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Posted on June 23, 2020

Some Enchanted Evening

A working title.

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Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

The Voice That Searched My Memories: extracts from The Floating Harbour

Now riddle it with chaos: muddied fury lit by mob-borne flame.

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Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

This Room, This City, This World: extracts from The Floating Harbour

“Change is the only thing. It’s the only thing there is.”

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Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019

That Way, For Him, Adventure Lies: extracts from The Floating Harbour

The seagulls, too: they screech in semi-reliably recorded history.

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Posted on December 19, 2019

The Hunter Sits: extracts from The Floating Harbour

Such keen eyes, such keen resolve.

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Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

The River Keeps Me Company: extracts from The Floating Harbour

I watch her and she’s wistless as she weaves and waves again.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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