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  • 2025-05-30

    Olive Framley Entry 13, 30th May.

    Olive Framley Entry 13, 30th May.

    I saw Maksym again the other day! He was walking along by the cliffs with his father. They were some way ahead of me and his father was walking at a usual pace but Maksym kept darting back. I realised he was trying to practise making the rocks fly again. He didn’t notice me, being… Continue reading

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters
    fantasy, Fiction, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-29

    Lucy Skylark Entry 18, 29th May.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 18, 29th May.

    You’ll never guess what – I saw Jacob again! It was very mysterious… I was in a quiet part of town where there are just a couple of specialist shops that are sometimes useful, and he was wearing a dark jacket even though it was warm, his hood up! He looked around like he hoped… Continue reading

    Fiction, Jacob Girton, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Teddy
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, trees, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-28

    Thank you and welcome

    Thank you and welcome

    Hello! Just wanted to thank everyone who’s read, liked, commented and subscribed to my blog. I’m mostly using the blog to post fictional letters I have written based on Sky Latshaw’s The Magical Year of the Teenage Witch. This is a prompt based story telling game. Please do pick up a copy yourself at https://swashtalk.itch.io/the-magical-year-of-a-teenage-witch.… Continue reading

    Gratitude, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Non fiction
    Fiction, information, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, rpg, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-27

    Olive Framley Entry 12, 27th May.

    Olive Framley Entry 12, 27th May.

    Focusing my powers away from divination feels cleansing at the moment. To thank Hatty for her gift, I decided to see if I could make the chores around the house a bit easier. I thought it would be good if I could make the hamper lighter to make picnics easier, and I realised that there… Continue reading

    Fiction, Firenze, Hatty, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Teddy
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-25

    Lucy Skylark Entry 17, 25th May.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 17, 25th May.

    Something strange happened the other day… Although I didn’t find it strange so much as surprising! I found an injured sparrow on the side of the road, and when I reached down to check on the poor thing, it looked up at me and said, “Help”. In English. Out loud. The sparrow then passed out… Continue reading

    Fiction, Jacob Girton, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Cinema, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Mrs Webfoot, Olive Framley, Suki
    birds, fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-24

    Olive Framley Entry 11, 24th May.

    Olive Framley Entry 11, 24th May.

    Hatty has come back from seeing her elderly relative, who is apparently doing a lot better, and she had such a spring in her step. She approved of my tidying, in fact seemed quite impressed. She had even brought me a present. I hope my parents are paying her enough – she brought me an… Continue reading

    Fiction, Hatty, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Mrs Webfoot, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, picnic, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-21

    Olive Framley Entry 10, 21st May.

    Olive Framley Entry 10, 21st May.

    I was in two minds about doing any more fortune telling sessions at Coastal Coffee – then I went today and that just about made up my mind. I still had a few customers, but there was also a lot of distractions. One of the women who I used to do readings for, who apparently… Continue reading

    Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Mrs Webfoot, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters
    fantasy, Fiction, fortune telling, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-18

    Lucy Skylark Entry 16, 18th May.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 16, 18th May.

    Thank you so much for the “magic candy”! I was still a bit confused after reading the description but I’m glad it reminded me about Shimmers because Bea came into the coffee shop during my shift yesterday and we got chatting. She got a bit excited about the beads even though she’d not heard of… Continue reading

    Bea Furness, Fiction, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Mrs Webfoot
    cafe, fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, weather, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-16

    Olive Framley Entry 9, 16th May.

    Olive Framley Entry 9, 16th May.

    I’m in hot water with Aunty Ermingarde. I don’t mind, really. I went over for tea and I was telling her about going off fortune telling and she took it really personally, shouting about my lying to the town (is it my fault they won’t pay me if I tell the truth?!) and then she… Continue reading

    Fiction, Firenze, Hatty, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Mrs Webfoot, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-05-16

    Lucy Skylark Entry 15 16th May.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 15 16th May.

    Dear Lucy, My dear, dear child. It’s so soon since I last wrote to you, but I was really quite moved by your description of trying to find clarity, pleading with the moon and stars! It does not sound silly. But I do feel for you, pleading out for an answer, receiving only silence in… Continue reading

    Fiction, Letter from Vera, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Olive Framley
    advice, 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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