Special Announcement....Eden Mills Writers Festival - Short Story Winner!
A version of Chapter 8 from Caught Between the Walls, "Fairy Castles in the West" describes the difficult journey of a group of British Home Children, taken from the streets of England. They travel by ship to Canada in 1871, where they will be sold as indentured servants.
I'm looking forward to reading this story to the crowd in Eden Mills on September 9th. The story will be published, and available for sale at the Festival.
A version of Chapter 8 from Caught Between the Walls, "Fairy Castles in the West" describes the difficult journey of a group of British Home Children, taken from the streets of England. They travel by ship to Canada in 1871, where they will be sold as indentured servants.
I'm looking forward to reading this story to the crowd in Eden Mills on September 9th. The story will be published, and available for sale at the Festival.
An exciting collection of historical tales and ghost stories
Caught Between the Walls
"The spellbinding tales of the people who were caught in the Niagara Courthouse and Gaol between 1817 - 1920"
Caught Between the Walls
"The spellbinding tales of the people who were caught in the Niagara Courthouse and Gaol between 1817 - 1920"
Caught Between the Walls was released by Bygones Publishing.
Discover the ten bone chilling tales of the real people who inhabited the gaol, and whose stories helped shape Canadian opinions and laws.
Discover the ten bone chilling tales of the real people who inhabited the gaol, and whose stories helped shape Canadian opinions and laws.
Purchase Caught Between the Walls
https://www.amazon.com/Caught-Between-Walls-Niagara-Courthouse/dp/0995920508
Also available at https://www.createspace.com/6994368
Or, use the form on the HOME page to contact me.
Books can be personalized if requested.
https://www.amazon.com/Caught-Between-Walls-Niagara-Courthouse/dp/0995920508
Also available at https://www.createspace.com/6994368
Or, use the form on the HOME page to contact me.
Books can be personalized if requested.
Photographs of the Old Courthouse and Gaol appear courtesy of the Niagara Historical Museum.
I've added some links to a few short stories and poems that have been successful and have appeared in print elsewhere.
I hope you enjoy them!
A Polar Bear, Robert Bateman and Me. Published in the Niagara Advance.
Three Short Poems - written for the Niagara College Publishing Course and published online
Mother's Day was shared in a reading at the June 2016 NOTL Strawberry Festival.
Why Is Ireland So Green was published on retirednowwhat.com (American Blog Site by Warren Phillipson)
The Christmas Angel was published in December 2014 in the Niagara Advance Newspaper, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Stepping Into a Lifetime was published in August 2014 on the Stage of Life website. It was the National Winner in the Personal Essay Writing Contest.