This past week was a bubble of creativity and joyful work. Thank you Aspen Words.

ARRRGHGGHHHHH no matter how many times I proofread a manuscript, or how many people’s eyes go through it with a fine tooth comb, there’s always *some* error that slips through into the published book, each one a smarting paper cut to my soul

Archaeological drone surveys in the Yorkshire Dales uncover previously unknown henges, prehistoric villages and medieval farms yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-r…

Hugo Brady Brown You mean like this???

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Happy Halloween from the #FolkloreThursday team!

The #Witch Files: Going to #Sea in an Eggshell by Willow Winsham for #FolkloreThursday buff.ly/2Nuc7m4 #eggs

Putting Their #Faith in the #Fairies: BBC #NorthernIreland’s Fascination with the ‘Wee Folk' by Portia Ellis-Woods buff.ly/2q9Tl9M

The Glasgow Vampire, the Baobhan Sith and other Scottish monster tales dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/g…

Have you heard of the strangest #maps of #Britain ever made? Find out more with Anne Louise Avery for #FolkloreThursday! buff.ly/36leCSA

Los robles de Albion son un par de robles antiguos, Gog y Magog, que se encuentran en Glastonbury, Somerset. Son los árboles supervivientes solitarios de una avenida de robles antiguos que conducía a Glastonbury Tor (el lugar de descanso del Rey Arturo) ⛲ Mark Tompkins

Suffragette #MarydeMorgan: England's First Feminist #FairyTale Writer? By Dr Kate Forsyth buff.ly/2LH2H6v

14 works of fiction comprise the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist! 9 novels, 5 short story collections, 7 debut voices, and a number of small and large presses are in the running for the $35,000 prize. #AspenLitPrize aspenwords.org/programs/liter…

Behind Argentina’s World Cup magic, an army of witches - MyJoyOnline.com myjoyonline.com/behind-argenti…

Behind Argentina’s World Cup Magic, an Army of Witches nytimes.com/2022/12/17/wor…

The goddess Juno, queen of the Roman gods and sister-consort of Zeus, rides her chariot pulled through the skies by her sacred bird, the peacock. as shown here by Sebastiano del Piombo at Villa Farnesina #FairyTaleTuesday #myths #birds

🌊🌅🌊At dawn on Easter Sunday a mermaid is said to swim through a hidden channel from the River Mersey to Rostherne Mere in Cheshire, to ring a church bell - lost under the waters long ago - and then settle upon it to sing to the sunrise. #FolkloreSunday #Superstitiology

20/ Continuing with the my backlog of reads. THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC by Mark Tompkins Begins with a mystery, spins into a 14th century geopolitical power play for the fate of magic. Enough real-world touch points to leave you wondering if it could be true, and what comes next.