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Olive Framley Entry 20, 3rd July.
Dear Talia, 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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Bad Advice: If you’re lonely…
I was walking back from town, alone, to my bedsit flat. It was cold, crisp, and dry, as that city so often was, and my room was probably cold. I heard someone say my name, with that sort of surprised delight when you see someone who you didn’t expect to see, but are pleased to… Continue reading
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Bad advice: Fake it till you make it
I know that some will find fake it till you make it genuinely inspiring. There are positives to the phrase, as a piece of advice… It acknowledges that we don’t always feel confident when we start It assures us that we will grow in confidence the more we try It gives us the hope of… Continue reading
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A Day In The Life of A Teenage Witch
Skylark and Framley’s powers are alarming, if also impressive – I witnessed a rainstorm, dramatic plant growth and a slightly fumbled but no less remarkable piece of spell-casting by Olive Framley. Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 21, 30th June.
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! Olive has been staying over at Dune House, with her maid Hatty bringing things over, because there are still reporters hanging… Continue reading
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Olive Framley Entry 19, 26th June.
Dear Talia, Please entirely disregard the previous letter – I turned to despair prematurely and I have returned to Barkmouth a hero. Lucy wasn’t lost, she was invisible! It turned out the haunting wasn’t a ghost, it was an actual invisible man. A travelling salesman, of all things! Lucy had tried to talk to him,… Continue reading
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Lucy Skylark Entry 20, 25th June.
You’ll know by now, I hope, that there was some drama with trying to deal with the problems at The Green Dragon Inn, and also that I am not lost, cursed or worse! Continue reading
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Olive Framley Entry 18, 23rd June.
Dear Talia, I’m sure you must know by now that everything went wrong. We all went looking for the mystery presence that night and at some point, Lucy vanished. And not long after that, Teddy started mumbling some nonsense about a job and vanished too. Continue reading
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TEEN MISSING IN MAGICAL MISDEMEANOUR 21st June
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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Olive Framley Entry 17, 19th June.
Lucy came by this morning 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. You absolutely cannot tell Daddy that we went there on a bus, Talia. Honestly, it rattled like Daddy’s old Land Rover,… Continue reading
