Archive - Amystery

Beneath an upside down moon.

On the eastern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden was surrounded in a veil of fog from the much-needed rain…

Mar 22 •

Amy Marie Turner

February 2024

"There better be coffee..."

Excerpt from A Garden of Shadows

Feb 12 •

Amy Marie Turner

December 2023

Today, there is a whisper of a breeze: blue-eyed grass dips and bends, the dried seed heads flirtatious winks of the past summer. Living at a touch more…

Dec 29, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

I went to the forest.

Our rickety steps complain beneath my ski boots as I descend into the cold night. I’ve switched off the lights inside the cabin. I’ve already hauled the…

Dec 1, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

November 2023

The holidays are coming....

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t be sending you an email about your holiday purchases. I’m sure most of you receive more than enough of those kind…

Nov 7, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

October 2023

To live among the dead

A few weeks ago, someone queried our community Facebook page for information about hauntings in our downtown buildings. I laughed when I saw the comment…

Oct 30, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

A quick check in and a video interview.

I hope you are all weathering the season of zugunruhe. We’re enjoying a gorgeous autumn foliage year, and we time-walked back to summer with a quick…

Oct 16, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

September 2023

Welcome to the season of zugunruhe

I don’t remember when I first heard the German word zugunruhe. Although zugunruhe means the unrest of animals during migration, I always associate it…

Sep 25, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

Stepping into other worlds...

It is a curious thing to be marketing Voyage of the Pleiades while also churning away on the revisions to A Garden of Shadows. Despite my best efforts…

Sep 19, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

July 2023

"The world is a book...."

It has been a bit more than a month since Voyage of the Pleiades was jettisoned into the world. And what a month it has been! On launch day we had a…

Jul 10, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

June 2023

Happy Birthday, Voyage of the Pleiades!

There were many days I never thought I would write that post title, but here we are, today the Voyage of the Pleiades begins a new journey that exists…

Jun 6, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

May 2023

One week to go!

News and a giveaway

May 30, 2023 •

Amy Marie Turner

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