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Come away with me, and I shall make of my poems vessels to take
you into places near and far, and in strange and wondrous company.

The Farm

The Benediction Song

In this Pseudo-Arthurian work, the Lord of Logres has a gentle homecoming.

The Tale of Finn Sinclair

On the Grand Banks in 1929, an Orcadian sailor tells his shipmates the story of how he

once gained and lost a seal bride.

The Sleeping King

In the aftermath of military defeat, a war veteran turned shepherd discovers a lengendary

king sleeping beneath a great burial mound, together with his queen and his war host. He

is desperately tempted to wake them.

The Fairy Cup

King Henry I of England tells his young brother-in-law, David of Scotland, the tale

of how a most remarkable cup came to be stolen from the fairies - and of how

much of the story was not quite as it seemed. Henry, too, has an ulterior motive.

Match

A man finds something unexpected and very disturbing in his new girlfriend's

junk drawer.

The Bouquet

A woman recieves a gift, with a unsettling note, from a more unsettling suitor.

Boldeuwedd

A study of a tragic character from Welsh mythology.

The Bat

The narrator spends a night in dread of something that might be outside the window.

Or at least, it was supposed to be outside the window.

Will o' the Wisp

The Will o' the Wisp is a notorious type of malevolent fairy creature, a hob or a ghost

depending on who tells the story, that likes to lead lost travelers away the path in the dark.

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Ellen A Cook

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Come away with me, and I shall make of my poems vessels to take you into places near and far, and in strange and wondrous company.

Come away with me, and I shall make of my poems vessels to take
you into places near and far, and in strange and wondrous company.