Category: #Fiction
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Why are we Waiting?
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This baby Swallow looks fed up, waiting for the Spring, and I know I am too. I keep looking for those early signs, but they haven’t arrived yet. Oh well, back to the writing. At least that is coming along nicely! This isn’t the cover, but it could be. Not quite good enough, I think……
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Fingers Crossed…
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When I woke up this morning, I didn’t feel that well and wasn’t looking forward to another long day of depression and struggle. These days, my determination has to be hiding behind the door, for I have not seen hide nor hair of it in weeks. Almost everything has been bumped, placed on hold until…
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Wildacre Review #Ghost Horror @shani_struthers
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in #Dark, #Fiction, #Suspense, blogging, books, haunting, mystery, nightmares, review, sharing interestsHome is where the heart is: a place where memories are forged, a refuge from the world. But what if those memories are painful? And the refuge becomes a prison? Jessica Lockhart is in need of a live-in carer over the Christmas period; Isla Barrow is the woman who takes the job. After a fraught…
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The Long Awaited day…
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I wasn’t quite sure how I felt when I woke up on Friday morning, so it was a very confused woman who staggered to the car. For days, I had been fighting a feeling of vague disappointment, so sure that this long-awaited appointment would be a waste of time, like so many before. (It usually…
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A Nightmare Remembered…
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75 years ago, I read an illustrated copy of Jane Eyre. I was eight years old and fascinated by the haunting drawings and the story itself. A sad, complicated story that gave me nightmares. I spent my childhood trying to escape from a miserable childhood, reading everything I could get my hands on. The story…
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The Midnight Bookshop: Your next favourite magical realism book #Fiction
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You don’t choose the book. The book chooses you… ‘A book I was sorry to finish.‘ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A timeless story that emphasizes the healing and transformative power of books.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –Long ago, a bookshop was born – the beating heart of all those who find hope within the pages of a book. With the words…