I'm so proud that my short story 'John Barleycorn' is featured in this blazing anthology of Folk Horror by Infested Publishing. This is my first work of fiction to be published! Full credit to them for having such vision!

The solstice can't come quick enough! 🌻

#Folklore #Fiction ##Folkhorror #Shropshire #writing #Johnbarleycorn

https://youtu.be/B3Y3Jiova9c?feature=shared

#johnbarleycorn #fiddle #folkmusic

This has been playing in my brain all day, help me complete it?

There was three men come out of the west
The future for to buy,
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Mastodon should die.
They NDAd, they scorned, didn’t research him,
Throwed slanders at his head.
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Mastodon was dead.

#JohnMastodon #JohnBarleycorn #folk #filk

*NEW POST*

You can read my newest post - a spooky short story called 'John Barleycorn' by following the link below! I really hope you enjoy it!

https://ko-fi.com/post/John-Barleycorn-A-short-story-L3L1KITYB

#Folkhorror #Fiction #Folklore #JohnBarleycorn #Shortstories

The #JohnBarleycorn in the former #Machold Bierhaus in #Bonn old town calls itself an #IrishPub. IMHO, it is still more like a traditional German Brauhaus, but a quite good one.

Crowded like hell these days, but with solid selection of Irish and German #beers on tap and great burgers and steaks.

They even put the old Machold's Hell and Dunkel beer brands on their menu, but at least the Hell tastes different than the original one I remember.

“Elmo the Muskrat came out of the West,
His fortune for to try
And Elmo made a solemn vow
John Mastodon must die…”

(Just seeing if there’s enough of an English trad / folk music scene on here to recognize the original. If so, would anyone like to add some verses? Or at least give it a boost so that this post gets a bit more… #Traffic ?)

#JohnMastodon #EnglishTrad #FolkMusic #JohnBarleycorn #CrowdSourcing

So this has been slowly stewing in my brain today. If you know English folk songs, chances are you know the tune...

There was a man, came from the south,
His fortune for to blow.
And he made himself a solemn vow,
John Mastodon must go.

He stopped accounts, he blocked the links,
But it was all in vain,
For when he had tried all his tricks,
John Mastodon remained.

#JohnMastodon #FolkSong #JohnBarleycorn