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Friends, Tea, and No Monsters
In one of the shops, we ran into Bea Furness, who was out shopping too, not for anything in particular. If her currently bright purple hair wasn’t enough, Bea temporarily making her arms longer so she could reach something from a higher shelf meant that Suniya recognised her as the “the Shimmer lady” right away. Continue reading
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Catching an Intruder
It’s been a trying couple of weeks. Daddy is furious about the whole Magical Reporter debacle and the fact that people are now asking him what he thinks he’s doing, sending his well-educated daughter to mess around with potions and spells, and I’ve had journalists and paparazzi following me all over the place. Continue reading
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A Day In The Life of A Teenage Witch
Is the Magical Year a fad that has had its day, or still a necessary coming-of-age ritual for an adolescent magic-user? Derringer Grant has gone to Barkmouth to find out. Continue reading
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I’ll see you in your dreams
Please entirely disregard the previous letter – I turned to despair prematurely and I have returned to Barkmouth a hero. Continue reading
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Into the Open
I took a deep breath. I didn’t like being such a scaredy-cat, Vera. I addressed the room. “Whoever you are, we’re not here to hurt you. It’s just that you’re scaring the people who live here. Please come out and maybe we can help you.” And I felt a cold hand on mine. Continue reading
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In the Face of Failure
I’m sure you must know by now that everything went wrong in our attempts to solve the Green Dragon haunting. We all went looking for the mystery presence that night and at some point, Lucy vanished. And not long after that, Teddy – who I thought would surely be able to help, as our friendly… Continue reading
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TEEN MISSING IN MAGICAL MISDEMEANOUR
In further tragic evidence of the impact of the magical agenda, a sixteen year old girl has vanished from the town of St Bernice’s Field. Juvenile witch Lucy Skylark, sixteen, visited The Green Dragon Inn accompanied by another so-called witch-in-training and, after neighbours reported disturbing sounds in the night, has not been seen since midnight… Continue reading
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A Haunting to Uncover
Lucy and I are away on some serious witch business! She came at the weekend with a letter from her mentor, Vera. She said that there’s been some strange activity – sounded like a haunting, or some sort of spirit infestation, at a pub. She thought this would take two witches – so we’re both… Continue reading
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Witchy Nostalgia
I am pleased to report that my performance as “The Amazing Olive” was a success! The children’s birthday party loved us. True, there were one or two little swots who saw through some of the card tricks – I couldn’t make all of them real magic. But they loved it when I made Maksym fly. Continue reading
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A Job Done Too Well
Oh goodness, do you remember my magical barrier net that I put in place at the Fae Cinema? I assumed that was the end of the matter as I’d seen nothing out of the ordinary there since. In fact, I was really pleased with that as a bit of magical work – it felt much… Continue reading
Helen Speaks 