that it's an intelligent, cursed sword...patiently waiting in the fen until it's found and can slay again... Maybe someone breaks into the museum and steals it and then.....hmmm an idea for my next book, thank you!
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Post by Char-Vell on Jul 25, 2017 12:47:05 GMT -5
I am assailed with the idea that it's an intelligent, cursed sword...patiently waiting in the fen until it's found and can slay again... Maybe someone breaks into the museum and steals it and then.....hmmm an idea for my next book, thank you! Anytime. I'll expect a free copy.
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Post by robp on Jul 26, 2017 7:45:53 GMT -5
You got it
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