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Plain Girls
Read full story: Plain GirlsToo few poems are written About plain girls. Those less mateable Who must deck themselves In whatever else is handy… Girls who must be Easy to please Because no one longs To please them. Girls who lack anecdotes About persistent suitors Girls who sit alone in bars. Girls who are background, offset, Audience to the…
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Any mother would know her own child…
Read full story: Any mother would know her own child…Wouldn’t she? Sometimes, it’s not that simple. Babies born in the brothels of sixth century Byzantium don’t live long. So when Anastasia’s sworn enemy Macedonia tells her that the daughter she bore when she was thirteeen somehow survived, and is living at the court of the Vandal King Geilimir in north Africa – she doesn’t…
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In the house of God there are many telephones
Read full story: In the house of God there are many telephonesIncoming calls only. My latest book, A Portrait Under Water, is a new take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It’s a story of death, grief, and the unbreakable bonds of passionate love. Eurydice’s husband Orpheus, a well-known musician, disappears from a party boat in Sydney Harbour on his thirtieth birthday. Three days later…
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Just when you thought it was safe to go home…
Read full story: Just when you thought it was safe to go home…All the Evils, the sequel to the Byzantine historical adventure Pandora’s Jar, is out now (and both books are discounted until the end of January 23). What’s it about? How do I buy it? Read on… It seems Anastasia, ex-courtesan of Constantinople, is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. After cheating death…