In Japan there is a tradition of repairing broken china and ceramics with gold. This process is known as Kintsugi, and the results are exquisitely beautiful. The Japanese believe that when something is damaged it becomes more beautiful in its fragility, and it’s the same way as I think of Tom Angel. Tom is essentially …
Angel Wings
'We all have wings, but some of us don’t know why.’ Song Lyrics: INXS Never Tear Us Apart I’ve always loved this line, it speaks of the fear of not fulfilling your potential, freedom, and of knowing your true self. Flying. Now of course, it always makes me think of Tom Angel. He was named Angel …
The wanderer returns
It's been a while. I didn't think it would be quite this long when I decided to take a breath and step into the tornado that was the third lockdown. But it was. I started the process of editing Book Two in the Thomas Angel Trilogy, Thomas Angel and the Clach Na Cait. It's been …
Love remains Forever
The flames flickered high into the clear night sky. ‘Goodbye my beloved,’ whispered Brigid. She placed her paw to her lips and blew a kiss towards the pyre as it was smothered by the flames. She could no longer see the body on top, wrapped in the insignia of the Cait of Ce as the …
The beginning of The War
‘Do you have to go?’ asked Brigid as the kittens played around her paws. ‘You know I have to, we have to support your brother, his troops can’t suppress the clans by himself,’ Nechtan leant forward and kissed Brigid on her forehead, ‘we’re family, he would do the same for us.’ ‘Would he Nechtan? Do …
A Parting of the Ways
Brigid ran a paw over her swollen belly. Only she knew the precious cargo it carried; she hadn’t even told her husband Nechtan of the kindle of kittens that she could feel turning and tumbling inside her. For the first time in her life she no longer had a desire to fight, or go to …
Light and Dark
The Cailleach took Brigid and Nechtan’s paws in hers. ‘Do you wish to be one, in this life and the next?’ she asked, looking from Brigid to Nechtan. Brigid could feel the power surge through her body, making the tips of her fur effervesce with energy. She could feel the heat coming from Nechtan’s paw, …
New Alliances
A long, protracted, painful yowl filled the Cove as Brigid flung herself towards the tomcat. He didn’t have time to react before she was on him, hissing and swiping out, teeth bared, claws flying. The cat twisted, knocking Brigid off her paws and together they tumbled and rolled, sand arcing up around them as they …
Strangers in the Broch
Brigid stood on top of the Broch, her paws on the edge of the precipice. She reached her arms skyward, her claws extended and let the sharp, icy wind buffet her fur. She closed her eyes and tipped her head upwards, her whiskers tingled as a shiver ran down her spine. She loved to feel …
The Wisdom of the Cailleach
The flames crackled and spat forked tongues of luminescent orange and green towards the ceiling of the souterrain. A coil of smoke from a bubbling cauldron curled its way upward towards a small opening in the roof. Brigid approached the doorway, and watched the Cailleach as she hunkered, naked over the cauldron that sat atop …
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