fiction – Francesca's Thoughts

05/05/2026

Indie magazines, indie videos & indie bands

How long has it been since I wrote a post here if we measure in calendar months? Maybe let’s focus on the here and now. I’ve noticed a lot of new viewers in the last few months so if you’re new here, hi, I’m Francesca, I write books and short stories and films. I seem… Continue reading

Books, Videos

Bezzina’s Emporium of Magical Artefacts and Antiquities, book review, books, Divinations Magazine, fiction, indie-video-maker, reading, Rotting Trees by Francesca Astraea, Sometimes Women Your Age Are Just Tired, The Big Push Mambo No. 5, The Princess and the Dragon and Other Stories About Unlikely Heroes

08/01/2026

Read, If You Like: ‘The Starless Sea’ by Erin Morgenstern

Happy new year! I’ve been meaning to write about The Starless Sea since I first read it in spring 2021. I began writing this post back then, forgot about it and reread the novel at the end of last year. So. Since it is a cold, rainy January in here Bath and The Starless Sea… Continue reading

Books

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29/01/2025

Author Interview: Belinda Campbell (Author of ‘Something Wicked’ and Critique Partner Extraordinaire)

Hello! It feels like one million years since I last did an interview on here. It is entirely possible I’ve never done an interview here. One of my lovely critique partners, Belinda Campbell, released her debut novel Something Wicked last autumn and, in case you’ve missed the unhinged levels of excitement I’ve been projecting at… Continue reading

Books, writing

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17/09/2024

Read, If You Like: ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern

According to the search bar on my blog dashboard, I first wrote about The Night Circus in 2017, in a never-published round up of books I’d enjoyed that year. I wrote ‘The Night Circus kind of about magic, kind of about love, kind of about how bad things happen when men get into competition with… Continue reading

Books, Read If You Like

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