StairWell

From the misery of Hell's corrupted wards, to the mountain of personal transcendence... StairWell is the second volume of The English Cantos, where the Poet leaves the confines of Hell's hospital ward and enters Purgatory. Following in the footsteps of Dante Alighieri, the Poet must climb the staircase to the Chapel of St. Luke, at once a real place of solace and sacredness in the midst of the blighted hospital, but also a metaphysical plane, accessible only to those who may pass the trials and tribulations of the purgatorial ascent. On the journey, the Poet will meet figures both from his personal life, and those more well known, all fighting their own battles of self-improvement. Combining deep psychology with the fantastical grandeur of an Arthurian legend, StairWellexplores the fragility and wickedness of the human condition balanced with the transformational powers of Hope and Faith. Join James, the Poet, on his quest to find the chapel...