Dec 22, 2025 | Books - Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - The Novel
12 Apostoli “Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall be no more cakes and ale?” – Twelfth Night, Act II Scene ii Verona, Italy 8 December 1328 One of the favourite haunts of the Rakehells was a tavern with exquisite fare known as La Pentola –...
Dec 14, 2015 | Books - Cut Scenes - Essential Posts - Shakespeare - Short Stories - The Novel - Writing
Verona, Italy 8 December, 1328 One of the favourite haunts of the Rakehells was a tavern with exquisite fare known as La Pentola – ‘The Cookpot’. Through its narrow half-door and large interior portal were wide rooms with long...
Dec 11, 2015 | Books - Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - Short Stories
There are still a few stories being edited. A few titles may change, a few may be added. But as it stands, here is the Table Of Contents for the new edition of VARNISHED FACES: A Poet's Nightmare – Part ISan Bonifacio's CurseIllyriaThe Daughters Of...
Dec 10, 2015 | Books - Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - Short Stories - The Novel - Travel
I've been hunkered down for weeks, scattered between four or five different writing projects. No, at least eight. Wait, that's not right – where am I? What day is it? No matter. Because I'm surfacing to announce the arrival of a long-promised project...
Oct 8, 2012 | Books - Cut Scenes - Short Stories - Writing
Now available – SINCERITY & OTHER SCARY TALES! Longtime followers of this blog will recognize the title story from this collection. Sincerity was my Halloween offering four years ago, reprinted last year for all my new readers. Now it appears to headline a...
Jan 29, 2009 | Cut Scenes
This story occurs, obviously, during Mariotto's exile to France following his marriage to Gianozza. The date, which is historical, places it between chapters 28 and 29 of THE MASTER OF VERONA. While this may seem as a mere ruse on my part to drag in yet...
