Alex Darkfell

Download the Story so Far for E-Reader! Chapter 4 - Rafiel Rafiel trained. That’s what he did. He woke, he ate, he worked, then he trained. Every day. They gave him a name when he was born. He never knew his mother. She died bringing him into the world or, so he was told. He was conceived in violence and in violence he was born but it didn’t matter to him. They were all his mother now. They’d raised him in kindness and in return he was their protector. When the clients came, it was his face...

A Short Pilgrimage through Neolithic Wiltshire My alarm went off at 4.15am and I crept downstairs, careful not to wake the rest of my family. It was the morning of the Spring Equinox 2026 and I’d made the decision the night before that this would be the year I’d make the trip on foot to nearby Stonehenge for the sunrise. Like for the solstices, the site is opened up for visitors free of charge for the morning, where visitors can get up close to the stones and I’d planned out a small local...

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 breaths, towel...