Wizards, Geese, and the Sound of Chaos
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Wizards, Geese, and the Sound of Chaos
Hello, dear readers, and welcome back to our monthly
gathering. July is here, and I have news that has me positively buzzing.
You know that story—the one that's been rattling around in my imagination,
demanding to be told. The one with the portal, the glitter, and a dragon who is
entirely too dignified for his own good.
It's finally here.
The audiobook of "Wizards Are Not Welcome
Here" is now available, and I cannot wait for you to meet the
characters who have taken up permanent residence in my heart.
Let me introduce you properly.
First, there's Ollie Twiggle. A wizard, yes, but not the
imposing kind. His hat droops. His robes have seen better days. His spells have
a tendency to… catch up with him. He is, in every sense, a magical enthusiast
rather than a magical expert. But he means well. He always means
well. And isn't that what matters?
Then there's Percival Luminos the Third. A dragon. An orange dragon.
A dragon who has been dipped, quite thoroughly, in glitter. He emerges from a
portal—Ollie's doing, naturally—demanding tea and biscuits and a suitable
treasure hoard. He is dramatic, particular, and deeply offended by the
suggestion that he might cry. (He does cry, eventually. It's a whole thing.)
And then there is the teacup.
I won't tell you everything about the teacup. But I will say
this: it is not just a teacup. It belonged to Percival's great-grandmother, the
legendary dragon Rosalind Sparklewing.
The journey to retrieve this hoard takes our unlikely heroes
through bogs and across moors, past a bog beast who demands songs about mud,
and into a cave that holds more questions than answers. There is singing. There
is squelching. There is a sheep named Ethel who invites herself along and
refuses to leave.
And through it all, there is the question: what makes
something truly precious? Is it the thing itself, or the story behind it?
The Audiobook
This story was meant to be heard.
The audiobook brings Nibble-on-the-Moor to life in ways I
could only imagine. The voice, the sound, the atmosphere—everything
you need to immerse yourself in the most gloriously chaotic village this side
of a dimensional rift. You can almost smell the buttered scones. You can almost
hear the sheep muttering about the weather.
The Soundtrack
But wait—there is more.
The music is available on YouTube, over at The Wonderful
World of Hock. And it is glorious.
There is a song. A song sung by Percival Luminos the Third
himself—that glittering, dramatic, entirely too-dignified-for-his-own-good
dragon. It is a song about his travels. About the vast and wondrous places he
has seen. About the treasures he has collected and lost and collected again.
But it is also a song about something deeper.
Because somewhere between the glitter and the grandeur,
Percival discovers what truly matters. It is not the gold. Not the jewels. Not
the sprawling hoards that dragons are meant to covet. It is the people he has
met along the way. The memories he has gathered. The friends who have stood by
him—even when he was being insufferable.
And then there is the teacup.
You will hear about the teacup in the song. It is small. It
is ordinary. It is, by any reasonable measure, completely unremarkable. And
yet, to Percival, it is everything. It belonged to his great-grandmother, the
legendary Rosalind Sparklewing. It is a connection to a past he never knew but
somehow carries with him. It is proof that love outlasts treasure. That memory
outshines gold.
The song will make you laugh. It might make you tear up,
just a little. It will certainly make you think twice about what you value.
I have listened to it more times than I care to admit. It
makes me grin every single time. It also makes me pause, and remember, and hold
the people I love just a little bit closer.
The soundtrack is waiting for you on The Wonderful World of
Hock on YouTube. Find it. Listen to it. Let Percival's voice carry you away.
And then, perhaps, ask yourself: what is your teacup?
Where to Find It
The audiobook is available now at hocksbox.com
The soundtrack is waiting for you on The Wonderful
World of Hock on YouTube.
Settle in. Press play. Let yourself be carried away to
Nibble-on-the-Moor—where the cobblestones nudge you towards the bakery, the
weather can be bribed with poetry, and a dragon in glitter might just become
your favourite character.
And remember: wizards are absolutely, definitely, not welcome.
(Though one does seem to have found his way in anyway. But
that's the thing about wizards, isn't it? They never quite read the signs.)
Thank you, as always, for being here. For pulling up that
armchair and letting me share these strange and wonderful tales with you. This
one is special to me. I hope it becomes special to you too.
Until next month, may your days be filled with good tea,
better company, and absolutely no unscheduled portals.
With all my love,
P.S.
Joules Young, the Story Catcher
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