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  • 2026-08-11

    Music to My Ears

    Music to My Ears

    Guess what, Suniya and I actually went and got ice cream. I can’t believe it took us so long and we had to find out Kim and Tanya’s life stories first. We got so much ice cream that we felt a bit sick afterwards. It was worth it! We wanted to try so many different… Continue reading

    Fiction, Ice cream place, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Suniya
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-08-06

    Help the Mystic

    Help the Mystic

    Maksym was telling me about an old lady who lives in his block, who he and his father sometimes help with grocery shopping, and it made me think that I should probably pay a visit to Shannon, my banshee friend. I mean, having psychic powers doesn’t necessarily mean that she can get all her groceries… Continue reading

    Fiction, Firenze, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Pompom, Shannon
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-08-04

    Friends, Tea, and No Monsters

    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

    Bea Furness, Fiction, Ice cream place, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Suniya
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-30

    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

    Derringer Grant, Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-29

    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

    Derringer Grant, Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-28

    Off the Record

    Dear Vera, You’d better keep your eye out for Supernatural News this week. I wish I could tell you what sort of article to expect, but I’ll tell you what happened from my point of view! Continue reading

    Derringer Grant, Fiction, Firenze, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Olive Framley, Pompom, Teddy, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-23

    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

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Teddy, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, ghost, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-21

    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

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, Teddy, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, ghost, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-16

    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

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Teddy, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2026-07-14

    TEEN MISSING IN MAGICAL MISDEMEANOUR

    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

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, New edition, Olive Framley, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
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I am a writer and artist from the UK.
I’m currently posting fictional character letters written from prompts from Sky Latshaw’s Magical Year of a Teenage Witch
https://swashtalk.itch.io/the-magical-year-of-a-teenage-witch

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