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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 1h

They say the lake answers when the moon burns blue. At Llyn Du, a hydrologist seeking scientific truth finds a man shaped from water. STILL WATERS, DEEP is a tender, haunting standalone, out now. books2read.com/Still-Waters... #ContemporaryFolklore #Romance #BetweenHillAndSea

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 8h

It’s one of the quieter gifts books give you: the capacity to understand, from the inside, something you’ve never lived, which feels like one of the most valuable things a person can practise. Have a Terrific Tuesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Good morning! There’s something very grounding about this idea at the start of a new week, that no matter where the day takes you, a good book is always somewhere solid and familiar to return to. Have a Magnificent Monday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's #FolkloreFriday 🦉 Today we look at the Welsh corpse bird (Aderyn y Corff). In folklore, its nocturnal cry was a solemn, natural harbinger that the veil was thinning; it gave families time to prepare for a coming transition, reminding us to respect the quiet thresholds. #WelshFolklore

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's a good point, and one that's easy to forget when the to-be-read pile gets as large as most of ours tend to. If there's a book that's been waiting patiently on your shelf for a while, this weekend might be exactly the right time to finally open it.💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

October question — do you believe in ghosts? Not philosophically; practically, being somewhere old and quiet at dusk and feeling something that isn't wind. The Welsh tradition treats ancestral presences as a normal feature of the landscape. Where do you land? 🍂👻 #TalesFromWales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good morning, wonderful people! This one resonates whether you're a writer, a reader, or simply someone trying to get better at something you care about. Have a Thoughtful Thursday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy Birthday to Ravens and Ruin - one year old today. Ewan, Lowri, a wounded land that speaks to those willing to listen, and two goddesses with very particular ideas about what ought to happen next. A book I'm genuinely proud of. #FantasyRomance #BrodyrAlarch5 #BrothersGrimm #WelshMythology

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The trees are really giving everything they have right now. It costs nothing to stop for a moment on the way and really look at them, because this particular show only runs for a few weeks. I think it's one of the best things the year does. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Grosmont Castle sits in the Welsh border hills — three castles, one valley, and the particular quality of a landscape that has been argued over for centuries. Nia knows places like this the way she knows old documents: with great affection. 🏰🌿 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK13RS9F #OnlyInFairyTales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good morning, everyone! I love the dry wit in this one, but beneath the humour, it says something genuinely useful about the value of filling your mind with other people's thinking before you decide what your own amounts to. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

October at the writing desk has a particular quality; the mornings are darker now, and the candle gets lit earlier. The manuscript is with my editor, the veil is thinning, and the month feels exactly as serious about itself as it should. 🍂🌿 #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's something very satisfying about the way October makes everything feel like it's turning at once - the leaves, the light, the mood of the world. A Monday at the start of the month feels like a genuinely good moment to begin something new. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

October's newsletter is out. There's writing news, two book birthdays, a Folklore Friday peek at Welsh ghosts and the thinning veil, and free sweet romance, clean and heartwarming reads for the cosy evenings ahead. 🍂 #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy morgan-sheppard-author.kit.com/posts/hearth...

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good morning! A quiet Sunday in early October feels made for this: pulling the world in close and letting a book carry you somewhere else for a few hours while the season does its slow, beautiful work outside. Have a Serene Sunday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #FolkloreFriday 🍂 October begins at the crossroads. In Welsh tradition, these junctions are highly literal liminal spaces where the paths of the living and the dead meet; they remind us to move through the turning points of the year with deliberate care. #FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's October already. The veil is thinning, and the Welsh landscape knows it before we do. The light has changed; the mornings carry something older in them. This is the month the unseen border becomes something you can almost feel. 🍂🌿 #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales #October #IndieAuthor

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love this quote because the books that really matter to you stay open inside you long after you put them down, as you think about them in the background of everything else you're doing. Have a Magnificent Monday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Full moon tonight, and September is almost done. What a month it's been — a cover reveal, an equinox, a book birthday, and the dark half properly underway. The wheel has turned, and autumn is here. Full moon blessings to everyone. 🌕🍂 #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

September is nearly done, and the season is settling into itself beautifully. A Saturday in late autumn feels made for slow mornings, long reads, and absolutely nothing that needs to be rushed. Have a Sensational Saturday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's #FolkloreFriday 🍂 The autumn equinox brings the year into fleeting balance; day and night sit in equal measure. In Welsh tradition, this threshold marked the gathering of the harvest; it invites us to pivot from outward growth to the quiet warmth of the hearth. #FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore

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#FolkWitchFriday @folkwitchfriday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FolkWitchFriday Emily's voice from Hookland is to be included in our conversations always.

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

9 to 5 Day today, in honour of Dolly Parton. A woman who built an empire on her own terms, stayed herself completely while doing it, and never once stopped being generous with it. A genuine one-off. The world is quieter without her. 🌹 #DollyDay #GiveLikeDolly #QueenOfCountry #CountryMusic

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good morning, all! There's a very clear set of priorities here that I think most of us who love books would recognise immediately. Heading into the weekend with a good pile of reading waiting feels like a very fine kind of wealth indeed. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

✨ ARC SIGN-UPS OPEN ✨ Only in Fairy Tales: a later-in-life, slow-burn, fade-to-black romance set in Monmouth Castle (53 & 57). Releases Dec 9 | ARCs in late Sept🏰 If you love finding love when you least expect it, join the review team! Apply here: forms.gle/KZ3EV1E6Gn5T... 👇 #Booksky #RomanceReaders

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you could spend a day anywhere in Wales, where would you go, and what would you do there? A castle ruin with a view and a flask of tea, a sacred lake in Bannau Brycheiniog, a bookshop in Monmouth, or a hilltop at dusk. What would you suggest for me? 🍂🏰 #WelshFolklore #TalesFromWales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is one of those ideas that sounds simple in principle, because every reader brings an entirely different life to the page and takes away something that belongs uniquely to them. This makes every book an almost infinite thing when you think about it. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The colours are just beginning to turn, and there's a richness to everything right now that feels generous, as if the year is giving something back before it settles in for the darker months. Have a Terrific Tuesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For those in the north, may your harvest be full; may your hearth be warm, and may the dark months bring you rest rather than restlessness. And for my friends in the south, may your days grow long and generous, and may the bright months bring you energy. Bendith y tymhorau i chi. 🍂🌱🌙

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Gŵyl Canol Hydref is here. The world is beginning to pull its colours inward, as it does at this time of year. It's one of my favourite moments in the whole calendar, and I hope you find a chance to mark it today, however quietly. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #GwylCanolHydref #WheelOfTheYear

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The response to the Only in Fairy Tales cover has been genuinely lovely, and I'm grateful for every kind word. For anyone who missed it — the cover is up on all platforms now, and the book is coming in December. 🌿🍂 #OnlyInFairyTales #WelshRomance #ContemporaryRomance #LaterInLife #Monmouth #Wales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a characteristically sharp observation from Twain, and it holds up. Reading is only as valuable as how we use it, which is a great reason to pick something up today if you haven't already. Have a Thoughtful Thursday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The air has that edge to it now that September does so well. Something is energising about it after the long warmth of summer. A new season is a kind of fresh start, and that's never a bad thing. Have a Wonderful Wednesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good morning, everyone! The best books really do have that quality of feeling both entirely real and slightly otherworldly at the same time. Have a Terrific Tuesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good morning, lovely people! Autumn is my favourite season, and I think it deserves more than being rushed past. September has a beauty all its own, and it's worth staying present for. Have a Magnificent Monday. Take care and stay safe. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's a new moon tonight, which means the sky will be darkest and the stars most visible. There's something powerful about that kind of darkness, the sort that doesn't diminish but instead makes room for what's already there to shine more fully.💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #LunarWitch #NewMoon

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There's a lovely generosity in the idea that every person completes each story differently. We each bring our own experience to the page and make something that belongs as much to us as to the person who wrote it. Have a Thoughtful Thursday. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Do you read differently when the seasons change? Not just what you read, but how you read — the kind of book you reach for, the way you settle into it, the atmosphere you want around you while you're reading it. 📖🍂 #AutumnReads #SweaterWeather #CosyVibes #HyggeReads #CandlesAndBooks

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The accumulated written knowledge and imagination of humanity is an extraordinary inheritance. The fact that so much of it is freely available to anyone who wants it is something worth appreciating on an ordinary Wednesday morning. 💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ARCs are open for Only in Fairy Tales — slow-burn romance, Welsh border town, two protagonists in their fifties. Out on 9th December 2026. Read early, leave an honest review at launch. Reply or message if you're interested. #ARCReaders #WelshRomance #OnlyInFairyTales

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Douglass knew better than almost anyone what access to the written word actually means and what it makes possible. So, it's a good day to remember that literacy is not a given for everyone and that it matters enormously.💙 #BookQuote #InternationalLiteracyDay #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There's a very straightforward truth to this one that's easy to overlook, because reading regularly does something to the way your mind works that's cumulative and quiet. It only really becomes apparent when you stop for a while and notice what's missing.💙 #BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

September is here, and with it golden light, turning hedgerows, and a newsletter full of autumn things — a new book beginning, Gŵyl Canol Hydref on the horizon, and four free book giveaways to fill your autumn reading pile. 🍂 Read the full issue here: morgan-sheppard-author.kit.com/posts/where-...

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you're new here and want to know what The Story Hearth is about before committing to a whole book, the newsletter comes with a free novella. Disjointed Lives is yours when you sign up. 🌿 morgansheppard.wixsite.com/morgansheppardauthor/newsletter #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #IndieAuthor

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's #FolkloreFriday 🦢 Last quarter moon today, and the swan feels like exactly the right folklore for it. In Welsh tradition, the swan is never simply a bird — it's a being between states, carrying enchantment as naturally as it carries its own feathers. #FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

September is here, and there's that particular quality of light and air that is entirely its own and belongs to no other month. However much you loved the summer, there's something quietly exciting about a season that knows exactly what it is.💙 #BookQuote #Bookish #Reading #BookLove

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's the last day of August, and the year is doing something you can feel rather than see. The light's the same, but the air isn't. The harvest is almost in. September is standing just outside the door, waiting to be let in. 🍂🌿 #WelshFolklore #MythAndMoonlight

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The last day of August has a particular feel to it-not quite an end, not quite a beginning, but something in between. There's a gentle shift in the air today that feels worth paying attention to before the new month arrives tomorrow and carries everything forward.💙 #BookQuote #Bookish #Reading

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Morgan Sheppard @morgansheppard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's #FolkloreFriday 🌾🌕 Full moon and the last sheaf. Welsh harvest folklore held that the spirit of the crop resided in what remained when the field was almost done. The final standing grain carried something the rest of the harvest had released. The land held it to the last. #FolkloreFriday

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