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the pool in the fen - 2025 Q4

Nell, on the run from her London art gallery, fetches up in a country house where David and his dogs have lived in the years since the world changed. Some things shouldn't be sold, some things can't be traded, and some things must be saved from the storm.

25k words. Started in late 2019, froze, finished in October 2025. Major is my favourite POV character I've ever written & it's not even close.

previous books:

the collection 'four stories not about fruit': apple, lime, redcurrant, grapefruit. from spring 2019, on a dare.

the collection 'three stories not about birds': gull, owl, crane. from spring 2020, when everything was upside down and inside out.

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