THE EDGE OF THE DARK

A memoir in the form of a novella based around my childhood, teens, and twenties. It records a confrontation with the darkness within the land, our culture and in my own psyche and a failed initiation into adulthood and shamanism. Finally, how my patron God, Gwyn ap Nudd, saved me from myself.

Free digital copy HERE. 

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THE HEART OF ANNWN

A poetry collection charting the story of a personal alchemy and learning how to love based around my sacred marriage to my patron God, Gwyn ap Nudd, as Sister Patience of the Heart of Annwn. Published posthumously as a way of saying a final goodbye to Sister Patience.

Free digital copy HERE.

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THE KING OF ANNWN

 

A book reimagining the lost mythos of Vindos (Gwyn ap Nudd).

Free digital copy HERE.

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GATHERER OF SOULS

Gwyn ap Nudd is a Brythonic god of the dead and ruler of Annwn. In medieval Welsh literature he is depicted gathering the souls of slaughtered warriors from the battlefield, and is said to contain the fury of the spirits of Annwn to prevent their destruction of the world.

Fierce and compassionate, beautiful and terrifying, Gwyn’s ambivalent nature was unacceptable to Christians. He and his spirits were demonised. Gwyn was replaced as a warrior-protector of Britain by his opponent, Arthur, and the doors of Annwn were slammed shut.

After centuries of soul-loss Gwyn re-opened those doors and challenged me to ride with him through the war-torn centuries to recover his forgotten mythos. This book is a record of my journey.

Print copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $12.50 HERE.

Digital copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $6 HERE.

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THE BROKEN CAULDRON

At the centre of ancient British mythology stands the cauldron: the womb of Ceridwen, Old Mother Universe, symbolising inspiration, wisdom and rebirth. What happens when it lies shattered, the universe fragmented, the world out of kilter? These questions, for a post-modern age imperilled by global climate change and endless warfare, were posed by my deity, Gwyn ap Nudd, a ruler of Annwn and a guardian of the cauldron. In this fragmentary collection of essays, stories and poems, which seeks to mirror the broken cauldron, I present my response.

Print copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $12.50 HERE.

Digital copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $6 HERE.

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ENCHANTING THE SHADOWLANDS

 

A collection of poetry and short stories gathered from my local landscape in response to the imperative of a Brythonic god called Gwyn ap Nudd: Enchanting the Shadowlands.

This book was first published in 2015 and has recently been re-released through the Ritona imprint of Gods & Radicals Press with new cover art and an introduction by Rhyd Wildermuth. 

Print copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $12.50 HERE.

Digital copies from the Ritona imprint of Sul Books $6 HERE.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

‘Ribblestone’ in ‘small gods: an anthology of everyday animism‘, July 2024

New Moss Wood Ghost Wolf Poetry Trail, Carbon Landscape, 2022

This Mossland Will Conquer,’ National Poetry Day Environment Mosaic, Lancaster Litfest, October 2022

Co(r)vid Moon, (self-published poetry pamphlet HERE), June 2021

Voice-over on I am Ice a short film by Bryan Hewitt (2020)

‘In the Halls of the Sea Monster’ in British Fantasy Society Horizons, Issue 12, 2020

‘On Drinking Poison’ in Caduceus, 103, Summer 2020

April Dogs, (self-published poetry pamphlet HERE), April 2024

‘Skeletons’ in British Fantasy Society Horizons, Issue 11, 2020

Co-editor of The Deep Music: Offerings for the Awen, February 2020

Y Darogan Annwn, (self-published poetry pamphlet HERE), December 2019

‘The Region Linuis’ in The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly III, 2019

Du’s Voyage’ in Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2019

‘Maponos Chant’ in The Far Shining One, June 2019

‘March Wind’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 42, Spring 2018

‘Hunter in the Skies’ in Pagan Dawn, No 205, Winter 2017

Co-Editor of A Beautiful Resistance IV: The Crossing, November 2017

‘The Ghost of Myrddin Wyllt’ in Pagan Dawn, No 204, Autumn 2017

‘A Sow’s Feast’ in Air n-aithesc, Vol IV II, Lughnasadh/Samhain 2017

Interview in Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2017

‘Seahorse’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 38, Spring 2017

‘After Procopius’ in A Beautiful Resistance III: Left Sacred, February 2017

‘Samhain Song’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 37, Winter 2017

‘Dickens Delayed at Preston’ in Tales from the Archives: Literary Lancashire through Time, October 2016

Editor of A Beautiful Resistance II: The Fire is Here, June 2016

‘A Seaweed Charm’ in Flotsam & Jetsam of the Bay, May 2016

‘Litany of the Meadows’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 35, Spring 2016

‘The Strikebreakers’ won third place in the Preston Poets’ Society McKenzie Trophy Competition, February 2016

‘Castle Hill: An Alternative Story’ in Pagan Planet,  January 2016

‘A Rose for Rigantona’ in The Grey Mare on the Hill, December 2015

‘Devil’s Bagpipes on Stoneygate’ in A Beautiful Resistance I: Everything We Already Are,Samhain 2015

‘Song for the Nine’ (co-written with Peter Dillon) in The Dawntreader, Issue 32, Autumn 2015

‘Gulls in November’ – 3rd place in Preston Poets’ Society McKenzie Trophy, February 2015

‘Dark Horse’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 29, Winter 2014

12 poems in Moon Poets, November 2014

‘In the Event of an Enemy Landing on the West Coast’ in Not The Wipers Times, October 2014

‘When We Meet’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 28, Autumn 2014

Editor of The Druid Network On-Line Eisteddfod, Lammas 2014,

‘City of Stone’ in New Myths, Issue 27, June 2014,

‘A Winter’s Challenge’ in Myths Inscribed, Issue 3, April 2014,

‘Potato Field’ – winner of the Preston Poets Society Pomfret Cup, April 2014

‘Wishing’ in Reach Poetry, Issue 187, April 2014

‘Wind Farm’ in Reach Poetry, Issue 186, March 2014

Vignette on ‘Druidry’ in Paganism 101: An Introduction to Paganism by 101 Pagans, Moon Books, February 2014

Article on ‘Bardic Poetry’ in Preston Poets Newsletter, Winter 2013

‘Strand Road West’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 25, Winter 2013

‘The Region Linuis’ in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Issue 18, November 2013

‘Penwortham Mill’ in The Penwortham Magazine, Issue 16, January 2013

‘The Bull of Conflict’ in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Issue 15, January 2013

‘The Day the Sun Died’ in Myths Inscribed, Issue 1, December 2012

‘Proud of Preston’ – winner of the Preston Guild Poetry Competition, September 2012

The Valley: poetry pamphlet published by South Ribble Borough Council to raise funds for The Friends of the Greencroft Valley in June 2012

‘Poet’s Invocation’ and ‘Sun Child’ on The Druid Network’s Bardic Expressions, June 2012

‘The Robin on the Trysting Oak’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 18, Spring 2012

Editor of Harvest Preston Creative Community Winter Journal, February 2012

‘Riversway Dockland’ in The Dawntreader, Issue 17, Winter 2011

Editor of Harvest Preston Creative Community Autumn Journal, November 2011