Denise had always thought that Tom was a bit strange. The way she described it to herself was that he didn’t seem to be quite connected, like the other boys she knew. So when one day, out of the blue, he asked her if she’d like to go to the old quarry with him she… Read more An Unexpected Perspective

From about age nine I was in love with her. She seemed to me to be so exotic, with her clothes wrapped around her, those rich colours and fabrics. I was hooked. Taffetas, chiffons and shiny silks in azure, vermilion and deep emerald, with a delicate lilac gauze. I think that’s why I loved her.… Read more Hanging Meat

Since you ask, this story takes place many years ago when the world was young and minnows had not yet been invented. In a land more or less in the middle of the middle part of the world was a forest. But not the kind of forest you would know now, a forest with leaves… Read more How the Chestnut got its Candles