Melkur

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I have 189 stories published in 6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 114877 times and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.

My stories

Come Change a Ring

Links, foreshadowed in the churchyard, Headstone material ancient and strong. How intimately the village gathers, So slight a community, to catch the fire,

Pitch and Tar To Soil His Hands

Dipped in the ways of the sea, Coil of rope tensed like a snake To pounce on the tie-up at the harbour. Dark blue the dragons and sharp anchors Weighing heavy on long-boned sailors’ arms.

Captain John Reid and The Mermaid

A local myth from the Highland town of Cromarty. John Reid, at least, was a real person...

The Wreckers

Dark deliverers from safety, they stand Shining as angels of light into the deep Anti-clockwise, taking ships away, Fog masking the sturdy towers of the true light.

The Skull of Eriskay

Smiling from the air, these jaws of rocks unite In chomp and champ of spray, to consume them all. Saliva washing them in its salty way, Eye sockets glimpsed gauntly from the air,

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