Category Archives: Allegory

The Crooked Path, winding its way into the world

Posted on September 20, 2016 by H.M. Goodchild

The Crooked Path is published today! Stories link together. What is done in one time and place spreads out across the world to shape the future: there is never a single beginning, never a simple end. But, since this tale … Continue reading →

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Publication date for ‘The Crooked Path’

Posted on May 8, 2016 by H.M. Goodchild

I have a publication date for The Crooked Path. It will be published by Hadley Rille Books on 22 September 2016, the day of the autumn equinox here in the northern hemisphere. It’s not a random date. The Crooked Path is a prequel (and … Continue reading →

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New book: ‘The Crooked Path’

Posted on September 13, 2015 by H.M. Goodchild

There’s news! Today I signed a contract with Eric T. Reynolds of Hadley Rille Books for The Crooked Path. It’s a prequel, after a fashion, to After the Ruin, and is a fairy-tale inspired by Celtic mythology and Greek myth. … Continue reading →

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Night visiting

Posted on October 19, 2012 by H.M. Goodchild

Well, it’s autumn, the evenings are darkening, the clocks are about to go back and Hallowe’en is approaching. Time to think about ghost stories. One of the most poignant I know is the Wife of Usher’s Well (Child Ballad no. … Continue reading →

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Knights, and their impossible demands

Posted on August 23, 2012 by H.M. Goodchild

More upon knights in this post (for some reason, my readers like posts about knights and who am I to disappoint them?).  Child Ballad no. 2 is The Elfin Knight. It has a certain overlap with The Outlandish Knight (Child … Continue reading →

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Of farmers and fishermen

Posted on July 8, 2011 by H.M. Goodchild

I wrote last time of John Barleycorn and have been thinking since of double meanings in folk songs. These are not usually terribly deep or terribly hidden – a typical example is the old equation of human and earthly fertility, … Continue reading →

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