Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.

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  The Imaginary Wife

The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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Thu, 13:21: RT @amy_may: After reading FELL by @jennashworth my head’s full of sand pilots, fine tailoring, butchery and miracles. Loss and place beaut… Thu, 18:05: #1HappyYear Day 187: Terrible photo but a weird geeky joy of the… https://t.co/jLhKisUxmj Thu,…

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Fri, 19:30: So, @instagram #Stories then? Basically they’re taking an app we love & going all #SnapChat. You know what they say about if it ain’t broke Sat, 09:12: All set now for the #StonehengeTrek for alzheimerssoc! The XL men’s……

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Thu, 22:16: Hey, @lost_art_grad, guess where I’ve been tonight? #labour… https://t.co/klk8XJ1Fpm Fri, 09:15: #1HappyYear Day 182: Testing the all new @oxford_brookes VR… https://t.co/JkaesxXEpI Fri, 18:15: Yesterday, the neatness of my #buswriting was commented on. Today,… https://t.co/nRch2lvOZi Fri, 18:23: “I can’t…

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Wed, 18:37: RIP Miss Guinevere Pettigrew. Today vnemma and I said goodbye to our… https://t.co/lqbPhvTQgs Wed, 19:03: #1HappyYear Day 180: A perfect head of flower on my Echinops… https://t.co/sj6VQm5N0S Wed, 21:17: So, in other news, my little car gets to…

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Tue, 16:08: #1HappyYear Day 179: I’ve been working on a thing. For quite some… https://t.co/2EIDO1bWKA

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Sat, 16:42: #1HappyYear Day 176: Ww knew we had a Mr Froggy living in our pond.… https://t.co/FFzZu1nSp3 Sat, 19:33: The simplicity of a park full of ordinary yellow, flowers… #summer… https://t.co/0TtAsbAxWe Sat, 19:35: Baby starling and the fat ball. @…

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Fri, 16:39: #1HappyYear Day 174 (belated): After an intense day of trading I am… https://t.co/5GdJoSGQWx Fri, 16:42: #1HappyYear Day 175: What’s happened to me? I’m fricking playing… https://t.co/vANtJr4kzj Fri, 17:16: Even if you aren’t an evil character in a book,…

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Wed, 23:09: #1HappyYear Day 173: Fresh Summer vegetables 🙂 #100HappyDays @… https://t.co/kP2rxrFPI4

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Mon, 16:21: “Alice had been told off for making a Likeness of someone who wasn’t a real person. Alice had replied, ‘They’re real to me.’” @MHarrison13 Mon, 16:57: RT @MHarrison13: One of my favourite bits of The Other Alice: Alice…

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Fri, 22:37: #1HappyYear Day 168: Something not really on the diet plan but… https://t.co/zc2p7egO2Y

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Thu, 17:07: #1HappyYear Day 167: No, thank you @racheldavies_45, and for putting… https://t.co/uDksWbvrE8 Thu, 19:01: RT @badger_david: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, Twitter is probably a good place to hang out” #UpdatedProverbs @ThePoke Thu, 19:01: RT @IHPower:…

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Wed, 21:37: #1HappyYear Day 166: Today I discovered that I’m not alone in… https://t.co/riCgpSHYps

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Wed, 16:53: In hot weather, why does water (any water) taste creamy to me? #curious #uksummer

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