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From Frances Billinghurst: I am an author, metaphysician, and initiate of a modern Mystery spiritual path with ancient influences residing in the Antipodes, south of the equator. I have long been drawn to the Mysteries of the cosmos - regardless of how they have appeared through myth and legend, sacred symbolism or in the liminal dreamscape. This has led to the study of various esoteric and occult sciences, with being initiated into a number of traditions that focus around understanding these sacred portals between the worlds. The books I write are based on my explorations, personal discoveries and research, often from the perspective of living south of the equator, as well as from a personal embodiment, or lived experience.

Books featured on our podcast:

Call of the God: https://amzn.to/3CkBk1A Encountering the Dark Goddess: https://amzn.to/42SkZft Contemporary Witchcraft: https://amzn.to/4aFGnWN Dancing the Sacred Wheel: https://amzn.to/42yANn6

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Author Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/40SAwtZ Author Website: https://www.mysticalsoulacademy.com

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When I was eleven, my school held a mock-census. One of the questions — a very obvious question to include — was “What do you want to be when you grow up?” There were the usual answers you'd expect; soldiers, firefighters, pilots, and the inevitable wit who put “A man”. Out of the whole school, over a hundred pupils, only one person put “Novelist”. (Not even “writer”, you'll note. “Novelist”.) If you guessed that one person was me — well, you win a no-prize, I suppose. I bowed to pressure and went off to be a lawyer instead, but sanity prevailed and I got out of the legal racket to find a career that left me with enough spare brain-power and time to write. And so I write; sharp, distinctive fiction, most often in my first love, the science fiction and fantasy genre. My first novel, The Psychopath Club, appeared in 2021 from The Canal Press. The same publisher, failing to learn any better, is also responsible for The Devil's Finger (2023) and Three Men In Orbit (forthcoming, August 2024). Doffing my novelist's hat and replacing it with a poet's one, I'm also the author of Poetry Slum, a collection of verse covering a broad range of topics, most of them controversial or argumentative. (I don't see much point in cosy poetry). I continue to pen poems alongside my fiction, and I expect I always shall; prose I have to work on, but poetry just happens to me.

Books featured on our podcast:

Three Men In Orbit: https://amzn.to/3E7nBLQ

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https://youtu.be/6wUQaJD-hfA Aborigen is a writer, editor, and author of Holiday Bonus, As for Ginny, and We Come From Somewhere This Was Real. With over two decades of dedicated experience, he has crafted and honed a unique niche within size fantasy, centering his stories on the fascinating dynamics between gigantic women, shrunken men, and tiny people. Through these narratives, Aborigen explores profound themes such as mercy, prejudice, and the complex relationships that arise from a world shared by both colossal and diminutive beings. A world-traveler and combat veteran, Aborigen holds a BA in creative writing, reflecting his scholarly approach to the intriguing subject of giantesses and tiny people. He successfully ran a quarterly flash fiction contest for Size Fantasy writers, encouraging others to delve into this captivating genre. Successfully, in that it motivated struggling writers to meet deadlines and consistently produce completed work. Aborigen resides in Minneapolis, MN, alongside his brilliant, beautiful wife and two spirited cats. His home serves as both a creative sanctuary and a base from which he continues to explore and contribute to the ever-expanding world of Size Fantasy, where the whispers of tiny people and the footsteps of giantesses echo through the pages of his works.

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