by Steve Tanham
Chapter 3 – The Dark Waters Rameses II, soon to be King, Chosen of Ra, Justice of Ra, stood in the prow of the Beak of Horus, looking northwards into the darkness that had fallen like spilled ink onto the smooth waters of the great river. There was nothing on his mind; he was exercising his considerable powers of mental control to keep it … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Three – The Dark Waters
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by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. I had done my homework the previous weekend and arrived at our cafe early, eager to organise my thoughts before John arrived for our Monday get-together. “Dark out there,” he said, entering behind me and kissing the top of my head in his customary fashion before sitting down. I looked out of the window at the clear blue morning sky. We were having … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 35 – Mr Cyclops
by Steve Tanham
Chapter Two – An Agony of Sunset (introduction follows the text) Seven Years Later Far below, Rameses was angry; so angry that Lord Menascare could hear the merciless tones in the young voice that would soon be the controlling instrument of the Egyptian 19th Dynasty. The whole of Egypt would tremble when that voice was raised – but they would love him, too. The … Read More River of the Sun, chapter 2 – An Agony of Sunset
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by Steve Tanham
Friday, 4th December, 2015. A group of companions, some old friends, some just introduced, all made very welcome, meet in the comfort of a small hotel on the edge of a mysterious range of hills, the last outliers of the West Pennines. A short distance from the old mill town of nearby Bolton, the hillside above them is very different in character from the urban … Read More Below and Above – Souls on a Hillside
by Steve Tanham
.Alexandra. “I’ve had a week of threes,” I said, wanting to seize the initiative. I felt empowered, full of energy; and I wanted to be at it … the labours of Heracles, that is. He looked at me over a succession of objects: the coffee cup, poised next to his bemused lips; the newspaper, held in his free hand until I arrived and tapped … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 33 – Three Journeys
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by Steve Tanham
Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 32 – New Grains for Old .Alexandra. “They have a new menu,” he said casually. I felt myself tense; then got hold of it, recognising the reaction and how it had absorbed me into the moment in a bad way: making me identify with the building anger, rather than watching it unfold as a thing in its own right … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 32 – New Grains for Old
by Steve Tanham
The Lighted Life ——- Gawain awakes beneath the tree That senses show has changed A star of dawn climbs bark and leaf And hovers in the cold, clean air Announcing greater changes lie beneath ——- A keening on the knowing breeze A darker taste upon the wind A fall of wispy, softer skies As kind October’s shorter days Play midwife games with knowing eyes … Read More The Lighted Life
by Steve Tanham
Nine Deadly Part 31 – An Eye for an I .Alexandra. The last time I was in here, I had glimpsed something. Insight had flickered and shifted as the concentrated presence of John and, surprisingly, Rose, had nudged me none-too-gently towards my moment of ‘seeing’. Now, I wanted to know more … “It’s about where you put the “I”, isn’t it?” I asked John, … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 31 – An Eye for an I
by Steve Tanham
It began with: “There is a wall and, across the dark room, another wall. I walk between them. Getting there – to the other wall – is the goal. What is in the middle is mere mathematics: five strides sees me across the old stone floor, and I practice so that my toe touches the far wall exactly on the fifth . . . … Read More Ben’s Bit – Part … of a greater story
by Steve Tanham
<See index below for other parts of this story> ———————————————————–< to be continued- Ben’s Bit is a continuing first-person narrative of the character created by Stuart France and Sue Vincent, which may bear some relation to the author of this story, Steve Tanham, their fellow director of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness. In the latest of their books, Scions of Albion, Ben is … Read More Ben’s Bit, part nine – Bakewell Newsheet
by Steve Tanham
Don’t think that you have seen this edge before Don’t count the times your boots have walked and crunched upon its sands ——- Don’t try to catch the sleek caress of countless grains of dust Blown on a wind that never kissed your face before But now demands it must ——- And, walking tall, stare into space between the sky and land And suffer … Read More Lost on the Horizon
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by Steve Tanham
“I’m not your enemy, Ben …” Miss Goodnight looks calmly back along the line of my gaze which is focussed on the beautiful skin of her throat, where my second attempt to generate the flush of passion has just failed miserably. “I would really like to get to know you better,” she says, unconsciously running the capped end of her fountain pen over her bottom … Read More Ben’s Bit, part 8 – The Shimmering Hand
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