Xen – XenSpace

Part 4: Nightmares and Dream-Quests

Chapter 13 It is hot; abominably so. The sky is an ominous, ugly red, like drying blood; it makes my… [Continue reading] Part 4: Nightmares and Dream-Quests

Part 3: Chiaroscuro

Chapter 8 The next day I wasn’t quite so positive. The thought of not seeing Ellie again for a whole… [Continue reading] Part 3: Chiaroscuro

Symbiotic and Convergent Cultural Evolution: An Archaeological Perspective, with Two Examples

Another essay written for my undergraduate degree in Archaeology – at this time I was getting into evolutionary theory and… [Continue reading] Symbiotic and Convergent Cultural Evolution: An Archaeological Perspective, with Two Examples

Part 2: Something Blesséd This Way Comes

Chapter 5 Something is pressing against, gently rubbing, my arm, bringing me back from sleep. I open my eyes and… [Continue reading] Part 2: Something Blesséd This Way Comes

Part 1: A Heart of Darkness

Chapter 1 The day of Ellen’s funeral was a living nightmare – but at least, by the end of it,… [Continue reading] Part 1: A Heart of Darkness

Novel: The Light of the Silver Wheel (or: A Present Darkness, A Distant Light) An Introduction

This novel tells of the spiritual experience which resulted in me becoming a Buddhist. It is a work of semi-fiction;… [Continue reading] Novel: The Light of the Silver Wheel (or: A Present Darkness, A Distant Light) An Introduction

Moonsense

(Another poem written at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre’s Writing Group, c. 2013.) The Moon peeks briefly From between the clouds… [Continue reading] Moonsense

The Letter

(I’m guessing I wrote this in 1996 (from internal evidence!); I can’t recall if there was any particular inspiration for… [Continue reading] The Letter

How to waste an afternoon

(I wrote this short story while on a family holiday in Cyprus, c. 2007. I picked up a book of… [Continue reading] How to waste an afternoon