Leonard William Kings (1902) was the authoritative work on the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth. The etext linked to at the end of this blog includes the complete introduction, and […]
Creation According To The Babylonians
The Ynglingar
Extract from forthcoming book: Vol 2 of Viking Legends and Norse Mythology: The Ynglingar In any mythology, even fictitious ones as we know from Tolkien, there is always an origin, […]
Grottasongr
Origins of the Maelstrom Extract from the forthcoming Vol. 2 in the Viking and Norse series: Grottasongr is what can be called a true Scandinavian fairy tale, in essence a […]
Viking and Norse Vol 2
Volume 2 The next volume in the Viking and Norse series is nearing end of first draft. Writing non-fiction is wonderful, but it takes a lot more time to get […]
Checkin Nov 2017
A new timeline! Inspired by the dual timelines of the HBO TV-series True Detective, I’ve been developing the new timeline, an interesting one – being the present. This means the […]
A New Beginning
I’ve been doing a lot of re-thinking recently. I’ve decided to start the long, slow road to writing a screenplay for The Elements, based on developing a pitch for the […]
Heorot — Tolkien’s Meduseld, Hall Of Kings
Overlooking a shallow meandering valley, raised on a hill facing South are the remains of perhaps, two of the most important constructions for our collection understanding of the Hero Age […]
Review of Fear of Broken Glass
Originally posted by author David Higgins 5TH MAY 2017 ~ DAVE HIGGINS ‘Dave Higgins writes speculative fiction, often with a dark edge. Despite forays into the mundane worlds of law and IT, he […]
Awakening
Today, on Monday 07.08 2017 something kind of weird and wonderful happened. To receive news of the forthcoming release of Awakening, signup for The Elements newsletter I started self-publishing in […]
The Secrets of the Prognosticon
Prognostikon – The Divining Disc of Pergamon To be featured in The Elements The Prognosticon or Prognostikon is the name of a magical bronze circle pendant from ancient Greece, from the […]