Tonight, Tom Muir and his wife Rhonda have a cozy winter storytelling session, with readings from Tom's books published with The History Press ... including his new Scottish Folk Tales of Love, gorgeously illustrated by artist Hester Aspland.If you're inspired to do so, you can buy us a dram on Ko-fi, with our hearty thanks: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyologyWinter is for stories. As we round the bend of a new year, Tom will tell us some stories in their entirety, as well as sharing selected readings from his History Press books. So snuggle in and draw closer to the fire, even if it's an imaginary one. Happy New Year to you all, friends.Along with readings from stories of sea witches, second sight, doomed lovers, the devil, lovers returned from the dead and runaway princesses ... full stories Tom will tell are: The Three QuestionsThe Selkie's RevengeThe Three GiftsMentioned in the episode:Hjorliefur Helgi Steffanson: podcast episode 10; Ailsa Dixon: podcast episode 9 - https://www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-podcast.htmlThe Green Man of Knowledge, told by Tom: https://www.orkneyology.com/tales-from-tom5.htmlTales for Troubled Times folktale storytelling archive: https://www.orkneyology.com/tales-from-tom.htmlHistory Press books by Tom: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/contributor/tom-muir/Anthologies: https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-anthology-of-scottish-folk-tales/https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-anthology-of-scottish-folk-tales-volume-ii/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.