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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Me thinks my cat is getting soppy…

…I mean honestly! Is this kind of behaviour really dignified?! After I got back the Phillip Pullman talk, I curled up on the end of the sofa to find Jordan College on the fold out map within Lyra’s Oxford, and…

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Psych Test (as previously taken by cogenthought

From here: http://psychologytoday.psychtests.com/tests/act_access.html Helpful (score = 97) Sociable (score = 56) Need for Approval (score = 65) Dependent (score = 60) Tense (score = 76) Rigid (score = 3) Controlling (score = 9) Competitive (score = 6) Conscientious (score =…

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Friend Map

I’m trying to get all my Livejournal friends’ locations plotted on a map – please add your location starting with this form.Username:(Then get your friends to!)

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The Ghosts of Christmas’ past…

I work in a department called *Content Management* – and our business is putting scientific and academic journals online here. Who knows why, but there is a tradition in our department of producing electronic christmas cards. This week, prompted by…

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Halloween is Friday, October 31st…

…legend has it that it’s the night when all the creatures of the dark dance among us, celebrating and carousing under the pale moonlight. These days, costumed kids take to the streets to demand sweets from their friends and neighbors….

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