This is inspired by the Pendle Witches, a group of people who were executed for witchcraft in England in the 1600s. They were imprisoned in Lancaster Castle, in the dungeons. You are able to go in the same cell they used, today as part of the tour.
The door clangs shut, the warder walks away leaving us in darkness so thick that it almost seems to be: in my terror as another body. Someone brushes against me, the husky aroma and unexpected brush of their heavy clothes making me jump backwards.
I came down heavily on someone’s toes, and am about to apologise, fearful that it might have been old Chattox’s feet I trod on, but relax a little when I hear Alizon’s voice say “That hurt!” I could feel the hairs surrounding my ear move with the exhalation of breath from the words, and instinctively, hopefully reach out. My fingers close over Alizon’s despite the gloom, and feel the cuts to her palm as familiar as if they mar my own skin.
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I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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