Every December I put one candle in the bookshop window, and every evening someone new comes in from the cold with a story. This year I am writing them down, one for each night until Christmas Eve. Come back after supper; the kettle will be on. — Moira
An advent calendar made of stories
From 1 to 24 December, a new short winter tale opens here every evening: a visitor, a cup of something warm, two bookshop cats and the quiet of a village under the first frost. Each one takes about ten minutes to read, just right for the last hour of the day.
The 24 doors
The first door opens on the evening of 1 December. Each new tale will appear in this list as soon as it is published.
- Door 1 opens on 1 December
Don’t miss a door
Join the evening list and Moira’s welcome gift, Bedtime Stories (a free PDF with seven short tales), arrives straight away. Unsubscribe anytime.
A quiet gift for someone you love
If you know someone who needs slower evenings this winter, the Complete Sanctuary Bundle (stories, herbal infusion rituals and ambient audio, €20 instead of €22 separately) can be sent as a gift: at checkout, turn on “Give as a gift”, add their email and a short message, and it lands in their inbox instead of yours.
The stories are written with the help of AI tools; the ambient audio uses AI-generated sound.
