
Beast-Laid Plans – Chapter One
Missing dragons. Rampaging beasts. Ladies of a certain age and temperament … Read chapter one in Beaufort Scales’ seventh cozy mystery here!

An Absent Blog of Bookish News
Revealing the name of the seventh Beaufort Scales book, plans for the coming months, and being offline.

Things to Distract You
Not all distraction is bad. It can be a way to reset, to let the subconscious tinker for a bit …

A Moment of Absence & the Naming of Dragons
A dog called Shorty, a trip to Fiji, an unexpected smoked fish and an expected loss, among other things. Also dragons.

5 Good Things From 2021
So. Here we are. 2022. *Peeks through the curtains at the year, trying not to draw…

Life Lessons on a Baking Bad Anniversary
Three years ago this month – yesterday, in fact – Beaufort Scales ambled out into the …

Gobbelino London: The Logistics of Cat Chess
Between raging squirrel mobs, My Little Ravenous sewer monsters, and bungalow-dwelling necromancers with a good line in attack dogs, it’s all we can do to keep ourselves the right side of dead …

The Glorious Failures of Lockdown
Lockdown rolls on, as it does, and it occurred to me the other day that I had Plans…

Under the All Hallow’s Moon
Have you ever wondered what the monsters get up to on All Hallow’s Eve? I may have an idea for you …

A Small Imp-osition – Read Chapter 1 Now!
G&C London, Private Investigators, are plunging deep into the magical underbelly of Leeds, and we’re going to have our work cut out for us …