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Helen Speaks

Helen Speaks. And Writes, More Importantly.


  • 2025-06-18

    Lucy Skylark Entry 19, 18th June.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 19, 18th June.

    I was hoping you might be able to help me with an unusual errand. A friend in St Bernice’s Field runs an old fashioned pub called The Green Dragon Inn and they’ve been bothered by some strange behaviour. There has been some clattering in the night, some objects have gone missing only to reappear in… Continue reading

    Fiction, Letter from Vera, Lucy Skylark, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Olive Framley, Teddy, The Green Dragon
    fantasy, Fiction, ghost, pub, writing
  • 2025-06-13

    Olive Framley Entry 16, 13th June

    Olive Framley Entry 16, 13th June

    I am pleased to report that “The Amazing Olive” was a success! True, there were one or two little swots who saw through some of the card trick. But they loved it when I made Maksym fly. Continue reading

    Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Pompom, Uncategorized
    fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 2025-06-09

    Olive Framley Entry 15, 9th June

    Olive Framley Entry 15, 9th June

    Dear Talia, I needed some new clothes last week and so I took the train into Swalebeck, which has some more up-market shops, and I ended up spending what was left of my fortune-telling money on a new suit and some decent shoes. I still have my very paltry allowance, but of course now I… Continue reading

    Fiction, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Pompom, The Amazing Olive, Uncategorized
    cat, fantasy, Fiction, life, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, party entertainer, witch, writing
  • 2025-06-07

    Lucy Skylark Entry 18, 7th June.

    Lucy Skylark Entry 18, 7th June.

    Dear Vera, It was so good to see you last week. I’m sorry I was so quiet – Teddy says he really enjoyed meeting you though. Mum and Dad seemed so pleased to have me back… At first. And I thought they’d be interested to hear my adventures, hear about Suki, Maksym, Bea and Olive,… Continue reading

    Fiction, Ice cream place, Lucy Skylark, Lucy’s letters, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Suniya, Teddy
  • 2025-05-31

    Olive Framley Entry 14, 31st May.

    Olive Framley Entry 14, 31st May.

    Firenze did something he’s never done before… He brought Maksym with him on one of his magical portal journeys! Maksym didn’t even seem surprised – he’d spotted Firenze and followed him. He said that he’d told his father he’d gone to his friend’s to play, in the same block where he lives… but he’d snuck… Continue reading

    Fiction, Firenze, Magical Year of the Teenage Witch, Maksym, Olive Framley, Olive’s letters, Pompom
    cat, fantasy, Fiction, kitten, magic, magicalyearofateenagewitch, witch, writing
  • 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
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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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