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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!
the house as group therapist, nice! I’ve written a couple of stories about how human life imprints of the architecture & fabric of a house. You’ve gone the other way and made it a 2-way street, each imprints on the other
It seems like a very sensible house to me! I’m glad it’s not empty any more.
I loved this. Great story.
Houses have feelings too. Glad it all worked out.
It seems to have acquired some wisdom in its long years of emptiness. And I wonder how the boy figured it out. Fun little read, start to finish.
An unusual and enjoyable tale, I couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for the surveyor fellow though.
I hope the real estate agent mentioned how much character the place has!
Lovely.
What do you do when your calling is the care and feeding of others but well, you hate others? Tough business for the house but at least it found a happy medium and someone who appreciated its efforts.