These poems are for the comfort of a friend, who suffered the loss of her son from cancer. The writer has borrowed themes from CS Lewis Chronicles of Narnia to create empathic and uplifting themes reflecting on Jesus ultimate victory over all death and sadness. The light shines in the darkness... The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. (John 1: 5,9)

These haiku celebrate winter, a time of warm fires on short, bright days, challenged by darkness and the cold, which comes in various stages of cruelty. The day of the steam train in history was similarly short, but warmed the hearts of many while it last

These short stories powerfully evoke Scottish landscape, history and architecture. With a keen sense of the past impacting on the present, they are gripping and often moving. The author was a winner of the WH Smith Young Writers' competition in 1991, judged by then Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, and has wanted to publish a book of his own short stories ever since. Some of these stories have been previously published on www.cazart.co.uk. 'The News From Moidart' was previously published in issue 6 of the magazine Random Acts of Writing in 2007, 'We Are For The Dark' won third prize in a writing...

These poems were written between 1997 and 2003. They evoke a strong sense of Scottish history, on the land and at sea, in places ranging from Aberdeen to Cromarty (the main setting, especially for local stories such as Captain Reid's mermaid and the Sutors) and further north into the Highlands. Although there is a heavy sense of decay, in buildings, machines and people, this is due to the passing of time. Only the landscape remains pure and undefiled.

These poems were written in 1998 due to a bereavement. My Uncle Fraser, an unusual, talented and remarkable man by any standards, passed away from cancer. These poems were written in the sure and certain hope of meeting with him again in heaven, and also celebrating the Highlands that we shared and loved.

These short stories powerfully evoke Scottish landscape, history and architecture. With a keen sense of the past impacting on the present, they are gripping and often moving. The author was a winner of the WH Smith Young Writers' competition in 1991, judged by then Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, and has wanted to publish a book of his own short stories ever since. Some of these stories have been previously published on www.cazart.co.uk. 'The News From Moidart' was previously published in issue 6 of the magazine Random Acts of Writing in 2007, 'We Are For The Dark' won third prize in a writing...

These poems were written between 1997 and 2003. They evoke a strong sense of Scottish history, on the land and at sea, in places ranging from Aberdeen to Cromarty (the main setting, especially for local stories such as Captain Reid's mermaid and the Sutors) and further north into the Highlands. Although there is a heavy sense of decay, in buildings, machines and people, this is due to the passing of time. Only the landscape remains pure and undefiled. The cover shows the ruins of Elgin Cathedral.

These poems were written in 1998 due to a bereavement. My Uncle Fraser, an unusual, talented and remarkable man by any standards, passed away from cancer. These poems were written in the sure and certain hope of meeting with him again in heaven, and also celebrating the Highlands that we shared and loved.

These poems build on the first volume of the same name in looking at local history over the centuries. This one evokes the Pictish (Iron Age and Early Medieval) culture, left behind in many richly carved stones up and down the east of Scotland. Some of these still stand in their original locations, some have been taken into the care of museums, such as Groam House in Rosemarkie in the Black Isle, where the author used to volunteer. The Rosemarkie Cross is the pride of their collection. The second half looks at Later Medieval history, up to the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Throughout the...

These poems build on the first volume of the same name in looking at local history over the centuries. This one evokes the Pictish (Iron Age and Early Medieval) culture, left behind in many richly carved stones up and down the east of Scotland. Some of these still stand in their original locations, some have been taken into the care of museums, such as Groam House in Rosemarkie in the Black Isle, where the author used to volunteer. The Rosemarkie Cross is the pride of their collection. The second part of this volume looks at Later Medieval history, up to the Battle of Flodden in 1513....