Category Archives: Nova Scotia

CHARACTERS DYING TO TELL THEIR TALES

Presenting three of my artful characters dying to speak: LISABETTA BUTI (the ‘Mona Lisa’ and Leonardo da Vinci’s kid sister), SANDRO BOTTICELLI (fifteenth-century master painter), and FINN CLEARY (a child victim onboard Titanic) When the red leaves fall, the October … Continue reading

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THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

            April 15 – 1452 The illegitimate son of a lawyer and a woman we know only as Catarina, is born in the town of Vinci, in Tuscany, Italy. The child’s unspectacular entrance into the … Continue reading

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WONDROUS & DISASTROUS

APRIL 15 – A DAY TO REMEMBER Leonardo da Vinci was born – April 15, 1452         HMS Titanic sank – April 15, 1912 It’s uncanny that these are both subjects about which I’m most passionate. I … Continue reading

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SO… I WALKED INTO THIS MUSEUM…

… and I came out with a story. Or, to be more precise, it followed me home and shadowed me for three years. And now it’s coming up to the first anniversary, of self-publishing ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’, appropriately, the traditional … Continue reading

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LOVE POETRY BEYOND THE GRAVE

Fiction glorifies the art of paranormal romance,  reincarnation, and eternal bliss   Two Dantes say so: “I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing … Continue reading

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THE MORNING AFTER

APRIL 16th 1912 – the ‘after-math’ TOTAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERS – 2,223 SURVIVORS – 706 VICTIMS – 1,517 Of the 53 children who perished… 52 were from steerage (3rd. class) Odd words for a reporter; PROBABLY? MAYBE? Yet a noted member of the … Continue reading

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BOOK LAUNCH

NOW LAUNCHED! – on the 104th anniversary of the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic –  ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’ by V. KNOX – – a TITANIC-inspired novel of Literary Fiction / Magical Realism / and Paranormal Romance EXCERPT: CHAPTER ONE – ‘THE END’ FINN … Continue reading

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SAVE OUR SOULS

A 104 YEAR-OLD MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE   Countdown, 24 hours –  April 13th, 1912 ten minutes to midnight – a mountain of ice lurking in the waters of the North Atlantic, awaits the Titanic, steaming towards it on its … Continue reading

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TITANIC – THE ‘LAST SUPPER’

EXCERPT from ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’  [ In the morning I’m feverish. A lovely egg breakfast means nothing. My shoes wait for me, daring me to accept their torture. I will put them on later because I deserve the knives in … Continue reading

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CASTLES IN THE SAND

Reincarnation with a twist of fate. Two children on the Titanic, destined to marry, are torn apart when five-year-old Finn Cleary perishes on April 15, 1912. Now Finn must remain earthbound as a girl’s invisible childhood companion in order to reach … Continue reading

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