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The plot: A woman asks a raven to fetch a piece of her lover’s heart. Last month I republished my ebook Temptation & Mozzarella . This month I would like to share a link to a PDF file of the story Raven’s Heart . This is a story I created but did not know where or how to showcase. It is an experimental digitalised fairy tale of a sort. A mixture of strange graphics to play with the boundaries of reader interaction and text/pictures. I used formatting available through Microsoft Word to edit the pictures I had drawn.  My inspiration for the piece is at the end of the document. If you enjoyed the story and would like to make a donation this can be made to my Paypal account. I would be happy to answer any questions.

  ‘You remind me,’ said the woman on the other side, ‘of Alice in Wonderland.’ I had left my belongings back in the other world, including my shoes, and crawled through a tunnel of lights into an Aladdin’s cave of pedagogy. There were no giant, talking flowers but there were: mossy pillows to stand on, the smell of purple flowers and rosemary, the feel of marbles and chickpeas scattered in a box; a large hoop skirt to reimagine ones childhood; bubbles, Lego, Play Doh, costumes and more to explore.  I wrote a postcard, to my eight year old self, Believe in your creativity and forge your own path. I felt constrained by the Curriculum as it came into force in the late 1980s. They had asked us to think for ourselves then trained us how to act: realistic, practical, confined by opportunities we did not understand. At home my existence was one of curiosity and imagination that wasn’t valid in the classroom where they recited, ‘learn this, say this, be th...

This month I submitted a story to the Scottish Book Trust mixing a fairy tale with my journey through the PhD. You can see my entry here. Emma’s Red Coat - Scottish Book Trust If you would like to know more about my work some initial thoughts are published here:- Parfitt, E.L. 2014. Storytelling as a trigger for sharing conversations. Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal. 1(2).

(based on the genius song "Agony" from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim) Did I abuse this (educational opportunity) by showing distain? My brain’s feeling mashed up. I might just lose it; tormented I’m reeling from frontal lobe pain! Agony! VIVA’s out of my reach When you’ve had an idea Yet that idea it still defies speech Alone at my desk I sit by the hour Tearing my hair Tense and confused, frequently screaming A song of despair Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-                                          Agony!     Caught my tongue in a draw Trying to write is like trying To fight Je Suis Charlie , and more Agony!                      ...