Former acquaintances recall him chiefly for his passionate advocacy of self-interest, his loathing of soap, and his ability to turn any gathering into an argument about “energy frequencies.” He was, for a brief and bewildering time, employed as a part-time poetry instructor at the Inverness Community Annex, from which he was dismissed after insisting students “write only in the key of Aquarius.”Continue Reading
Born to modest parents in the village of Elmswick, she rose to prominence after discovering the Pikewell Reversible Fern, a plant that, when neglected, turns its leaves inside out as a gesture of defiance. Her subsequent book, Plants with Opinions, became a fixture of the Eyehasseen academic syllabus and a minor scandal in ecclesiastical circles for implying that divine creation included “a sense of humour.”Continue Reading
Educated at the University of St. Leo the Great, Dr. Thimblewell was best known for his pioneering work in atmospheric magnetism, which he claimed could be “harnessed to dry laundry without sunlight.” His Thimblewell Electro-Aerator never achieved commercial production after an early prototype accidentally desiccated a neighbour’s hedgerow.Continue Reading
Best known for his decades as proprietor of “Buttons & Bows & Occasionally Belts,” Mr. Penfeather was the man who first introduced dual-pocket waistcoats to the capital—a move described at the time as “bold bordering on heretical.”Continue Reading
Sir Thomlin Everdare passed peacefully on Firstday morning at the age of 87, surrounded by his six surviving ledgers and a bewildered marmot he’d named “Chairman.” Known throughout the Kingdom for his gentle insistence that “all things ought to be filed,” Sir Thomlin lived a life of extraordinary order and quietly joyful peculiarities.Continue Reading
Mrs. Agnella Crum of Brindlewood passed peacefully last Fifthnight, surrounded by family, marmalade, and an alarming number of knitted scarves. Born in Firstfall, Year 935, to a tinsmith and a milliner, Agnella spent her life resisting rest and organising drawers no one else believed needed organising.Continue Reading
Remembering Mr. Tolver Dree (Age 81) Mr. Tolver Dree of Lower Highmere passed away peacefully in his chair last Moonday afternoon, having successfully completed his final crossword and partially completed a biscuit. He was 81, a retired railway flagman, amateur historian, and occasional sermon critic. Born in Hollowtide, Year 1942,Continue Reading