A Novel Novel
This is my second novella, and a prequel-sequel/spiritual companion to my first. I finished writing the thing that became The Floating Harbour in August of 2019. I had no plan to make another, or any expectation that I would begin another long project anytime soon. And yet…
An idea of parallel stories, with one in ancient Egypt, became within my brain as I was writing The Ballad Of Stokes Croft (a short-big project that I fell into as soon as I finished TFH). Of course, the other story of this parallel set was taking place in Bristol. The same harbour city; another, old and distant… A man a-wandering; a girl-child, changing…
Over ten days over one year; over time ‘n space ‘n form; through Bristol and Wa-Set – Floating On The Avon By The Floodplains Of The Nile. Or, if you prefer, FOTABTFOTN. Finished in August/September of 2021, I released it serially on this blog, a chapter at a time. These posts had an extract, and then a link to download each chapter as a PDF. However, I never got around to providing the PDF of the whole thing altogether! So…
Here is the free PDF of the finished harbour novella! Click below to download:
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