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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Pumpkin Harvest

Pumpkin Harvest Originally uploaded by shepline on 22 Oct ’05, 6.42pm PST. Pumpkins Originally uploaded by shepline on 22 Oct ’05, 6.41pm PST. Stacked Originally uploaded by shepline on 22 Oct ’05, 6.41pm PST.

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No really, vote honestly, damn it!

The poll, just posted has absolutely no relation whatsoever with whatever the last post was that you read in these pages (and yes, I do realise that you are all seeing a different ‘last’ post, so really, it would be…

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Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire

The Dreaming Spires Originally uploaded by shepline on 15 Oct ’05, 5.48pm PST. Months ago now, back when spring buds were budding, I applied for a permit to walk in the University of Oxford owned Wytham Woods, just on the…

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151

Spurred on, by some ‘information’ that applecatching revealed to me twice today (aren’t I priveledged) I have now written the first 151 words of Blood & Fire in one month. Jóhanna of the Alfar has been toying with and stopping…

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I’m so, so sorry…

Game over. Congratulations. Learn anything? That’s right… Matrix 2 really sucked. Well, let me break it down for you: You have a total of 50 friends You requested to guess 50 entries. 10 were skipped due to invalid content (surprising?)….

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The October Geek Post

For those of you out there you use a combination of some or all of AIM, MSN, Yahoo and GoogleTalk, can I take this opportunity to recommend GAIM – all the advantages of Trillian to connect to multiple providers at…

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Life on the Edge

Life on the Edge Originally uploaded by shepline on 2 Oct ’05, 7.27pm PST. Returning to my routes, I really do feel at home in the Alderley Edge – Macclesfield – Buxton landscape. It’s totally seductive and awe-inspiring…

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