by Jonathan Riley | Sep 6, 2026 | BROTHER GILDAS
Year of Our Lord 557 Recorded by Brother Gildas Ink Stained Monk I record this one reluctantly, and for a reason I will explain at the end, though I suspect Wilfrid will say I have explained too much already by the time I reach it. We were shown the room by the...
by Jonathan Riley | Sep 5, 2026 | BROTHER WILFRID
Year of Our Lord 557 Recorded by Brother Wilfrid The Jewelled Widow We found the house because Gildas would not stop complaining about the rain. It stood apart from any village, on rising ground above a stream that had long since chosen a different course. Once it had...
by Jonathan Riley | Sep 1, 2026 | BROTHER WILFRID
The Boy at the Ford Year of Our Lord 557 Recorded by Brother Wilfrid There is a ford north of Eoforwic where the river runs shallow between two banks of alder. We had been warned not to cross it after sunset. The warning came from an old farmer whose name I have...
by Jonathan Riley | Sep 1, 2026 | BROTHER GILDAS
The Man Beneath the Roman Road Year of Our Lord 557 Recorded by Brother Gildas There are roads in this land that belong to no man now. The people who made them are gone, and the stones have been taken from them for walls and hearths, yet still they run beneath the...
by Jonathan Riley | Jul 17, 2026 | BROTHER WILFRID
She Is Remembered Entry dated the 3rd day of the month of Blodmonath, Year of Our Lord 558 Today we met Veil Walker near the marshes east of Eoforwic. She is a woman of our own blood, still wearing the simple gown she was buried in. Her sorrow is heavy — she seeks her...