A short reading from Flecks of Gold by Stephen Baird
“He is huge and his chariot would dwarf the biggest hay cart you’ve ever seen. The chariot never touches the ground and nor do his
“He is huge and his chariot would dwarf the biggest hay cart you’ve ever seen. The chariot never touches the ground and nor do his
Winston Graham, born Winston Grime in 1908, moved to Perranporth on the coast of South West Cornwall, where he lived for thirty-four years.
Cornwall: Misfits, Curiosities and Legends by Cornwall Writers is an eclectic collection of short stories and other scribbles written by authors in Cornwall.
On a nasty November night, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin moor. Her mother’s dying wish was that she take refuge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. When the coach driver hears where she’s going, he insists she must have made a mistake. “That’s no place for a girl,” the coach driver tells her.
The paperback has proved very popular with 93 ordered during the 2 weeks of the Crowdfunder campaign and enough funds raised to donate a copy to all 45 libraries in Cornwall.
If you have the imagination, you are welcome to join me in a time city, an Italian Renaissance city, the court of King Charles II or Bodmin Moor. The choice is yours but you may never be the same again. You have been warned!