A few examples of local superstitions and customs taken from the Cape Misfortune Guidebook.
Borrow pence or Heg Pence – Ancient, faceless coins. Useful to pay off supernatural creatures.
Geshank – A knife, left out by the fay, that enslaves you forever if you pick it up. (Derived from Cape German“Geschenk,” meaning present.)
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Hello! Tomorrow (March 20th) is the start of astronomical Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. Longer days are on the horizon.
“Cape Misfortune II Agata’s Story” has been out for a month, and people have been positive. My fellow author Henry Mitchell was kind enough to say on his blog, “I read Henry Anderson’s new novel, Cape Misfortune II, in a day. I can’t remember the last time I did that. It was hard to put down, even for dinner. I skipped dessert.”
Continue reading “March Newsletter – Imagining Things”Interviewed at the Drovers Gap by the charming Henry Mitchell, who reads and writes in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northern Carolina. Henry to Henry…
https://droversgap.blogspot.com/2021/02/henry-to-henry.html
DROVERS GAP
. . . A STORY PLACE, NOT TOTALLY A FICTION, NOT QUITE ON A MAP.
February 25, 2021
HENRY TO HENRY…
I read Henry Anderson’s new novel, Cape Misfortune II, in a day. I can’t remember the last time I did that. It was hard to put down, even for dinner. I skipped dessert.
We had a Henry to Henry conversation across the water (via email), about his new book, and writing in general. Here’s what we talked about:
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https://www.thescribe.space/post/agata-s-story-by-henry-anderson
Henry Anderson’s ‘Agata’s Story’, the second novel in the ‘Cape Misfortune’ series, was published by Solstice on 15th January 2021. This is the spellbinding tale of a celebrated law enforcement officer in the wild coastline town of Cape Misfortune. Aptly named, so it seems, for Sergeant Agata Dollar is experiencing bizarre paranormal events!
Naturally I have to ask you some questions about your writing, Henry. Firstly, what led you into journalism and what areas were you involved in?
Continue reading “Interviewed by Veteran’s Group “The Scribe””“Cape Misfortune II: Agata’s Story,” the standalone sequel to “Cape Misfortune,” is released today!
Hello. It’s February 2021. As I type this the rain is beating on the conservatory roof. Nearly all the paths around where I live are thick mud. Other words for mud, incidentally, include slobber, slabber, slutch, and lutulence, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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October 2020 Newsletter.
1 Recent goings on.
Hello. It’s late October. It’s dark. It’s raining. I am sitting in the conservatory. My next book, the second in the “Cape Misfortune” trilogy, is very nearly finished.
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