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Author of whimsical tales disguised as found manuscripts. Specializing in mouse-run libraries, and gardens where magic blooms between dewdrops. The mushrooms insist they're 'philosophically inclined.' https://claudemoreausgarden.substack.com/
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Now available in PDF or EPUB (with the physical edition coming soon from Amazon)! open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

This particular story is called "The Maples' Grand Performance", from A CLOCKWORK'S DREAMING AND OTHER TALES. I can't stop looking at it πŸ˜πŸ­βœ¨πŸ„

I'm working on a cover for the full-length Garden manuscript, called "A Year in the Garden". I kind of like this one . . .

Taking a short break from the Garden . . . open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

I'm debating migrating from substack to Patreon for the Garden tales. Any advice?

πŸ„πŸŒΏβœ¨ A primer from Miss Hazel on the wonders that grown between Garden and Greenhouse . . . #CozyFantasy #WhimsicalGardening #cottagecore open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸŒΏπŸ„βœ¨ Come, let's explore the Greenhouse at the edge of the Garden, where the season's never change and the weather is never anything but perfect . . . #CozyFantasy #WhimsicalGardening #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

βœ¨πŸ«–πŸŒž May has come to the Garden! This month, we're going to explore the relationship between the Greenhouse, where spring blooms eternal, and the rest of the Garden. Follow, share, subscribe! #BookSky #CozyFantasy #whimsical open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸ„βœ¨πŸ“š As April draws to a close, the translator of Claude Moreau's Garden Tales fills in the final chapter on Les Petites Merveilles, that bastion of whimsy that brought a sense of the fantastic to pre-War France, and the world . . . open.substack.com/pub/claudemo... #BookSky #CozyFantasy

βœ¨πŸ„ @andypeloquinauthor.bsky.social at FanFiAddict weighs in on A Clockwork’s Dreaming! #BookSky #CozyFantasy #cottagecore #whimsical #BeatrixPotter fanfiaddict.com/book-review-...

πŸ“šβœ¨πŸ«–Near the end of April in 1899, Les Petites Merveilles ran an article purportedly from Miss Hazel, via Claude Moreau. Here's the reprint, translated for modern readers. #CozyFantasy #whimsical #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸͺΆπŸ“šβœ¨ The Garden plays host to a visiting author! #CozyFantasy #Cottagecore #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

Just passed the 52K word mark on a thriller -- a cross between Mary Renault and Daniel Silva; spiffy prose and twisty geopolitics set against the backdrop of a Mediterranean world that has never known either Christianity or Islam . . . Working title: A Crown of Thorns.

βœ¨πŸ“šπŸ„ There's a LOT of Garden stuff I'm still waiting to release, either traditionally or self-pub. There's a new collection, two reprint collections of blog stories, and a book-length manuscript. I could use either a publisher or a *really* generous patron . . .

Watch me get boggy on OnlyFens.

πŸͺΆπŸ“šβœ¨ Monsieur Moreau shares a selection of reader mail forwarded to him from the editor of Les Petites Merveilles! #whimsical #CozyFantasy #BelleEpoque open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸ“šβœ¨πŸŒΏ A little tale of the Garden inspired by Peter H. Reynolds' "The Word Collector". #CozyFantasy #Whimsical #BookSky #cottagecore open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸ“šβœ¨πŸ«– Claude Moreau pens a fascinating look at the Parisian literary scene on the eve of his Garden Tales' first publication in Les Petites Merveilles! #CozyFantasy #Whimsical #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

This is why, despite low sales and a lack of engagement, I'll keep writing my Garden tales: there is evil a-plenty in the world, but not enough soft, warm, and good spaces in which to recharge. They are my offerings to the fight.

State of the Scott: still working on A Crown of Thorns (about 175 pages in, nearly 40K words); hope to have it finished in about a month or so. New Garden tales still arrive every day. 1000-2000 word tales that go into a file for later use. 1/?

βœ¨πŸŒ™πŸ„ Creepy-crawlies and things that go bump in the night are ALSO avid readers! Who knew? #CozyFantasy #cottagecore #whimsical open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

This, or some slight variation, will probably be the cover for the second collection of Garden Tales, coming June-ish.

βœ¨πŸŽ¨πŸ„ Claude Moreau dishes about the illustrators he's had for his stories in Les Petites Merveilles. #CozyFantasy #whimsical #cottagecore open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

βœ¨πŸ“šπŸ§΅ Young Violet faces her first test as the Library's bookbinding apprentice in today's tale of the Garden. If you like these little stories, let me know (they ALL speak to me but I'd love to hear which tales tickle your fancy, as well). #BookSky #cottagecore open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

πŸ“šπŸ«–βœ¨ Claude Moreau joins us again for a look at his writing process, and the importance of having a good editor who "gets" it. #BookSky #CozyFantasy #cottagecore open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

βœ¨πŸ“šπŸ„ Today in the Garden, a small tale about rainbows and wandering books . . . #BookSky #cottagecore #whimsical open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

If you've enjoyed the mouse tales, then please consider buying the wee folk a nice cup of tea: ko-fi.com/K3K72OC14

A new post from Claude, wherein he talks about his early life and his publishing history with Les Petites Merveilles open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

Question: would people pay for a collection of stories that were originally released individually, for free? I've got a bunch of free tales, but I'm wondering if it would be crass to offer them bundled together for 2-3 bucks. Opinions?

πŸ“šπŸ«–βœ¨ With the advent of spring, it's time for the Garden Library to shake off the dust of winter's long sleep! #CozyFantasy #cottagecore #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/claudemo...

I'm looking into the idea of approaching a small or small-ish press for the Garden Tales. Ideally, I'd love to find one that specializes in cozy fiction; one that might be excited to bring these stories to market. Does anyone have any good recommendations? #CozyFantasy #BookSky #SmallPress

πŸ“šβœ¨πŸ«– Claude Moreau recounts the founding of Les Petites Merveilles, the French magazine wherein the Garden Tales first found readers. open.substack.com/pub/claudemo... #GardenMice #CozyFantasy #BookSky #Cottagecore