Melkur

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I have 189 stories published in 6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85683 times and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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http://www.easthighlandgothiccom.wordpress.com

My stories

Nihilism and Feathers

By Melkur on Tue, 29 Jan 2013

First crow to the kill dips his beak in gruesome ink, Red staining his glossy black plumage. Looking furtively for unwanted brothers, Those as bleak in outlook as he.
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Certificate PG

Funeral In Ardmore

By Melkur on Mon, 28 Jan 2013

The minister in black stares at gashed ground, This hole opening into eternity. Dan the crofter’s days are finished, Each one numbered in his Maker’s book.
Nature
Certificate PG

Change and Decay In All Around I See

By Melkur on Mon, 28 Jan 2013

Autumn, with its golden wheatfields, Streets full of dead leaves and whorled chestnuts, Sunshine straining to pierce the mists, Is the most lichen-like of the four seasons.
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Certificate U

Cromarty's Gaelic Chapel

By Melkur on Mon, 28 Jan 2013

Built for the influx of workers, Heeding the hammersmith call, The hard grind of the Industrial Revolution. Beneath this roof the Highlanders sang To the giving out of the line
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Certificate U

October Rhapsody

By Melkur on Mon, 28 Jan 2013

The whole of September was One delicious prologue Before that special day came. Waking up, I felt renewed. My birthday always fell In the traditional harvest holiday:
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Certificate U

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