Boxer was the scariest man I’d ever met in my life. I’d bet an arm that he had twice as many teeth as a normal person. Paper Starlings is the first of six books in the not*the*same*river series. They follow the life of Violet who, after a childhood in care, figures out that her birth... Continue Reading →
Meet Si Moore
“Do you ever feel like … life is just waiting there, behind a curtain or something, waiting for you to earn it? Sometimes I feel like there’s this whole tribe waiting. My people. But I don’t know what I need to be to make the curtain fall, you know? I’m stuck.” Context: Violet's crush becomes... Continue Reading →
Paper Starlings: a vampire in Oxford
Paper Starlings is the first of six books in the not*the*same*river series. The books follow the life of Violet who, after a childhood in care, figures out that her birth family’s heritage is more complicated than she believed possible. The series features vampires, angels, demons, werewolves, vaewolves and other vae breeds. It’s set mainly in... Continue Reading →
Paper Starlings: a Christmas scene
Paper Starlings is the first of six books in the not*the*same*river series. Context: Violet gets to know her family better when she spends her first Christmas at the priory. *** Christmas Eve flew by in a haze of board games, cheesy Christmas films and more food than I’d eaten all week. Adam taught me how... Continue Reading →
Paper Starlings: a scene
Paper Starlings is the first of six books in the not*the*same*river series. The series features vampires, angels, demons, werewolves, vaewolves and other vae breeds. It's set mainly in Oxfordshire, England. This is part of a scene in chapter ten. CONTENT WARNING: conversation in the context of maternal death, stillbirth. Context: After a childhood in care,... Continue Reading →
Paper Starlings: the prologue
Paper Starlings is the first of six books in the not*the*same*river series. They follow the life of Violet who, after a childhood in care, figures out her birth family's heritage is more complicated than she believed possible. The series features vampires, angels, demons, werewolves, vaewolves and other vae breeds. It's set mainly in Oxfordshire, England.... Continue Reading →
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