I never intended to become the keeper of Ravenwood’s secrets. It happened gradually, like the slow unwinding of a watch spring. The pocketwatch arrived on a Tuesday, carried by Martha Holloway, her eyes misty with memories. “It belonged to my father,” she said, placing it gently on my workbench. “Mayor James Holloway. Found it while […]
Category: Eve Shaclan
The Timekeeper’s Cozy Mysteries: Echoes in the Clockwork
I found it in the back of Mrs. Abernathy’s estate sale, a grandfather clock with spindly hands frozen at 3:17. The wood carried scars of a life well-lived, much like the woman who’d owned it. My fingers traced the intricate carvings along its face, worn smooth by decades of gentle touches. “It hasn’t worked since […]
CucumberCat
I jumped up on the fence and gave one of my ginger paws a quick lick. Reynolds is a gray Persian that lives next door and we meet up at the fence often to talk and occasionally go on walks together. Usually, Reynolds, who was regrettably named after some hairy 80’s actor, has exciting stories […]
UnicornCat
“That wasn’t catnip,” Dorothy thought, looking again at the strange package her friend had sent by special courier. It looked almost like glitter, but Furmidable, the grey Chartreux cat she was catsitting, and who was normally very calm, dove into it like a starving child into a pool of candy. It was too late to […]