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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The Time Was When

00:51 Cribbage, scrabble and call my bluff to see in 2012. Happy New Year one and all! 🙂 # 18:07 counting up the annual book tally: t.co/2FE5Yzi2 #reading #books # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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23:43 Scared witless to wake from a faint jammed between wc & wall dreaming that was driving a car, could not move to stop & knowing I would crash # 11:03 On the fourth day of Christmas: chalk up a…

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23:43 Scared witless to wake from a faint jammed between wc & wall dreaming that was driving a car, could not move to stop & knowing I would crash # 11:03 On the fourth day of Christmas: chalk up a…

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22:47 does actually feel a bit better now that I’ve had a good vomit… #plaguehouse # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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17:59 Quotiens Intelligentiae Felines: Bella, 118; Nellie, 116; Scooter, 116; Blini, 116; William, 115; Ronnie, 113; Arthur, 109 # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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17:59 Quotiens Intelligentiae Felines: Bella, 118; Nellie, 116; Scooter, 116; Blini, 116; William, 115; Ronnie, 113; Arthur, 109 # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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23:13 cautiously approached tonight’s adaption, after poss loving too much the 92/93 series, of #TheBorrowers but loved it! t.co/PmMSXapg # 00:12 wonders… since when were dinner ladies Lunchtime Supervisors? #strangebuttrue #weirdthingsyoufindout # 10:41 Really? Prince Philip *leaves* hospital is Breaking…

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The Time Was When

23:13 cautiously approached tonight’s adaption, after poss loving too much the 92/93 series, of #TheBorrowers but loved it! t.co/PmMSXapg # 00:12 wonders… since when were dinner ladies Lunchtime Supervisors? #strangebuttrue #weirdthingsyoufindout # 10:41 Really? Prince Philip *leaves* hospital is Breaking…

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On the second day of Christmas: attempt two…

So, after the washout that, for Emma, was Christmas Day we tried again and headed over to her parents for post-Christmas lunch of cheese and biscuits and sausage rolls. Emma made up for lost time and fed and cuddled her…

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