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Mist and Memory: sample the full novella coming April 2026

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She's haunted Thornwood Forest for four hundred years. Then one woman walks in fearlessly—and the ghost witch can't look away.

Wren doesn't remember being human. She only knows the forest is hers to protect, and that she died here long ago—condemned as a witch for loving the wrong person. For centuries, she's existed as mist and light, leading dangerous travelers astray and keeping her forest safe.

Then Mara a sociology student researching queer erasure in witch trial records. She walks into Thornwood without fear, sits down with her notebook, and says, "I know you're there. And I'm not afraid."

Wren can't stop watching her. Following her. Wanting her.

As Mara uncovers the truth of Wren's death, memories four centuries buried begin to surface. Witch. Unnatural. Condemned. Wren died for loving a woman—alone in the winter forest, forgotten by history. But she doesn't have to be forgotten anymore.

Together, they'll find a way to exist in the space between living and dead. Where mist becomes memory. Where a ghost witch learns to want again. Where love means being truly seen—all of you, even the parts that hurt.

Ghost × Human Stalker to Lover Hurt/Comfort Witch Trials Historical Trauma Memory Recovery Touch Her and I'll Haunt You Forever Medium Spice Guaranteed HEA

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Possessive ghosts who've waited centuriesFearless women who refuse to runWitch trial justice and queer reclamationBritish folklore with teethDark romance that makes you cry (happy tears)Literary prose that feels like poetryA standalone novella. Book 1 in the Wickedly Kept Chronicles—dark sapphic folklore where witches meet monsters and love refuses to stay buried.

Content Past trauma (witch trials, death), grief, historical homophobia, intimate scenes (medium spice)

For fans S.T. Gibson, Ava Reid, T. Kingfisher

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 17, 2025

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