Stories
from the half-light

Brook and Blade Studio is an independent publisher of illustrated Australian stories drawn from history, myth and the darker edges of folklore.

The Dark Waters
of Glenrowan

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Australia, 1880.

Three days before the siege of Glenrowan, Ned Kelly forges plough iron into armour while something ancient stirs beneath the dark water.

The Dark Waters of Glenrowan is Part One of The Kindly Darkness series.

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There’s something
in the water

There’s something in the water

THE KINDLY DARKNESS / PART ONE

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This is not the story history remembers.

A bush legend.
A hunted man.
An iron mask.
One final stand.

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This is not the story
that history remembers.

This is not the story history remembers.

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