Author: William Stapledon

  • Star Maker (excerpt)

    Chapter 1 – The Earth THE STARTING POINT ONE night when I had tasted bitterness I went out on to the hill. Dark heather checked my feet. Below marched the suburban lamps. Windows, their curtains drawn, were shut eyes, inwardly watching the lives of dreams. Beyond the sea’s level darkness a lighthouse pulsed. Overhead, obscurity….