P.D.R. Lindsay – författare

He came back with everything he promised. It was already too late.When I Come Again is a prize-winning historical fiction short story by New Zealand writer p.d.r. Lindsay, set in Bronze Age northern Europe among peat lakes, marsh villages, and the ancient rites of the goddess Nerthus. Becan left his village as a young man with nothing to offer but a promise and four years to make good on it. Laila's father laughed at him. The village expected him to fail. Instead he traded his way along the great rivers, learned from Roman merchants, gathered ponies and silver and small careful wealth, and sent Laila a new feather every year to count down the seasons until his return. Now the geese are flying south and Becan is almost home, singing a soldier's love song under his breath, planning the house he will build and the life they will share. What he finds when he crosses the causeway will take everything from him. And what he does next will define the man he has become. Perfect for readers who love:- Literary historical fiction and ancient world short stories - Bronze Age and Iron Age historical settings - Stories set in pre-Roman northern Europe and Scandinavia - Short reads with emotional depth and strong characters - Historical fiction featuring ancient religion, ritual, and daily life Rich with period detail, told in a voice as clean and unhurried as the landscape it describes, When I Come Again is a story about the cruelty of communities, the stubbornness of love, and the small, brave acts that make an ordinary life worth living. It is historical fiction at its finest, spare, honest, and deeply felt. A prize-winning short story from one of New Zealand's most accomplished independent writersPublished by Writer's Choice, a writers' publishing collective dedicated to quality fiction.

A haunted starship. A reluctant spiritual healer. A Christmas Eve unlike any other. 'Christmas Spirits' is a quietly powerful science fiction short story by award-recognised New Zealand writer p.d.r. Lindsay, blending Maori cultural tradition with deep-space adventure in a tale that will stay with you long after the final page. The family motto has always been simple: there are no ghosts in space. For generations, the family's tohunga, their Maori spiritual leaders, have built a thriving business solving the problems that technology and science cannot explain. The current tohunga, the ninth in the line, has cultivated a comfortable life firmly rooted in the New Zealand landscape he loves. Space jobs are for his children. Until now. A quarantined deep-space military starship is experiencing communication failures, unexplained static, and persistent disturbances that have defeated every specialist sent aboard. With Christmas Eve counting down and the whole family waiting back on the Northland beach, he boards the isolation bay and begins to investigate. What he discovers changes everything he thought he knew about what it means to be lost, and what it takes to truly come home. Perfect for readers who love: - Thoughtful, character-driven science fiction short stories - Science fiction featuring indigenous culture and mythology - Festive SF and Christmas ghost stories with emotional depth - New Zealand fiction and Pacific voices in speculative fiction - Short reads ideal for the holiday season Rich with cultural authenticity, gentle humour, and genuine heart, 'Christmas Spirits' proves that the most ancient human needs, love, belonging, and the longing for home, travel just as far as any starship ever could. A warm, wise, and wonderfully original science fiction story for the Christmas season and beyond.Published by Writer's Choice, a writers' publishing collective dedicated to quality fiction.