Let me just start by saying, I love Christmas. It’s genuinely my favourite time of the year. For us, it starts sometime in late November (yes, November. Don’t panic) when we put up our Christmas tree and our Christmas lights. It’s a whole family affair, we’ll put on Santa hats, Christmas music, drink mulled wine and all have a good time. My kids love it. It’s almost as much fun as Christmas itself. For those of you screaming “BUT IT’S NOVEMBER!” I’d ask you to take a few deep

I’m lucky enough to live in south Wiltshire, a beautiful part of the world with rolling hills and surrounding chalkland with the medieval city of Salisbury at it’s heart. If you venture just west of Salisbury, you’ll come to the small village of Wilton, on the outskirts of which is the ancient Grovely Wood. You can drive out, about 10 minutes from Salisbury, park in the small car park and follow the old, beech-lined Roman road all the way through the woods. If you can go duri

Hi All OK so I’m going to do something a little different today and send out the first of my folklore inspired essays, this time, on numbers and their powers in superstition. Hope you enjoy! Alex PS. thanks to all who have read my new folk-horror short story collection Epiphany and More. Out now on Amazon as paperback and eBook. Signed copies still available on my website, www.darkfellwrites.com. Enter EPIPHANY10 at checkout for 10% off! Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a h

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