Chapter Six. Further North. The further they travelled toward the Ice Queen’s realm, the colder the air became. Inns grew scarce, and twice they had...
They started when we were walking with one of our granddaughters when she was tiny. She picked up a feather and carried it round and eventually gave it to me, so I stuck it in my hat brim. From there is just escalated and now people in this town...
Probably, but that must happen if one has read and remembered an awful lot of (and a lot of awful) books. At least I have refrained from scouring the local maps for names (Georgette Heyer did that) or the Graveyard for character names (Beatrix...
As a youngster I spent hours roaming the backstreets of the town where we lived, so any of these places may have existed then, but not consciously accessed when writing. Sadly my children and grandchildren live a long way away from us now. Also...
Have to be careful or I come up with ones like Billy Sugger and Posy Dillock and Gertie Noll and Bosey Dugger. All those are slightly off colour if you look at them in the correct way.
I have been writing them for well over 40 years, so I have accumulated a fair number of them. There are I think about 10 or so Dark Forest ones,20 or so others and at least a dozen Amanderella ones.
Mrs. Gaffletter
Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2026
Based on my landlady when I was at University.
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The feathers
Posted on Sun, 23 Aug 2026
They started when we were walking with one of our granddaughters when she was tiny. She picked up a feather and carried it round and eventually gave it to me, so I stuck it in my hat brim. From there is just escalated and now people in this town...
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Flavoured!
Posted on Sun, 23 Aug 2026
Probably, but that must happen if one has read and remembered an awful lot of (and a lot of awful) books. At least I have refrained from scouring the local maps for names (Georgette Heyer did that) or the Graveyard for character names (Beatrix...
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Background
Posted on Sun, 23 Aug 2026
As a youngster I spent hours roaming the backstreets of the town where we lived, so any of these places may have existed then, but not consciously accessed when writing. Sadly my children and grandchildren live a long way away from us now. Also...
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Boxed jewel
Posted on Mon, 10 Aug 2026
The jewel is in the box, should have explained that better.
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Time of composition
Posted on Sat, 08 Aug 2026
Since I was asked for her backstory on here. So month maybe?
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Amanderella mysteries
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2026
Yet another mystery for Amanderella to solve This time in the wilds of somewhere northern!.
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Names
Posted on Sat, 18 Jul 2026
Have to be careful or I come up with ones like Billy Sugger and Posy Dillock and Gertie Noll and Bosey Dugger. All those are slightly off colour if you look at them in the correct way.
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Number of stories
Posted on Sun, 21 Jun 2026
I have been writing them for well over 40 years, so I have accumulated a fair number of them. There are I think about 10 or so Dark Forest ones,20 or so others and at least a dozen Amanderella ones.
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End of tale
Posted on Sun, 21 Jun 2026
More Dark Forest tales or something completely different?
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