© Kevin Corby Bowyer 2024
Splinters of Silence Twelve tales: secret children, stolen babies, rejected lives, betrayals, romantic liaisons… Poor Terrel has a problem: he cannot decide between the two women who share his bed the milkmaid or the governess. One’ll have to go – maybe… Dilly Sollett must make a big decision for herself and her little girl. Can she admit to the love she feels for a much older man? Clouds gather on the horizon; a plague is spreading from the west… Who is this old codger in a Bath theatre audience, shamelessly groping his teenage bride in public? Nancy, sitting nearby with her friend, is not happy about it… Old Will Crowan, a retired cobbler resident in Venice for twenty- five years, reflects on his empty life. His beautiful second wife entertains her lovers while Will sits day after day, draining his twilight years in a café on the Grand Canal, playing dominoes with his equally expended acquaintances. What remains for him, other than the grave? James Bevington digs out his mother’s painting gear from the attic and wanders the countryside around York. His landscapes are far from perfect, but he’ll work at it. He may never be a master, but he’s happier now, the decision made. His violin stays at home, gathering dust… The dark things, the hidden things they roam these pages too the monsters: The three brothers, torn remnants of a single spirit, seething with hate for the Red and the White, gathering souls to grind in the mill… Sam Dunn, who has a certain exquisite, well-practised way of dealing with women… The predator, stalking his prey – a solitary young girl – on the remote Cornish coast… The Angel Gabriel, tall, thin, sinister, whose services can be bought, stealing from the rich to give to the needy… Finally, she, both human and elemental, her piercing eyes and flaming hair, terrifying, gliding in her gondola. Who is she?
Kevin Corby Bowyer - writer
© Kevin Bowyer 2024
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