Your loyal correspondent must refrain from exclaiming about the passing of time, and yet here we are, in summer, and we don't know about you, but many of us at the school are excited about sunshine_challenge on Dreamwidth! Stay tuned for more on that later. For all that happened in June, however, let's start off withβ
The anniversary of cruel monarchies in our short story, Annus horribilis, featuring a number of supporting characters from our Fall of Stories series, many of whom we are sure you will recognise if you have been following the school for any sort of time at all. As last month was our fifth anniversary, we prepared a special gift for our supporters in the shape of the first ever story to feature some of the characters from this series, a work our dear headmistress completed when she was the age of some of the girls under our tutelage now! Highly, highly embarrassing for her, yet very amusing for us!
We were super pleased to welcome our friend, Androzani84 back into the fold last month, and upon his behalf, we summoned up a new supporter exclusive story in our ongoing Periodic Table of Devils collection, whilst sharing short reflections on the fate of Saturn in myth for our story, Saturn Return, a brief piece for Father's Day about the relationships between men.
Last but not least, again for supporters, we celebrated the birthday of Tsukino Usagi from Sailor Moon! As you may have guessed, our headmistress was far from being a child by the time she first encountered the animated adaptation of Sailor Moon in English, and yet, to anyone who will listen, she talks of the importance of these characters, of the magic of this story.
In our round up of school adjacent publications, we also have news! From Pro Se comes Pan vs. Dracula, a new story set during World War I and featuring the Archfiend himself, Count Dracula, in a race against the awakening rage of dread elemental forces.Β
In a similar setting, our friends from JMS returned to the story of the Nutcracker with The Nutcracker Princess, our very, very festive contribution to Christmas in July.
For a more traditional read, however, Songs of Love and Hate, named after the Leonard Cohen record, and expresses what we fear may be a somewhat common sensation of discomfort and regret in our post-Covid times.
All of which brings us to the end, friends! Thank you once again for joining us and for your continued support! See you next month for more exciting stories and challenges!