First of all, thank you to those of you who have messaged me to identify the mystery film in the second chapter of Eleven Recollections. I've discovered that it's a 1987 Norwegian film called Is-slottet (which translates to "The Ice Palace"). I very much recommend watching it if you get the chance - it's a beautiful, haunting film.
I'm still writing my recollections and I'll be posting the third chapter soon. In the meantime I've started writing some short fiction. The first is what may end up becoming a series of magic realism tales (possibly about a magpie goddess, or possibly about the residents of a block of flats).
The second, which I'm still working on, is about the magnificent seven. In space. With pirates. And blunderbusses and a Christmas Tree. Hey, it's a work in progress.