Sammi Cox

So...just a thought...
          
          Would anyone be interested if I started a micro review book for ONC 2025 stories (probably only opening chapters)? Would anyone want their ONC story to be included in it?  Let me know, and if there's a bit of interest, I'll get it set up!
          
          Have a great rest of the day!

Thanks so much for the comments and votes on Maya and the Enchanted Playlist. Best wishes

Well, a very belated Happy New Year! I hope your 2025 is going well. Mine is going slower than I would have liked, given we are still working through things after our house move the week before Christmas, and then followed by a bout of ill-health. I have so much Wattpad-related stuff to catch-up with...
          
          However, by the skin of my teeth, I have managed to submit a story to this year's ONC. My! Did I leave it late. I had thought to write a bit of LOTR fanfiction (which I started), but decided against it, as this was my first attempt at writing fanfiction for others to read... I might share more about this at a later date.
          
          Instead, I returned to a favourite area of mine: superstition, the paranormal, and of course, woodlands. It's called "The Demon of the Woods", and if you want to have a look, the first 2000 words are up, and awaiting you here:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/390574349-the-demon-of-the-woods
          
          Have you entered the ONC this year? Let me know in the comments, and leave a link to your story, and I will try and have a read of it over the weekend.
          
          Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
          
          Sammi x

Hi all,
          
          I've been a little absent these past few weeks in preparations for moving house, and in the run up to Christmas, I can say it's been very crazy (and will continue to be for a little while yet!). It's also worth pointing out that this probably will be my last post on here in 2024, because we've been informed its going to take a bit of time to get our internet up and running. Sigh...
          
          However, there is some exciting news. So this year I submitted 4 pieces of work into The Shortys. And my oh my! The Affair of The Unlooked-For Husband made it onto the flash fiction shortlist! Yay! 
          
          My other piece of prose was longlisted, which is also amazing, but neither of my two poems placed at all. Although I am a published poetess, I am aware poetry is my weakest area, so I am not disappointed with that in the slightest.
          
          If you want to have a read of my shortlisted short read, full of Victorian spiritualism coming from Madam Pevensey's Spirit Parlour, check out the link below!
          
          Congratulations to the other wonderful writer and poets who made The Shortys shortlist. If you didn't, don't worry. The ONC will be here again before we know it!
          
          Have a great weekend, a wonderful Christmas and the brightest of blessings for 2025!
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1477461164-embrace-the-night-and-other-stories-the-affair-of

It's been a little while since I've posted an update. How is your November going? 
          
          I've been spending the majority of my time finishing an old Christmas romance novel. There's not much more to write on it now, so I should finish it by the end of the month. For those who have been around for a while, you might remember this one as I started writing it on Wattpad around 2018 / 2019. It's called One Christmas. The plan is to get it finished, then edit it in the new year, and perhaps try submitting it for publication.
          
          At the moment, I've taken a little break away from it in order to arrange my thoughts for the final chapters. I know how it's going to end, but I'm just thinking through how we are going to get there - there has been some changes made along the way as my characters have started insisting we go where they want to go...
          
          So instead of working on that, I've been updating my poetry books here. Both Scattered Voices and Enchanting Words have a new poem each. One is inspired by The Fool Card from the tarot, while the other is about the magic of a crisp spring day, which works equally well for a wintry one!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/377030471-scattered-voices

Chronicles of The Craft volume 3 is now complete! Yay!
          
          The final story, The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Everleigh, Gentleman-Explorer, is a light-hearted tale about a man who usually gets everything wrong, but maybe not this time...
          
          If you have a read of this or any of the 13 stories in this volume, I really hope you enjoy it / them!
          
          Wishing you a wonderful weekend,
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/377519275-chronicles-of-the-craft-vol-3-ongoing-oct-2024

Since my last Chronicles update, four new stories have been added to the collection, and the final two will be shared tomorrow. So if you're looking for tear-jerking time slips, or end-of-the-world fantasy, which just so happen to be today's two stories, follow the link below to volume 3 of Chronicles of The Craft!
          
          Brightest Blessings,
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/377519275-chronicles-of-the-craft-vol-3-ongoing-oct-2024

I'm a few days off the pace with this, but I'm so excited to share that both my entries into this year's Ambys have made it into round 3. Woohoo! Congratulations to all the other story writers - I'm blessed to be included in such good company!
          
          If you're interested to know which stories I submitted to this contest, they are The Magician: An Andromache Jones Mystery (the first short story in the series about a modern day witch solving cosy crimes with the use of her tarot deck and pendulum - at least some times!)
          
          The other is my novel, A Host of Fallen Dreams, which tells the stories of a handful of people, some living in the City, some living in the Wasteland and some living in The Greenwood, After the Rising. Expect prophecy, magic, tarot, and music as they all try and survive the hand they've been dealt.
          
          If you have a read of either, or both, I hope you enjoy them! And do let me know what you think!
          
          Brightest Blessings!
          
          Sammi x

After almost a week since the last Chronicles update, the next story, White Feather, is now up and available to read.
          
          Enjoy!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/377519275-chronicles-of-the-craft-vol-3-ongoing-oct-2024

Another story is up in vol 3 of Chronicle of The Craft. This time, it's a piece of fantasy flash fiction, "Head Hunted"...
          
          If you have a read of it, I hope you enjoy it!
          
          Have a great Wednesday!
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/377519275-chronicles-of-the-craft-vol-3-ongoing-oct-2024