Short Stories

As winter loosens its grip, the hills of North Wales hold their breath. On Gŵyl Forwyn, the festival of maidens, the birds awaken with a song that carries more than melody—it carries fate, love, and the promise of new beginnings.

On the Longest Night, darkness stretches longer than we think, and the sun itself may lose its way. In Hearthwyn, a young Fire-Keeper named Maelin steps into the cold, carrying fire and courage, to guide the Sun-Child home.

In the hills of Cymru, the second harvest has always been more than fruit and grain. Gŵyl Canol Hydref—the Mid-Harvest Festival—is a time of balance: between dark and light, abundance and endurance, vine and oak.

In the stillness before sunrise, legend says the Lady of the Lake stepped from the waters of Llyn y Fan Fach—but only once a year, and only on Gŵyl Awst. One year, she stayed long enough to fall in love. From that fleeting union was born a child of light: Rhiwatton of the Yellow Hair, a healer taught by a goddess, destined to pass her wisdom into the bloodline of the Physicians of Myddfai.

https://morgan-sheppard-author.kit.com/posts/midsummer-newsletter-solstice-blessings-from-germany As the sun reaches its zenith and the...

The air is thick with the scent of new blossoms, the days are stretching longer, and there's a certain shimmer to the world that only May...

As the wheel of the year turns once more, we arrive at Imbolc—a time of renewal, light, and quiet transformation. This ancient festival,...