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The Stones and the Torment (final part)

 Dr OctagonThe final part of the Stones and the Torment mixing medical horror, psychogeography, myth and history.

August 21, 2014 in Glasgow, Psychogeography.
Let Glasgow decay

The Stones and the Torment (Part 4)

A return to The Stones and the Torment, a semi-fictional story that blends psychogeography, history and horror to explore a mythical Glasgow curse. Part four sees the narrator taken by unknown assailants to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where the curse has broken out in all its horror.

July 4, 2014 in Glasgow, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Glasgow City Chambers (from www.getintravel.com)

The Stones and the Torment (Part 3)

Continuing a skewed mix of horror, psychogeography, myth and history as Glasgow is threatened by an old curse that allows the Quarter of Torment to break through The Sacred Line. Click to for an intro and to catch-up previous parts of The Stones and The Torment

August 13, 2013 in Glasgow, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Part of the stone circle overlooked by soon to be demolished tower blocks Copyright: Glasgow Album http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/

The Stones and the Torment (Part 2)

The story continues with a semi-fictional look at Glasgow’s arcane history as old man Mackail explains the history of the Sighthill Stone Circle, and starts to reveal its hidden secret to a confused narrator.

July 11, 2013 in Glasgow, History, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Sighthill tower block awaiting demolition

The Stones and the Torment (Part 1)

Using Glasgow’s stone circle and streets to explore an old idea that if you walk a city enough you will discover hitherto unseen streets, immortal historical characters, vanishing gardens and parallel realities. (With apologies to Poe, Machen, Sinclair, etc!)

June 20, 2013 in Glasgow, Psychogeography, Scotland.

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