Song of the Elves

Epic fantasy novels and short stories by David Charles Shepherd

Jump on Board

| January 28, 2009

a warm welcome to my new readers.  I appreciate your support.  If you’re not familiar with the website you’ll find here short stories connected to A Shadow Falls, news of current developments with book two, and soon you’ll be able to get hold of extracts from my new novel The Mirror of His Soul. i’d [...]

Inspiration

| January 23, 2009

In Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, a young man and an old lady find a kind of gentle love for each other based on shared company, coffee and cake.  Each separately wonders about what might have been if God hadn’t been so cruel to put them on the earth decades apart.  At least they coincide [...]

Thanks and tribute

| January 19, 2009

I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop with poet Cliff Yates recently and would like to thank Cliff for  encouraging my students in their writing and inspiring us all with his poetry and group activities.  Some of the work produced in the session has left me with ideas for future stories.  I [...]

Beat the credit crunch

| January 4, 2009

Happy New Year!  I hope its a good one for you. Why not beat the credit crunch by starting 2009 with a free book?  Download A Shadow Falls for free from this website now! News on part two of The Song of the Elves, The King’s Blades, to follow soon…