Christopher Bean

The Rime of the Brackish Mariner

The wind speaks in Roquebrun. A labyrinth pond there I once fished as a boy, where darting, infant mullet kissed…

5 years ago

Owen Come Home

Sometimes in July, when the wind cries in the right direction, I hear a tremulous calliope sighing across the flats.…

5 years ago

The Heredity of Memory

She hasn’t known me for years; instead of throwing hugs she just casts spears, her careworn face now lined with…

5 years ago

Oh, Jump, and I’ll Come to You, My Love

To run with white horses, white horses, white horses. Oh, how I long to ride them with you. Because the…

5 years ago

To Everything a Season

I never thought eBay would contribute to my grieving journey, but then I’d never heard about Mourning Seeds until my…

5 years ago

The Reedy Shoals of Havisham

Under a goose moon, he calls amongst the lament of waves, whispering in ripples. Spring arrives once more. Is it…

5 years ago

Embrace the liminal…

Welcome, sleeping wanderer, to the peculiar seasons of the liminal spaces. Here you’ll find the things that fall between the…

6 years ago

Blog

On the Absence of Usual Stimuli What an incredible time to be a writer. Since lockdown began I’ve seen three…

6 years ago

About

My first published work is the story 'Jumbled-up Jack' in The Haunting of Lake Manor Hotel (Woodbridge Press, 2016) anthology…

6 years ago