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Du Dsi Tschun

The Chinese tale of Du Dsi Tschun is told in Book 5 of THE RUNIAD (move the pagination bar below the text along to page 115). x …….‘Once upon a time there was a man, One Du Dsi Tschun: a … Continue reading

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THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 23 – (Now completed – 24)

Books 1 to 24 (now) of my (now completed) epic poem can now be read on this Heyzine link I suggest expanding the image and turning off the sound. Click the bottom corner of the page to turn the pages, … Continue reading

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The Runiad – Books 1 to 21

To read this epic in progress, please click this Heyzine link. I suggest expanding the image and turning off the sound. Click the bottom corner of the page to turn the pages, and the bar below the book allows you … Continue reading

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The Runiad – Books 1 to 20

Books one to twenty of my epic poem The Runiad are available to read on this Heyzine link. From Book 20 x This blessed Paul, Paul of Thrace, had opted to live in The most remote cave in the wilderness, … Continue reading

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The Runiad – Books 1-19

Books 1-19 of the Runiad, my epic poem-in-progress, can be read here Unfortunately, since the very sad demise of Denis Boyles, editor of the Fortnightly Review, the review itself is being re-structured and may not appear again until March. So … Continue reading

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The Runiad – images for books 12 to 15

Book 12 Charybdis Book 13 The Lost Pleiad Book 14 The Tree-Man Book 15 Millstones The Runiad is my work in progress – an epic poem which will comprise 24 books. Fair drafts of all books so far completed (1-15) … Continue reading

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THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 14

Extract from Book 11 in the Fortnightly Review here. However the editorial of the Fortnightly is relocating and there is a delay in publishing extracts from the most recently completed books. When the links to these extracts are available I will … Continue reading

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The RUNIAD – Book 10

Excerpt from Book 10 in the Fortnightly Review here. As a work in progress Books 1-10 can be read for free as a Heyzine online book. On the Heyzine link there is a contents page – p 5. All the pages are … Continue reading

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The Runiad – Book 8 – The Mare with the Beautiful Eyebrows

Book 8 of the Runiad is now on the Heyzine Link here. And an extract from Book 8 is now published in The Fortnightly Review Which means I am now one third of my way to completion of all 24 … Continue reading

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The Runiad

Welcome to The Runiad This is the site on my journal for the epic I started writing in 2023. There will be 24 books to it, making it the length of the Odyssey. It will take me several years to … Continue reading

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