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The Longest Day of the Year (And Then Some)
A free novella for joining the Letters. A gentle first visit to the Goose before the full series opens its doors.
Everyday Wonders · Coming August 2026
The Gadding Goose
A sentient wandering inn, a burned-out housekeeper, and three celebrations going sideways in a realm where magic has far too much personality.
Series Promise
An Inn Arrives Before Trouble Turns Grim
Somewhere in Wending there is an inn that turns up when your celebration is about to fall apart, if you know how to write to it. A letter arrives. The whole building picks up in the night. Etta Bellwether wakes beside someone else's disaster-in-progress with only days to set it right.
The trouble matters. The people matter. But this is still a place to rest: no cruelty, no shock heartbreak, and no beloved character harmed for sport.
Comfort Tropes
- Sentient Magical Inn
- Found Family
- Low-Stakes Trouble
- Burned-Out Heroine
- Festival Mishaps
- No Grimness
Free Entry Point
Start With The Longest Day of the Year
Join the Letters and I will send you The Longest Day of the Year (And Then Some), a free Gadding Goose novella and the easiest way to step through the door before Book One arrives.
One free story. No spam. No rush. The Goose can wait while you decide.
Send Me The Free StoryReading Order
The Series, In Order
Read the free novella first if you want a low-risk visit. Then follow Etta and the Goose through three celebrations, each one a little bigger than the last.
Book One · Coming August 18, 2026
The Inn That Wasn't There Yesterday
A burned-out housekeeper inherits a sleepy little inn, which promptly hops her across the realm to a village wedding in spectacular trouble.
Book Two · Coming 2026
A Most Irregular Harvest
A harvest festival, an unhelpful enchantment, and two stubborn villages learning how to share the tent again.
Book Three · Coming 2026
The Once-a-Century Star Festival
The whole realm gathers for a festival nobody alive remembers how to run. Etta does the only thing she can: calls in everyone.
Open The Map
Where The Goose Wanders
The books move through Wending's festival fields, river towns, harvest roads, and old places that remember more magic than anyone strictly asked for.
Book One: A Village Wedding
Book Two: The Harvest Fair
Book Three: The Star Fields
Before You Decide
Questions Tired Readers Ask
The honest answers, so you know exactly what you are walking into.
Is This Cozy Fantasy Actually Safe?
Yes. No peril, no villains, no grimdark, and no surprise heartbreak. Nobody you love gets hurt for the sake of a plot twist. There is always trouble worth caring about, but you never have to brace.
Where Should I Start?
With the free novella, The Longest Day of the Year (And Then Some), then Book One, The Inn That Wasn't There Yesterday. The novella is the easiest, lowest-risk way through the door.
Are There Cliffhangers?
No. Each book resolves warmly and completely. The series shares a world and a found family, but every story gives you a real ending.
Is There Romance?
Found family and everyday wonder are the heart of these books. Some stories carry a gentle, slow-burn romance as a subplot, but it never takes over and it never gets explicit.
Is There Really A Free Story?
Yes. Join the Letters and the free Gadding Goose novella arrives in your inbox, no purchase and no catch. It is the gentlest way to see whether Wending feels like somewhere you want to rest awhile.
Launch Letters
Be First Through The Door
Join the Letters and you will have your seat saved for launch day, plus the free Gadding Goose novella to keep you warm until then.
