by Stories from the Archive | Feb 7, 2024 | Short story
by Alys Hungerford (1857-1934) Introduction Alys Hungerford has been described variously as “the blind poetess” and “blind authoress and playwright”. Two sources give us insight into her life. The first is a piece by Lesley Abrahams, published...
by Stories from the Archive | Dec 8, 2023 | Poetry
by Rosamond Agnes Benham (1874-1923) I found my feet from under me Swept swiftly by that rushing sea Of feeling, in the one high tide That flows for most – that some outride To reach the land again. But free The waves came, and resistlessly They bore me toward the...
by Stories from the Archive | Dec 1, 2023 | Poetry
by Annie Rattray Rentoul (1882-1978) On Wednesday, Whispering Gums wrote about the early work of the talented sisters, illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and writer Annie Rattray Rentoul. As WG mentioned, the first known published work by Annie was a poem, “The comet...
by Stories from the Archive | Nov 17, 2023 | Short story
by Jean Curlewis (1898-1930) A maiden lady discovers a cure for loneliness. At the post-office Miss Eldridge felt suddenly even more lonely than usual. She collected the magazine which constituted her entire mail, and turned wistfully away from the little social...
by Stories from the Archive | Nov 3, 2023 | Short story
by Jessie Urquhart (1890-1948) A rural short story from 1930. It was hot work hilling potatoes. Raking the dry clods of earth about the milky stalks, with the sun pressing closer and closer, like the lid of an iron box, on the top of one’s head, and the...
