Professor Ballantyne and the Grumpy Cairn Witch
(2023)(A book in the Tuppeny Dreadfuls series)
A Novella by Lavinia Wren
August has never believed in witches, but that was before he met his pen pal.
~1885~ For three years Professor Ballantyne has been exchanging the most fascinating correspondence with a lady he has never met. When the letters suddenly stop arriving, August decides that he must travel from Edinburgh to the Scottish Highlands to make sure that all is well.
When he arrives at the doorstep of the charming little cottage of Tigh Na Càrn entirely unannounced, Moraig MacKinnon is furious. But, her stormy mood is not the worst thing that they're about to encounter. Strange and uncanny things have been happening for weeks. And, with the eve of Samhain swiftly approaching, when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest, things are about to get a whole lot worse.
There will be Cottagecore. There will be foraging for mushrooms. There will be grumpy sunshine flirting. There will even be an ancient, Neolithic burial cairn. But, what August doesn't yet know, is that there will also be chilling and unnatural things creeping behind him in the shadows.
Tuppeny Dreadfuls:
Professor Ballantyne and the Grumpy Cairn Witch is one of a collection of Standalone fantasy of manners Gaslamp novellas. Inspired by the Gothic Penny Dreadfuls of the 1800’s, each one of these short Tuppeny Dreadful tales are all Spooky Gothic Ambiance, Dangerous Magic, Witty Comedy of Victorian Manners, and Cozy Tea Drinking, with a Generous Dash of Romance.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
~1885~ For three years Professor Ballantyne has been exchanging the most fascinating correspondence with a lady he has never met. When the letters suddenly stop arriving, August decides that he must travel from Edinburgh to the Scottish Highlands to make sure that all is well.
When he arrives at the doorstep of the charming little cottage of Tigh Na Càrn entirely unannounced, Moraig MacKinnon is furious. But, her stormy mood is not the worst thing that they're about to encounter. Strange and uncanny things have been happening for weeks. And, with the eve of Samhain swiftly approaching, when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest, things are about to get a whole lot worse.
There will be Cottagecore. There will be foraging for mushrooms. There will be grumpy sunshine flirting. There will even be an ancient, Neolithic burial cairn. But, what August doesn't yet know, is that there will also be chilling and unnatural things creeping behind him in the shadows.
Tuppeny Dreadfuls:
Professor Ballantyne and the Grumpy Cairn Witch is one of a collection of Standalone fantasy of manners Gaslamp novellas. Inspired by the Gothic Penny Dreadfuls of the 1800’s, each one of these short Tuppeny Dreadful tales are all Spooky Gothic Ambiance, Dangerous Magic, Witty Comedy of Victorian Manners, and Cozy Tea Drinking, with a Generous Dash of Romance.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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