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Cameron A Malin @camalin.net · 25/04/2026

Welcome to the weekend, #WIPSnips! 😊 Spring has properly sprung in Upthorpe Thoroughborne, and Ella is trying to put some weirdness behind her and get back to gossipping about the new arrivals at Keaning Abbey From my #JaneAusten style #Regency #romance X high #fantasy crossover WIP #Ellamir

A snippet from Ellamir by Cameron A Malin:
Two weeks had passed since that most strange and difficult of days, and Ella had almost succeeded in forgetting the series of upsetting events which, for threehree days following, had inclined her to keep her bed, professing to be stricken with a severe headache. Such a state of seclusion could not be maintained, though, as her father’s distress at her apparent ill-health must soon be allayed, and as Commander Merely seemed to have returned to his usual cheerful and well-informed self, going out of his way to be particularly useful and amiable, Ella chose not to dwell on those former circumstances; she likewise did not permit herself to wonder at her peculiar experiences in the garden, but rather relegated the memory as far as possible from present reflection, and kept any strange voices out of the house beyond sash and shutter.
Signs of new life also began to appear at Keaning Abbey, as if the estate were slowly waking from long hibernation. Smoke was seen above the chimney of a cottage, and from the boundary path, daily alterations could be noticed by the observant - a paddock or meadow mown here, an overgrown path cleared there - and on one day, a lofty barge had coasted upriver, its topsail gliding along above the treetops, to moor at the quay and unload a great number of crates and other items. This occurrence was communicated to Miss Oakhall by the commander, who was apparently moved beyond his usual laconism by the sight and wrote her a detailed report using a good deal of unintelligible nautical terms such as ‘tack’ and ‘leeboard’. Though dispassionate about the vessel herself, Ella found the tidings of such activity to be of significant interest, and was privately pleased by the opportunity to begin a correspondence with him on the subject.

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🫜Tara S Geir🫜 @tarasgeir.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Totally get the way things magically go from overgrown to neat, it's like my local park.

Cameron A Malin @camalin.net · 25/04/2026

Ooop! Forgive the weird typo - Ellipsus was being a bit strange last night...

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I love the comparison of the abbey to a hibernating animal waking up!

Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Almost succeeding to forget. Haha 😅🫠

Neha Yazmin🍉Author | Reader | Dessert Person @nehayazmin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Love the descriptions here👏