I’ve always loved stories that feature dual timelines. One of the classic tropes of this is that someone in present day finds an old journal in the attic, written by their grandmother or great-aunt they never knew about. What they discover from reading the journal pieces together a story, and inspires or affects their own situation.
Postscript was in part inspired by my wanting to write that kind of story. I already knew the ‘letter’ would be found in a bookshop, and would be about two men falling in love in an earlier time when it wasn’t safe to be obviously in a homosexual relationship.
I had also thought about writing a Christmas story and combining the two but the Christmas part of it soon got left behind as the bookshop, and Kedgetown soon became something else entirely.
I blame the vampires.
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Kedgetown Book 1
A magical bookshop holds the keys.
When Mason Chynoweth inherits an old house in small-town New Zealand, he hopes to discover what happened to his great-great uncle Lewis after he returned from the war in 1945. Mason’s first encounter with the property is thankfully reassuring—his sensitive psychic powers aren’t triggered and he has a calm sense of coming home.
Elijah Whitaker arrives in Kedgetown for an extended visit with his aunts. He’s quickly drawn to Mason and offers to help him try to find some answers in the dusty old house. It soon becomes clear that Mason is keeping secrets, but Elijah has a few secrets of his own. Like his closely guarded knowledge of the hidden supernatural world, and the fact that many of the townspeople are psi and supernaturals.
What is the connection between the house and Postscript, the town’s enigmatic bookshop? Mason’s glimpses of the past give some clues, but not enough to make sense of the puzzle.
When a hidden journal comes to light, the true story of Lewis’s journey is revealed, and his path and Mason and Elijah’s begin to intertwine.
Until next time!
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