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Whatever you do, don't blink first.

The book and I have been in a Mexican standoff for eleven minutes. I haven’t turned the final page.It hasn’t revealed its ending.We’re both pretending not to care, but honestly,...

The cat is back. And it brought Dostoevsky.

Last week’s newsletter about opening lines in literature sparked some of the most thoughtful replies I’ve received so far. Thank you. If you missed it, you can read it here. You...

Mortal, come closer… I Am Count Dracula and I c...

Greetings, mortal reader…It is I, Count Dracula. While the boss was otherwise occupied - muttering poetry, quoting Leipoldt, and rearranging stock with theatrical flair - I slipped silently into the...

Once upon a time there was a cat, but that's no...

I have a bit of an obsession with opening lines. Always have. I collect the ones that I love and I read them over and over, trying to understand why...

Tiny monsters on the loose...

Stories are mischievous little monsters. They scuttle off your shelf, knock over your bookmarks, tangle themselves in your earbuds, and sometimes they sneak into your life as a film, a...

Your invitation to The Story Station Book Club ...

Every bookshop is a little universe, and ours only works because of the readers who keep it alive. I know that some of you don’t just read books...you collect them....