
A Short Story Involving Cats, Ghosts, Wardrobes, & Housekeeping
A Gobbelino London PI short story, set in Whitby just before the events of A Menace of Mermaids, and just after a Worry of Weres.

A Menace of Mermaids, Chapter 2: It’s Not Just the Smell That’s Fishy
The second chapter of Gobbelino London Book 6, an urban fantasy containing one-eyed pirates, Prim Reapers, Sea Witches, and cats …

A Menace of Mermaids, Chapter 1: It’s the Pirate Life for Us
The first chapter of Gobbelino London Book 6, an urban fantasy containing grumpy parrots, angry pirates, scheming mermaids and, of course, cats …

2023 Book & Blog News, Plans, & “Plans”
All about changes to the blog, books to expect in 2023, and travel that’s happening (all very realistic plans, honest …).

What Happened in London, Chapter One: No One Predicted the Bins
Discover just what the bins are up to in the first chapter of What Happened in London…

7 Things – the France Version
Seven wonderful things – and a plague of photos – about the south of France, and Antibes and Caille in particular.

Beast-Laid Plans – Chapter Two
DI Adams has accepted dragons. Even an invisible dog. But a Beast…? Read chapter two in the seventh Beaufort Scales cozy mystery now!

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 …