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SHAKESPEARE AT POOH CORNER
CHAPTER ONE SOMETHING MAGIC THIS WAY COMES 1968 “Remember tonightfor it is the beginningof always.” DANTE ALIGHIERI THE INFERNO There was no need to check the corners in our house for demons. Mother’s dark shadow crept through the house without … Continue reading
Posted in ABSOLEM, Books, Edward de Vere - the 17th Earl of Oxford, ghosts, paranormal romance, REINCARNATION, SHAKESPEARE, SHAKESPEARE, Silent K Publishing, supernatural, V Knox, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author, women's fiction
Tagged A Midsummer Night;s Dream, Absolem the caterpiller, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, Edward de Vere - the 17th Earl of Oxford, Eeyore the donkey, Elizabethan court, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Peter Pan, Puck, Queen Elizabeth 1st, reincarnation, Sillvany, the Cheshire Cat, the Shakespeare authorship question, time travel, V. Knox author, Zeno of Citium
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THE LAND BEFORE SNOW
IF TIME STANDS STILL ANYWHERE, IT’S AT BEDE. IF GHOSTS HAUNT ANYWHERE, IT’S IN BEDE HALL. But ghosts are nothing compared to the challenges haunting a curmudgeonly building with a desire for eternal life. BEDE HALL WAS ALIVE BUT EVEN … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT EGYPT, Ancient Egyptian history, Bede Hall, Books, Egyptology, fantasy, ghosts, HADRIAN'S WALL, middle-grade time-slip adventure, mythology, Pangea, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, Snow Behind the Door, supernatural, THE BEDE SERIES - V KNOX, the Green Man, THE GREEN MAN, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW - the novel, time travel, TIME TRAVEL, Twinter the novel, V Knox, V. Knox author
Tagged ancient Britain, Ancient Egyptian history, Anubis, Bede Hall, BOOK 4 of The Bede Series', Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, ghosts, Hadrian's Wall, immortal cats, magic, middle grade, MIDDLE-GRADE FOR ADULTS, reincarnation, Sekhmet, Snow - a child ghost with amnesia, Snow Behind the Door, THE FURIES, the goddess Bast, THE GREAT SPHINX, the Green Man, Twinship, V. Knox author
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THE POWER OF SNOW
There are three generations of Stratford-Smyths ‘living’ in Bede Hall. THE FOURTH IS THE GHOST OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHICH MAKES THEM FOUR GENERATIONS SPANNING FOUR DIMENSIONS. Bede Hall is old. The word ageless barely covers it, and the word … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT EGYPT, Ancient Egyptian history, Bede Hall, Books, Egyptology, ghosts, HADRIAN'S WALL, Historical Fantasy, magical realism, middle-grade time-slip adventure, mythology, Pangea, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, Snow Behind the Door, supernatural, THE BEDE SERIES - V KNOX, the Green Man, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW - the novel, time travel, TIME TRAVEL, Twinter the novel, V Knox, V. Knox author
Tagged 'SNOW BEHIND THE DOOR', British folklore, British history, Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media, ghosts, Hadrian's Wall, historical fantasy, immortal cats, mythical beasts, Pangea, reincarnation, THE GREAT SPHINX, the Venerable Bede, twins, V. Knox author
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LISTENING TO SNOW
‘Snow Behind the Door’– the memoir of a child ghost with amnesia (book four of my ‘Bede Series’) has progressed to the first short list for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER AWARD for middle-grade fiction. My Bede series was meant to … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT EGYPT, Bede Hall, Books, fantasy, HADRIAN'S WALL, Historical Fiction, middle-grade time-slip adventure, mythology, Pangea, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, supernatural, THE BEDE SERIES - V KNOX, THE GREEN MAN, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW the novel, time travel, Twinter the novel
Tagged magical realism, reincarnation, V. Knox author
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VIOLET SEABORN’S UNFINISHED SOUL
ANCESTRAL WATERS RUN DEEP Violet Seaborn’s Unfinished Soul is a mythical fantasy about an extraordinary young girl who perishes in the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 who must travel back to the prehistoric goddess culture of her ancestors to restore … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ghosts, literary fiction, mythology, paranormal romance, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, supernatural, time travel, TIME TRAVEL, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author, women's fiction
Tagged ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, HORSES, mythology, paranormal romance, reincarnation, Scottish legend, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author, VIOLET SEABORN'S UNFINISHED SOUL, WATER HORSE
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A ‘DOGGED STAR’ IS BORN
‘DOGGED STAR’ – When the teenage Leonardo Da Vinci experiences a spontaneous emotional outburst while painting his first masterpiece, he unwittingly initiates a long-term long-distance love affair that defies physics. An extraordinary romance spanning five-centuries transpires inspired by the dogged … Continue reading
Posted in Andrea Verrocchio, art history, Books, Fine Art, Florence, Florence. Italy, ghosts, Historical Fiction, Italian renaissance, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, magical realism, PAINTINGS, paranormal romance, REINCARNATION, romance, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, supernatural, time travel, V Knox, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author, women's fiction
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THREE TIMES A LADY
With the completion of ‘LISABETTA – a stolen sister’, ‘the LISABETTA trilogy’ is now part of my literary history. The fanciful biography of Lisabetta’s hidden, forgotten, and overlooked life unfolds when the embittered spirit of Leonardo da Vinci’s kid sister … Continue reading
THE ‘MONA LISA’… ARTFUL or POSSESSED? … THE NINE-TENTHS RULE
Is the ‘Mona Lisa’ beguiling or smiling? Alluring or obscuring? Devious or mischievous? Is she artful or possessed? In my fictional account of her life, ‘LISABETTA – a stolen glance’, she is all of the above. POSSESSION IS NINE-TENTHS OF … Continue reading
Posted in art history, Books, Fine Art, Florence, Florence. Italy, ghosts, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Italian renaissance, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, PAINTINGS, paranormal romance, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, supernatural, the 'Mona Lisa', V Knox, V. Knox author, VERMEER, Veronica Knox author
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HAPPY IN THE MIDDLE
Being middle-aged or much older means we’re honorary lifetime members of the ‘middle-grade’ genre that filmmakers and authors have created especially for us. Indulge. It’s amazing. There’s no such thing as a second childhood if you never grow up! It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adoration, ANCIENT EGYPT, Ancient Egyptian history, ARCHAEOLOGY, Bede Hall, Books, Egyptology, fantasy, ghosts, HADRIAN'S WALL, Historical Fantasy, Leonardo da Vinci, magical realism, middle-grade time-slip adventure, mythology, Pangea, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, supernatural, THE BEDE SERIES - V KNOX, the Green Man, THE GREEN MAN, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW - the novel, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW the novel, time travel, TIME TRAVEL, Twinter the novel, V Knox, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author
Tagged the BEDE SERIES by V KNOX
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100 NAMES FOR SNOW
Excerpt from ‘SNOW BEHIND THE DOOR’, the prequel to the ‘Bede Trilogy’, in Snow’s words: [The first beginning I remember was arriving at Bede Hall with my father on a bitterly cold, snowy English day in August of the year … Continue reading
Posted in ANCIENT EGYPT, Ancient Egyptian history, Bede Hall, Books, Egyptology, fantasy, ghosts, HADRIAN'S WALL, hadrians wall, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, literary fiction, magical realism, middle-grade time-slip adventure, mythology, Pangea, REINCARNATION, Silent K Publishing, SILENT K PUBLISHING, supernatural, THE BEDE SERIES - V KNOX, the Green Man, THE GREEN MAN, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW - the novel, TIME FALLS LIKE SNOW the novel, time travel, TIME TRAVEL, Twinter the novel, V Knox, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author
Tagged SNOW BEHIND THE DOOR - a WIP nove
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