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Earth's Solace, Neptune's Storms
His name was Neptune.
Honestly. It was. I thought he was pulling my leg at first, but now that I think on it, I’m not sure why I thought that. Who would joke about a thing like that? Who would pick that of all pseudonyms?
When I asked him once why his parents had given him the name, he only shrugged and told me that they were hippies, but I think that there must have been more to it than that. Neptune—the farthest planet from the sun. Neptune—the planet with the wildest weather, with winds so strong they could blow your face off. That’s what he was, really. A raging force. A wind so strong it could and would blow you into oblivion...
Mereda Hart Farynyk's Earth's Solace, Neptune's Storms is a story about the risks we take, the opportunities that pass us by, and the people we choose to be.
Honestly. It was. I thought he was pulling my leg at first, but now that I think on it, I’m not sure why I thought that. Who would joke about a thing like that? Who would pick that of all pseudonyms?
When I asked him once why his parents had given him the name, he only shrugged and told me that they were hippies, but I think that there must have been more to it than that. Neptune—the farthest planet from the sun. Neptune—the planet with the wildest weather, with winds so strong they could blow your face off. That’s what he was, really. A raging force. A wind so strong it could and would blow you into oblivion...
Mereda Hart Farynyk's Earth's Solace, Neptune's Storms is a story about the risks we take, the opportunities that pass us by, and the people we choose to be.
47 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2019
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Mereda Hart Farynyk
25 books48 followersMereda Hart Farynyk has always been captivated by fairy tales and far off places. From the earliest age, she would wander the forest, looking at the light filtering through the branches, and dream up endless fantasies of fairies and princes and great evils being overcome. She would drink up the study of ancient civilizations and marvel at how mysterious and foreign they were. Growing up in theatre and dance, she immersed herself in countless lives and emotions and perspectives, and what started out as a simple fascination with the magic and mystery of other worlds soon became a deep love of how those other worlds could help us to better understand the richest truths of this one.
Spanning a variety of genres, her books explore questions of spirituality, love, the search for truth, and the motivations of the human heart.
She grew up in North Carolina and resides there still with her husband and two sons.
Spanning a variety of genres, her books explore questions of spirituality, love, the search for truth, and the motivations of the human heart.
She grew up in North Carolina and resides there still with her husband and two sons.
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November 7, 2025November 2025 read:
Ah, what an experience this little story is…
This was my first time reading it in just over 6 years, and it still gives me allll the feels (and I still read it in one day because it’s just so hard to stop reading). Quite a different book from my others in certain ways—the style of storytelling, for one thing—but one that I always find to be very effective in its way.
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This is a novella that's easily read in one sitting. It's been published for 99 cents on Amazon and is also available on KU.
The genre and setting are certainly different from my other books (it’s set in my home state of North Carolina), but you'll find that it's still distinctly me :-)
If y'all have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Ah, what an experience this little story is…
This was my first time reading it in just over 6 years, and it still gives me allll the feels (and I still read it in one day because it’s just so hard to stop reading). Quite a different book from my others in certain ways—the style of storytelling, for one thing—but one that I always find to be very effective in its way.
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This is a novella that's easily read in one sitting. It's been published for 99 cents on Amazon and is also available on KU.
The genre and setting are certainly different from my other books (it’s set in my home state of North Carolina), but you'll find that it's still distinctly me :-)
If y'all have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
November 19, 2025
Novellas are not my favorite format, but I did quite enjoy this one. I liked the retrospective, conversational tone, and as with any of Mereda's writing, there is much worth pondering.
Then she went all the-lady-or-the-tiger with the ending, which is only a spoiler if you know what that is referencing. Far be it from me to speculate on what Daphne might do, but I know what I'd tell her.
Then she went all the-lady-or-the-tiger with the ending, which is only a spoiler if you know what that is referencing. Far be it from me to speculate on what Daphne might do, but I know what I'd tell her.
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