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  • A Night for Nodens

    I’ve found February 15th a good time to celebrate Nodens. It’s around the dark of the moon and also around the same time a wider ranging bunch of holiday days in various traditions, not necessarily related other than that of… Continue reading

  • The Thracian

    Some of you may have heard of the passing of the Anomalous Thracian, also known as Theanos Thrax. If not, they died in a house fire in Massachusetts alongside their magnificent raven Gimball and his temple snakes. They were a… Continue reading

    The Thracian

  • Bursts

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  • On The Great Orme’s Head

    (for Taliesin) Like a glass cup I filled with joy on top of the wyrm’s head Lit by the radiance Of the ancient prophet As the wind blasted The emerald steep where Maelgyn’s castle Once stood below Above the entrance… Continue reading

  • The Wolf and his King

    This sounds very promising! (Though the original didn’t need much queering!) “The Wolf and His King A queer retelling of ‘Bisclavret’, from the lais of Marie de France. To be published Autumn 2025 by Gollancz. Step into the resplendent courts… Continue reading

  • Winter Solstice

    Wishing a blessed winter solstice to those in the northern hemisphere! Having recently moved to the Pacific Northwest, I am enjoying the long nights and the nurturing dark of the season. The new issue of Eternal Haunted Summer is out… Continue reading

  • Feast of Gwyn

    On the edge of the reed pools The apples grow with red desire You stand dark in your horned helmet Hair streaming in the wind faerie lights a circlet Round your brow as winter blows in A horn will be… Continue reading

  • Journey Through North Wales, Part 5

    Lake Bala/Llyn Tegid Lake Bala or Llyn Tegid is the home of Ceridwen. Whether you consider her a goddess, the archetypal witch and sorceress, magical brewer, a muse and tough initiator, a legendary figure or even a historical one—or all… Continue reading

  • Journey Through North Wales, Part 4

    Dragons! Dinas Emrys lies within Snodownia National Park, or Eryri, its Welsh name. This is the place where Llud Llaw Eraint, Llud of the Silver Arm, originally Nudd, which went through an alliterative sound shift, and cognate with Nodens and… Continue reading

  • Journey Through North Wales, Part 3

    Holyhead (pronounced holly head) Island is a smaller island just barely separated from Anglesey by a narrow channel. The town is the location of the ferry to Ireland. Near the South Stack cliffs and sea bird sanctuary, at the foot… Continue reading