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Simon Foster
@simonfoster
Independent writer working mainly in fantasy, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Simon Foster writes across fantasy and romantic fantasy, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Simon Foster
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First draft
The Salt and the Ash
In a rain-lashed northern port, a mapmaker who can read the memory held in old paper is hired to restore a ruined chart that points to a vanished island. The work draws her into a quiet feud between a sea-bound house and the woman sent to keep its secrets, where every repaired line seems to reopen an older grief. As the island’s presence stirs again, so does the possibility of choosing love without surrendering the life she has built.
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