These Mortal Bodies

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Im ready to be part of something bigger, I told myself, whispering the words over and over, visualizing myself at the centre of things, never alone again.

Its the start of the new academic year and Ivy is ready for her future to begin at a prestigious university far from home. But her first year will be everything and nothing like she expected.

Flung into a world of rigorous academics, secret societies and intense relationships, Ivy finds her feet quicker than she expected things couldnt be going better if she had planned them. But Ivy is keeping secrets. She hasnt told anyone about her best friend, who drowned just months ago. She cant tell anyone about the way water grounds and guides her, or about the heron she sees everywhere she goes, her own personal talisman.

As she immerses herself into her new life, becoming the heart of an elite social circle and uncovering the truth behind the witchy legacy of her college, the lines between past and present become murky. And with the year racing towards summer, Ivy will have to decide how far shell go to become the person she was destined to be.

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Elspeth Wilson is a creative writer and facilitator working across poetry and prose, whose work has been shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize and the Penguin Write Now scheme. She works on making writing more accessible and co-founded the Writing Happiness project with Rachel Lewis, a writing course for D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent writers.