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Charles Sinclair has been Victoria Belhaven-Wynford's best friend since fifth grade, the one person Tori can tell anything to-except how her stomach knots every time she's with her new boyfriend Valentine. Deep down, Tori knows what she feels for Valentine isn't comparable to her connection with Sinclair. But now her best friend is starring as Romeo alongside classmate Eleanor's Juliet in Dunbridge Academy's annual play, and Tori has been assigned to write their love story for the production.

This podcast will serve as a weekly dose of cultural commentary and advice on navigating life as a young person in Ireland. Providing open and honest conversations, this podcast will serve as a comfort blanket for young people to engage with and relate to. Stay awhile :) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast will serve as a weekly dose of cultural commentary and advice on navigating life as a young person in Ireland. Providing open and honest conversations, this podcast will serve as a comfort blanket for young people to engage with and relate to.Thanks to Harriet from @glowing.hand on Instagram for designing our artwork and thank you to @keankavanagh for the snippet of his song Coca Cola Sky for our new intro music!https://open.spotify.com/track/1lLEFznU4FGpxEFGg5TkkR?si=57cac14d4784452a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Dr. Marcus Cole, Dr. Sarah Ward, and Abby Cole as they explore the nonfiction side of speculative fiction, with varying levels of expertise.

November, 1957: Six teenage girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the dark tunnel of the Cutting. Only five appear on the other side. October, 2014: a dying mother, feverishly fixated on a friend from her childhood, makes a plea: 'Find Valerie.' Mina's elderly mother had never discussed her childhood with her daughter before. So who was Valerie? Where does her obsession spring from? DC Connie Childs is partnered up with new arrival to Bampton, Peter Dahl.

Six award-winning authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Old West Collection. Listeners will love this collection of six historical western novellas, all with one thing in common: Romance.

Seventeen-year-old Leda witnesses a hate crime against a gay couple from her school. Now she must decide if she should risk her family's stability by telling the police what she knows. Jonathan, one of the victims of the crime, struggles with his recovery and the guilt of not protecting his boyfriend. When Leda and Jonathan are swept together by chance, both must reckon with fundamental questions of loyalty and courage.

Emma didn't come to Scotland to fall in love. Arriving at Dunbridge Academy—the prestigious school where her parents met—she has one goal: uncover the truth about the father who abandoned her. Enter Henry Bennington. But when late-night research sessions turn into moonlit walks, their carefully drawn lines begin to blur. Now Emma has to choose: uncover the truth about her past or fight for a future with Henry—knowing either choice might break her heart.

When the body of a baby is found wrapped in a swan's wing deep in the woods, archaeology professor and expert consultant Carla James is brought in to assist on the case. The unusual burial must signify something, but what exactly is unclear. Meanwhile, a student from Jericho College has gone missing. Police say she left of her own accord, but this doesn't seem right to Carla. The young woman didn't tell anyone she was leaving. No one has heard from her since. And she's not the first student to disappear.

Archaeology professor Carla James is reeling following the death of her husband. Desperate for a change of scene, she takes a job at an elite New England college. On her first day, Carla is asked to represent the department at a murder site. She initially believes there is nothing notable about the scattered debris that surrounds the body, but there is more to the case than meets the eye. This victim is just the latest in a series of unsolved deaths. Nothing obvious links them but Carla is convinced - there is a methodical killer operating in the shadows.