With her sisters and friends, a young astronomer confronts magic moving into her neighbood.

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Unable to bear the prospect of a life at sea, young Anthony O'Connell deserts his ship at Torquay and escapes into the Devonshire countryside under a new name. When Stella Sprigg, adopted daughter of a local farmer, encounters 'Zachary', the pair instantly know they are destined to be together.Intertwined with the local legend of St. Michael's Chapel, Stella and Zachary's story takes them from the secluded Devonshire valley to the perilous Mediterranean seas and finally to the pove...

At the core of Wilkinson Park's prairie, where wildflowers dance, and whispers linger in the grass, resides Gentian-a thoughtful and adventurous fairy with a talent for weaving and a passion for nature. Together with her close friend Rooster, Gentian dedicates her days to creating, discovering, and safeguarding the prairie's wildlife and flora. However, on a bright afternoon, a perplexing puzzle arrives in her life-a sorrowful Monarch Butterfly struggling to locate a spot to deposit her eg...

En Corrèze, après la guerre, un dilemme entre vengeance et pardonEn juin 1964, sur le bateau qui ramène vers Marseille la dernière poignée de soldats français et de colons d’Algérie, Roger Lachaud, un capitaine du Train, sympathise avec Claire de Puymagnac, veuve d’origine corrézienne comme lui. Lachaud ne lui cache pas qu’il revient au pays avec l’idée de se venger de ceux qui lui ont pris les trois femmes de sa vie : sa mère, sa soeur et son premieramour, ...

The title, 'Seeing with Fresh Eyes', reflects the Alexander Technique's emphasis on re-discovering our birthright, the 'natural good use of ourselves' that we had as young children, including seeing the world afresh. Pieces of creative writing extend the frame of reference for the Technique, and for its close connections with the natural environment.If I mention to people that I am an Alexander teacher they tend to shift their posture and sit up straight…..Many people find that Pil...

Par un sombre dimanche de novembre, la vieille Mamène, cuisinière de son état, s'écroule raide morte sur les dalles de l'église, au beau milieu du sermon. Quelques jours plus tard, son frère, libre penseur convaincu, se tue dans un accident de cheval contre le mur de cette même église. Deux morts brutales et inexpliquées dans la même famille : il y a de quoi semer le doute dans l'esprit des villageois...

Paradise isn't all it appears to beSalvage spaceship captain Farus Ody just wants to get his crew home safely. But when needed repairs sidetrack their course, the promise of a delightful treat becomes their journey's greatest threat.A Sci-Fi short story that will take you on a space adventure.

Time Travel, Superpowers, and Secrets...what could possibly go wrong?Twenty-year-old Larkspur is trapped 2,000 years in the future, but that’s not her biggest problem. Bestowed with strange superpowers, she’s adopted by one of the most powerful families known to the four inhabited planets. As heir, she’s responsible for an entire kingdom she didn’t know existed a few days ago. But when tragic surprises emerge from her past, Lark must decide where her loyalties will lie—past, or fut...

Peter G has finally come of age, and his life as a grown-up pixie man should be speeding ahead. Unfortunately, he's stuck, waiting for the love of his life to arrive. When they were children, they promised to meet, but where is she? Why hasn't she come?His cousin is busy with his wife and two children, his friend Joe is moving on in the human world, but Peter G is stuck running messages for friends and family.One day his sister-by-love, Pia, sends him to visit Barbie, the h...

Retiré dans un petit village de l’ouest de l’Angleterre, Zachary, déserteur de quinze ans qui ne supporte plus l’horreur de la vie à bord, tente d’oublier ses peurs – et de se faire oublier. C’est sur la « Colline aux Gentianes », butte surmontée d’une chapelle au-dessus du port de Torquay, où les marins ont l’habitude d’aller en pèlerinage, que le garçon rencontrera la petite Stella, douze ans, fille adoptive d’un couple de paysans. Tous deux rêvent d’une autre vie et d’autres contrées. S...

New school, new start…right?If only Asuka Gosse's social smarts were as brilliant as her grades. Can our freshman navigate the intricacies of university life, and discern Friend from Faux?This short spin on the classic Goose Girl fairytale is written in AnimeLit style and set in a non-magical, contemporary world.