Category: Original Fiction
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Echoes of History: Neptune, America, and Lincoln’s Ghostly Warning
“Remember,” his voice echoed softly, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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The Green Man and the Power of Art
Lillian, arms folded, studied the piece. “Magnificent is one word for it.”
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The Hollow Wood
Sylvia inhaled sharply. “We should be careful.” Lillian tightened her grip on her walking stick. “I thought you’d be delighted.” “I am.” Sylvia’s voice was hushed. “But fairies—real fairies—aren’t what people think.”
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The Oss and the Shadows: What Lurks Behind the Mask?
But people also say that, if you step too close, if you lock eyes with the swirling, shrouded thing beneath the mask, something changes.
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The Wheel Turns: Thomas Hardy and the Rhythms of Fate
Thomas Hardy understood this. His novels, though driven by social constraints, human folly, and misfortune, are deeply rhythmic, unfolding in time with the natural world’s cycles.
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Magic, Mysticism, and Power:
Each heroine reflects a different relationship to magic—Sylvia as the mystic, Lillian as the scholar, Margaret as the strategist, and Cassandra as the keeper of secrets.
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Favourite Places
….of my four favourite heroines, which soon I will visit: Lillian’s Favorite Place in Cornwall: St. Just-in-Roseland Church Lillian loves St. Just-in-Roseland Church, a quiet, atmospheric medieval church nestled in a subtropical garden near the Fal River. It speaks to her scholarly and contemplative nature—a place where she can reflect, process her thoughts, and feel connected to…
