Thunder rumbled. He gazed out the window in frightened fixation. His was the only house around. Lightning struck the tree outside. When the storm passed, he ran out to mourn…
They say that if you walk the lake at noon on the summer solstice, it fills with light and colour. A local superstition found in no books but on everyone’s…
I held perfectly still. A breeze shook the tree; I shook with it. ‘Hehehe,’ I said. ‘They’ll never even know I was here …’ The goblins below frowned up at…
As she made her way to the greenhouse, poppies and peonies turned their heads to follow her. Inside, succulent plantlings unpotted themselves and tottered over on mobile roots to crowd…
‘Is that … a human?’ We crowded around the snivelling thing, bald and pink as a baby rat. I flicked my ears at my sister; she quirked her whiskers and…
This is post 3 of 5 in the series “Avari” A series of posts of information, thoughts, and world-building about my WIP cosy space fantasy novel, Avari. I Don’t Read…
I don’t think I’ve ever made a post like this. For so long, my goal was just to be published. Well, I’ve published three books now and I have no…
This is post 2 of 5 in the series “Avari” A series of posts of information, thoughts, and world-building about my WIP cosy space fantasy novel, Avari. I Don’t Read…
This is post 1 of 5 in the series “Avari” A series of posts of information, thoughts, and world-building about my WIP cosy space fantasy novel, Avari. I Don’t Read…
Have I ever told you about Joh’s Night-time Adventure? I know I haven’t, because it just happened last night. It begins like this. Joh and I are reading in bed….