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A Butterfly’s Breath: A Fairy Fable Snippet
Up and up and up the butterfly went, until it reached the very tippy tops of the trees.
In the Shadow of Orion, part 2 (of 2)
She stepped from the platform onto a crystalline bridge that arched over a starmap like a frozen wave. Below, a glowing spiral of constellations spun endlessly, each thread a path, a memory, a story. She walked slowly, her boots clicking faintly. The bridge felt delicate, but sure.
Introducing The Hearth & Violet Quarterly
Permit me to welcome you—gently and most sincerely—to The Hearth & Violet Quarterly, a publication dedicated to matters both delicate and enduring: love and longing, domestic quietude, curious tales, and the subtle wildness of a woman’s inner world.
Betrayal in Bloom
In the carriage ride home, Juliet clutched the damning bouquet, her mind racing. Who would do this? Who wished to see her reputation in tatters? She had cultivated only friendships among the debutantes and had never given cause for jealousy or rivalry.
A Betrothal in Bloom: An Intimate Q&A with Lord Nigel Ashcombe and Miss Mary Smith
What a contrast, then, to find myself this spring in the gentle warmth of Lord Ashcombe’s home in Mayfair. The couple sits near one another on a rosewood settee, a tea service between them and the afternoon light filtering softly through lace curtains.
Fairy Roads and Forgotten Paths: When Victorian Travelers Feared the Otherworld
Pioneers spoke of wandering lights—will-o’-the-wisps—that danced across the plains. Some called them swamp gas, others fairy fires, but the effect was the same: men and women followed them, entranced, until they were thoroughly lost.