Greetings and thank you for requesting my Authors Den newsletter. It has been three months since my last newsletter so its time to get you all up to date. I have temporarily abandoned my project on Native American witchcraft and have begun another manuscript--this one on the folklore of sacred stone. Tentatively titled "Menhirs, Dolmen and Circles of Stone: The Folklore and Magic of Sacred Stone", it will be similar to my first two folklore books on water--being a global look at the history and universal aspects of the folklore, mythology and rituals involved in stones. I have posted a sample chapter on my AuthorsDen site for any of you who would like to check it out (www.authorsden.com/garyrvarner).

I will have two articles appearing in seperate publications in the next few months. An article on sacred water will be in the Yule issue of Gaea's Cauldron--a new pagan periodical (www.gaeascauldronmagazine.homestead.com) and a reprint of my article on Samhain will appear in the next issue of Witches Voice (http://magazine.witchsvoice.com).

Rich Pederick, editor of the British magazine Living Spring Journal will be writing a forword for my book, Water of Life--Water of Death which hopefully will be published in 2004.

Updates on the progress of my work will be contained in the next newsletter. Thank you again and blessings to you all,

Gary R. Varner