Tag: discovery

• The Lady in the Wood

  

  The Lady in the Wood From the horizon of my memory there was, had always been, a lady in the wood. Walking or running among the fallen of an autumn morning when I was very young I met her there, picking wild herbs and toadstools from among the trees.  This was in the year my mother…

  frederick anderson

  July 7, 2021

  Short Stories

  Bride, childhood, devotion, devout, discovery, holy, Holy Orders, kindness, Mortality, recluse, solitary

• Parfitt’s Island – a chronicle in four parts

  

  I try, within my limited abilities, to offer a variety of stories, thoughts and whimsies on this blog, so, if this is a bit of a romp I hope you will forgive me.  It’s a four-part story, which may not be for absolutely everybody, but it has been great fun to write! (Incidentally, ‘stories, thoughts…

  frederick anderson

  June 30, 2020

  Serials, Short Stories

  discovery, Gas, humour, imagination, Island, Natural resources, Scrutiny, wealth

• The Cabinet of Jarvis Poulter

  Another short story ‘sprung’ from the archives – I hope you will like it (I am writing more stories, BTW, they just take a while).  In the meantime, if you like these, there are many more to be found on ‘Black Crow Speaks’ – click on the cover picture on the right, here, to visit…

  frederick anderson

  June 24, 2020

  Short Stories

  antiques, art, collecting, discovery, hoarder, sale