Imprint

A romance blossoms

In early stages where

A gust of wind

Could change the direction of

A wondering mind.

 

The only certainty in love

That is beginning

Is the imprint

Of your current footprint

Upon the ground.

 

For you don’t know

If the next step will be solid,

Or if you will leap

Forward in faith

And find yourself falling.

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Sophie Victoria Manley, sapphic cosy fantasy and paranormal mystery author

I write fantasy and paranormal fiction – the real world is too sad, too mundane, too predictable, and too limited by the boundaries of physics – with themes of mystery (got to have something to work those little grey cells), and romance (because, honestly, what is life without love?).

My books are beautifully queer, because I am, but don’t worry, there is some straight representation. And they’re ND-coded: dry observational wit and delicious tangents, social-awkwardness and the insatiable search for dopamine…

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