Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
Allyson ShawPlace writing from Orkney, Scotland. Sometimes there are witches.
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IT’S WORLD MENOPAUSE DAY
Rembrandt, Old Woman Reading, 1655. National Galleries of Scotland
I wrote this article four years ago. I’m sharing it again on World Menopause Day, free for all to read because it remains relevant—perhaps even more so now.
For forty yea...
An Inter-Species Memorial
& Widdershins News 🌚
In this Missive:
FLANNEL KNICKERS ON FLEEK 🩲
or revisiting DIY and dyslexia on the waning moon
‘Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint.’
“This book speaks to my soul...”📚
Preorders now available for the exclusive paperback edition
I have news on the Widdershins front! In May I crowdfunded a limited edition hardback of my novel on Kickstarter. This crowdfunding campaign also allowed me to create an exclusive...
WHAT THE SILVER APPLES TAUGHT ME
Equinox musings
In neopagan tradition, the Autumn equinox is named Mabon after Mabon ap Modron, a figure in Welsh mythology. It’s always seemed a somewhat arbitrary a designation, but I still call it Mabon. I love the sound of the word.
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Royal Society of Literature shortlisted Author of Ashes & Stones. "Lyrical magic." --The New York Times. My debut novel Widdershins will be crowdsourced on Kickstarter in 2026.
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