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Michelle Simkins

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Queer neurodivergent witch & polytheist, living in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., writing haphazardly, making art, keeping a garden, and getting distracted (a lot).

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Michelle Simkins It's hard to point to one thing and say THAT'S the thing that inspired this story, but I can identify some of the pieces. For one thing, I've always b…moreIt's hard to point to one thing and say THAT'S the thing that inspired this story, but I can identify some of the pieces. For one thing, I've always been fascinated by fairy tales, and I often wonder about what comes AFTER the happily ever after. I am also pretty obsessed with plants, and roses are one of my favorites: and my appreciation for them extends to their thorns. I think a lot about the way our culture often associates them with romance, though they are in reality also fierce and capable of causing injury if we don't approach them with caution. Somehow my hours pruning roses and my musing about the aftermath of the sleeping beauty tale stewed in my imagination along with my own animist worldview until the premise of Briar unfolded in my brain. I didn't intend for the roses to become the center of the story at first, but sometimes a tale has its own agenda, and Briar definitely did.(less)
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Fall Equinox Bath Brew

Fall equinox is a hinge day, a day when the year turns the corner and begin its descent into its dark half. From this day forward, the nights will lengthen, leading us into the otherworldy twilight of Samhain’ and the deep dark of winter solstice. As the darkness grows, spirits gather closer, and we feel called to turn within. It becomes easier to enter the Otherworld, where we learn secret truths

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
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“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
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“Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.”
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