By Laur, Clementine, Art, Laura, Scadaz, Kit, Tama, ft. @lady-snow-flower, @gem-morey, @kingofdemxns, @elliot-morey, @wolf-innsheepsclothing, @bones-weary, @ahearts-a-heavyburden, @princess-ting-ting, and guest starring @labellerose-acheron and @trip-downtheriverstyx
Author's Note: On the surface, this plot does not have the site-wide stakes of previous big plots I have done - and yet, I think this is the most complex and rewarding plot I've ever embarked on! I owe so much to my Hauntley Crew and RP partners who were game for this, who were patient with me, who asked great questions, who pushed me to be a better plotter and project manager (lol), and who filled in my rough plot skeleton(s) with flesh, blood, and heart. I mean it when I say this plot wouldn't look the same without everyone contributing and that's my favorite part - how much it changed and expanded with everyone's input. And isn't that what RP is supposed to be?
Thus, here is the roadmap to My Heart Is A Haunted House. It is one of my proudest achievements. I really hope y'all enjoyed it, no matter if you read one para or all the paras. And thank you to my partners again!! Look what we did!! (Rough Estimate: This has to be at least 60k-70k words, which is a novel y'all. One day I'll make an effort to actually add it all up.)
PART ONE: Lady Miracle's Possession
Frostbite
Hypothermia
Jackboot Jump || Gem One-Shot
Stitches Undone || Snow Quartz
Rigor Mortis
PART TWO: The Unbecoming of the Hauntley Manor Inn
Lady Miracle Calls for a Staff Meeting
The Deepest Darkest Hour || The Hauntley Staff
Rise and Shine || Miracle Hadder
Eat, Pray, Haunt || Miracle Bones
Spit Spot || Miracle King
A Work In Progress || Miracle Wolf
The Way Is Shut || Hot Dog
Gem vs. The House || Miracle Gem
The Unbecoming of Hauntley Manor
PART THREE: The Haunting of Scarlet Rose Manor
When The Dust Settles || Gelli
Slow Is The Quicksand || Gelli + Fang + Helle
The Captain's Lament || Bones, Wolf, Gem, Elli
Keep A Light On || Gem+King+Wolf
Repeating Old Habits || Wolf King
The Past Is Far Behind Us || Belle, Ting-Ting and Wolf
Time Loop Paras
Roses Are Red || Miracle King
Violets Are Blue || Miracle Hadder
Dead Man’s Chest || Miracle Wolf
Qui n’avance pas, recule || Bones and Yvette One-Shot
Interlude: One Last Attempt || King + the Hauntleys
The Flesh Calmly Growing Cold || Gem One-Shot
Caught In the Undertow || Gelli
Castles In The Air || Miracle Ting/ Sing-Song
Interlude: Man Overboard || Gelli + Wolf + Ting-Ting
How Did It End? || Miracle Gem
How It Begins || Snow Quartz
COMPANION ONE-SHOTS
To the Lonely Sea and the Sky || Wolf And The Captain
The Wheel’s Kick and the Wind’s Song
A Wild Call and a Clear Call (That Cannot Be Denied)
The Gull’s Way and the Whale’s Way
Through the Memory Palace || Snow And Lady Miracle
Part One: The Bolter
Part Two: Fortnight
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF TIME... (Dream Series)
Once Upon a December || Snow Quartz
part one: across my memory
part two: things my heart used to know
part three: things it yearns to remember
part four: things i almost remember
part five: dim as an ember
APPENDIX:
The Albatross: Soundtrack for My Heart Is A Haunted House
Reborn in Ice - This is the original draft of the Miracle Captain backstory that I wrote for myself as prep and research lol! Most of it I used in my Memory Palace series, but if you wanted the #og, maybe this will interest you lol
Ghost Loop Lore
Road Map To The Ghost Loop - a behind-the-scenes outline to how that was plotted lol. Again, I just think it's neat.
‘The night we met, I saw your face and knew that you could be the end of me. This night, I fear the same.’
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I’m beyond delighted to reveal the cover of The Dark Mirror, the fifth book in the Bone Season series, designed by Carmen R. Balit and illustrated by Ivan Belikov, with art direction by David Mann.
I couldn’t love this cover more – it fits perfectly alongside the other books while also having a fresh, nocturnal palette for this brand-new instalment of the series. I can’t even imagine how gorgeous it’s going to look when it’s foiled. Endless thanks to Ivan, as always, for his exquisite illustrations.
The Dark Mirror will be published in hardback, ebook and audio format on 25 February 2025. Signed copies are available to pre-order now from Waterstones and Barnes & Noble; more special editions to be announced.