Light dispels darkness
Cockroaches scurry away
There’s no doubt or fear
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘No Doubt’
Tag: darkness
Life of Noir 2020
I am tired of this life
of noir
the greyness of sealskin
pulled taught over my face
this indoor sterility staring
through smeared glass
So go on, batter me flat
O wind and rain
I’ll live out visceral dreams
before plagues of locusts
blot out this pretending sky
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Book Review # 210: Mexican Gothic — The Pine-Scented Chronicles (Reblog)
Horror in High House Mexican-born writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia is on the rise. Currently residing in Canada, Moreno-Garcia became a household name when her 2019 novel, Gods of Jade and Shadows became an instant bestseller. It earned several accolades and was even nominated for the 2019 Nebula Award Best Novel category and the 2019 Locus Award, […]
Book Review # 210: Mexican Gothic — The Pine-Scented Chronicles
*Find the book here.
Wheel of the Year: Samhain — About the Jez of It (Reblog)
31 Oct – 1 Nov Samhain, ‘Halloween,’ or All Hallows is a festival of death that occurs at the end of the Celtic agricultural cycle. It is also the Celtic New Year…
Wheel of the Year: Samhain — About the Jez of It
*Samhain festival and ‘Celtic’.
The Great Descent Towards Samhain — Bealtaine Cottage, Ireland (Reblog)
Enjoy the following audio file… A reading from my latest book, “Walking Between Worlds”… Link to the Bealtaine Cottage Bookstore: https://bealtainecottage.com/bealtaine-cottage-bookstore/ Bealtaine Cottage books are available only from this website. The days of long shadows are with us once more. Evening descends more quickly, as the light disappears into the western skies. We have passed […]
The Great Descent Towards Samhain — Bealtaine Cottage, Ireland
*Samhain festival
Ciscography 