Selkie Grove
Letters from the wild dusk of a writer’s soul; words the heart knows and the mind cannot explain.
I.
I’m Kate — a fae-soul and writer living in the heart of Scotland with my best friend and books. My love lives one-hundred-and-eighty twisty, misty, mountain miles away. One day, I hope we’ll be together again.
I was born ringle-eyed, a desirable trait in sheepdogs but suspicious in a woman. Unfortunately, I don’t live in an old folktale, therefore my eyes don’t mark me for a special or sinister destiny and I must make my own way in life. Probably the extra white in my iris comes from staring too often at the moon.
I dislike reality (unless it’s a May wood painted and perfumed with bluebells), pessimism, and car parks. I enjoy the company of kindred souls, nature, and dark music. Writing and daydreams are two constants in my life, helping me to create a more beautiful, bewitching reality.
I am the author of two books - Fireside Fairy Tales and Fireside Magic - story collections inspired by the folklore and magic of my native Scotland.
When I’m not writing, I am being written upon. My footsteps trace hill and riverside. I take the owl and cuckoo’s cry into my heart. I try to blossom with the beautiful parts of the world and root into the dark undertow of life’s current.
I trust that I am where I need to be, and I trust that you have arrived here for a reason too.
II.
Selkie Grove is my personal, writer’s retreat. It is letters penned at liminal hours, it’s midnight moon dances and a meeting place for souls stirred by mystery.
Free subscribers receive ‘dawn letters’ as often as I can write them.
Paid subscribers get an extra ‘dusk letter’ each month, dredged from the swampy, secretive depths, best read by the light of the full moon.
Thank you for reading and supporting my words. May Selkie Grove help you find the secretive, wild, and moonlit places within your own soul.
Kate xx
