In prose andpaintingSteven O'Brien and Joe Machine have delved into themythic matter of Britain, andIreland.They have re-cast theancient stories of these islands for fresh ears and eyes. Raw, poetic, eerie, vivid and earthy -these dialogues with the uncanny, the divine, and thestruggles ofthehumanspirit show usthatourmyths are asimportant asever. Steven O'Brien isa widelywidely publishedpeot, editiorof The London Magazine, and lectures at theUniversity ofPortsmouth, where he leads the MA inCreative Writing.He is also VisitingFellow of CreativeWriting at University College Chichester. JoeMachineis an artist, poet and writer