One of my favourite authors Alan Garner wrote two books set right on the edge of the Peak District. It's set in real locations and you can find the names of the places, Macclesfield, Alderley Edge, Mobbely. The stories are so powerful and evocative that just seeing the names instantly takes me back to them.

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but whenever I write poems or short stories, they always seem to fall into a rather sombre and sad theme ( Read more... )