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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

Jun 11, 2026 - 5:09 AM  
Good morning, wonderful people! Some books really do have that quality, the ones that arrive at exactly the right moment and open something up in you that you didn't know was waiting to be opened. It's worth thinking about which ones have done that for you and why.

Have a Thoughtful Thursday. Take care and stay safe. 💙

#BookQuote #Reading #Bookish #LunarWitch #Folklore
      
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Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) (530 KP) rated The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1) in Books

Jan 23, 2020  
TG
The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1)
Heidi Heilig | 2016
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<b><i>I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.</i></b>
Heilig’s debut novel is inspired by Hawaiian myth and folklore and has an entirely diverse cast with a biracial main character, a Persian love interest, etc. (I’ve completely forgotten about everyone else).

Have I mentioned time traveling is through maps?! If the Hawaiian myth and folklore don't grab you, then the maps definitely should.
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Paradise is a promise no god bothers to keep. There’s only now, and tomorrow nothing will be the same, whether we like it or not.

<a href="https://bookwyrmingthoughts.com/some-of-those-arcs-from-last-year/"; target="_blank">This review was originally posted on Bookwyrming Thoughts</a>
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

May 21, 2026  
📚✨ The Story Hearth is now open ✨📚

A gathering place for readers, writers, and wanderers.

If you love stories woven with myth, folklore, old magic, and romance that lingers like a fireside tale, you’ll feel right at home here. 🌙🔥

Inside The Story Hearth, you’ll find:

📖 Bookish chats
🖋️ Writing conversations & encouragement
🌿 Folklore & mythology discussions
✨ Sneak peeks, lore, and story ramblings
💙 A cosy community of fellow wanderers

And for readers interested in ARCs or books from my backlist, there’s also a reader form you can fill in here: https://forms.gle/jwdFDqs77LD4D2Tu5

Pull up a chair by the fire; the stories are only just beginning. Here’s to new chapters, ancient legends, and the stories that connect us all. 💙

https://discord.gg/gQfzqBRNns

#FantasyBooks #BookCommunity #FantasyReaders #WritersCommunity #Mythology #RomanticFantasy #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #DiscordCommunity #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #MythAndMoonlight #TalesFromWales
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

Sep 21, 2025  
Gŵyl Canol Hydref—the second harvest. 🍇🌾

Garlands of vine + wheat.
Bread baked with acorns + honey.
Candles burning orange, red, yellow, indigo, and brown.
A feast for endurance, a charm for the winter to come.

Read The Garland of Autumn, a short story for this season → https://morgan-sheppard-author.kit.com/posts/gwyl-canol-hydref-the-vine-and-the-oak

#GŵylCanolHydref #HarvestFestival #WelshMyth #AutumnTraditions #Folklore
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

Jun 8, 2026  
Good morning, lovely people! Today is World Ocean Day, and it feels like a good moment to pause and think about just how vast and extraordinary the sea actually is. It's older than almost anything else we can name and still largely unknown to us, which is both humbling and quietly thrilling.

Have a Magnificent Monday. Take care and stay safe. 💙

#BookQuote #WorldOceanDay #Reading #LunarWitch #Folklore
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

Jun 2, 2026  
Good morning, my lovelies! It really is true that the best books don't just pass through you but leave something behind. It could be a shifted perspective, a lingering feeling, or a character who stays with you long after the last page, and that's not a small thing at all.

Have a Terrific Tuesday. Take care and stay safe. 💙

#BookQuote #Bookish #Reading #BookLove #Folklore
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) created a post

May 29, 2026  
Happy Folklore Friday for the 29th! 🌿

Today I want to talk about the Cyhyraeth, one of the quieter, stranger figures in Welsh folklore and one that has always fascinated me.

At first glance, a Cyhyraeth is like the Irish Banshee. It’s a wailing female spirit that acts as a death omen, heralding an impending loss. But unlike the Banshee, the Cyhyraeth is never seen, only ever heard, particularly along the Welsh coast and near water.

The cry was understood as a portent of death, arriving before illness, before disaster, before shipwrecks claimed their dead. Sometimes she was said to wail three times, each cry growing fainter, and those who heard her knew that something irrevocable was already in motion.

What makes the Cyhyraeth so compelling is how much she does with so little. There's no figure to describe, no face to imagine, only a sound moving through the darkness and the particular dread of knowing that a warning has already come too late to change anything. 🌊

She belongs to a rich tradition of Welsh omens and heralds, sitting alongside the Gwrach y Rhibyn and the corpse candle as one of the ways Welsh folklore gave shape to the unspeakable. Some things, it seems, need a voice even when there's no one left to hear them.

#FolkloreFriday #TalesFromWales #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #MythAndMoonlight
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1010 KP) May 29, 2026

And for those of you wondering... it's pronounced Kuh-HUR-aith 💙