Darkness Over Love began as a private offering to a small circle of friends. It was made available to the public for two reasons. Firstly, some years ago, the author declared that he was working on a novel called Darkness Over Love: A Complete Fiction. This volume was published as a work in progress, showing how the story had grown in scope and ambition over some five years.
The book as published includes a 75 page essay on how the story had evolved by stages and shows the architecture and foundations of how it come to be seen by 2014.
Secondly, the author fell ill with metaststaic melanoma in 2013 and it was far from clear how the course of the illness would affect his writing plans. This 'writer's workbook' was, therefore, published as a place marker or memento in the event that the illness got the better of him before he could complete the envisaged work of literature. It includes the full architecture of the story as it stood by 2014, dozens of original poems and songs and some wonderful art work by Catherine Gordon; all indicative of the author's vision and hopes for the finished work. It has yet to be recommenced, but remains a tantalizing studio sketch of vast scope.