Monday, 31 March 2014

Press Release


Isabel Wallace presents new retelling of Samson and Delilah


Biblical story retold in modern times in ‘The Lion’s Carcass’
TROWBRIDGE, England – Throughout her life, author Isabel Wallace loved to express herself through writing, be it prose or poetry. “The Lion's Carcass” (published by Lulu), published posthumously, is Isabel Wallace’s fresh, new retelling of the classic biblical story, Samson and Delilah.

Set in the town of Somerset, England, during the 1970s, “The Lion’s Carcass” updates the classic story of Samson and Delilah. When Sam and Dee fall passionately in love, their union becomes the catalyst that starts a chain of events seeped in jealousy.

Isabel Wallace’s keen insight on relationships drives the story as the Sam and Dee’s love begins to crumble around them. A thrilling love story of passion and betrayal, “The Lion’s Carcass” will delight readers until the last page.

An excerpt from “The Lion’s Carcass”:

“The solstice surprise on Bantock Hill was a yearly event for the Philistines and Dee was expecting their arrival, but no one came and when the dawn broke the east with its first strip of daylight it was for Sam and Dee alone. The sun rose, a giant glowing orb like a red moon in a sky that was a pink and cirrus sea that washed its weird tide of colour and unfathomed emotion over the man and girl on Bantock Hill.”

Readers can find more of Isabel Wallace’s work at www.isabelwallace.blogspot.com.

“The Lion's Carcass”

By Isabel Wallace

E-Book | ISBN 9781291494679

About the Author

Isabel Wallace lived most of her life in the west country of England. She traveled quite extensively, but always returned to her home. She was a kind and modest woman who loved reading and writing as an art form. She previously published “Starshine, the ocean and the unicorn,” a story of London’s underworld, and “Ecstasia,” an erotic novel. Isabel Wallace passed away at age 51.

Monday, 24 March 2014

night and day



in my sleep

there was a frozen waterfall

caught

like a sudden splash of a huge white moon,

and later

there were fireworks and rainbows

that gave out wonderful music

as i danced and sang

on the shore of a wide black river.....

this evening

i walk in the door

of a house full of strangers

the air full of slow jazz and wine,

a woman, wide eyed and solemn

turns in the lamplight

like the earth towards the sun

and greets me

and aah!

the magic ripples between us thicker than silver

and i laugh and shake my head

like a beggar who finds jewels in his soup -

oh, what days and nights these are!

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Muddle

It rained.
I rushed.
Confused.
Recent conversations
Bleach my brain.

Thoughts grow,
Muddle,
Disperse
And are lost

The sun glares on puddled-pavements

Walk towards another problem.
Try to solve it
Before I meet it.

(July 1977)

Sunday, 16 March 2014

I feel your beauty

I feel your beauty
Running through me
So many secrets
Leave our love sleepy and tongue-tied

I want to fly with you
Through cirrus sea
To wake up in sweet summer
Feeling your mystery close and alive

Two teas
Both with honey please
And let my naked magic flow
For it refuses to lie still
Under green moss.

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Writer and Muse

I am the vessel
That carries her voice
She embarked on my journey
And left me no choice
She came aboard quite suddenly
How could I refuse
I am the writer
And she the Muse

I am the child
Who is loyal to no other
She took me for a daughter
Though she is no mother
She adopted me quite ruthlessly
And began to enthuse
I am the writer
And she the Muse

I am the prisoner
Waiting for bail
She is the judge
Who threw me in jail
My sentence may be life
Bid who can I accuse
As I am the writer
And she the Muse

I am the dove
That flies from her sleeves
She the magician
Whose timing deceives
Plucking quills from my tail
How she does abuse
I am the writer
And She the Muse.

(January 1989)