When Owls Speak

🦉 Story Pitch: WHEN OWLS SPEAK

Tagline: In a town where time lingers and owls keep watch, some secrets were never meant to be spoken aloud.

🌫️ Short Summary:
Nestled between two brooding hills, the town of Wickerby slumbers under a heavy cloak of mist and memory. Its cobbled streets twist like aging parchment, ivy strangles old stone walls, and chimney smoke curls lazily into the hushed sky. To any outsider, Wickerby might seem forgotten by time.

But the villagers know better. Time moves here, yes — just differently. Slower. Thicker. As if every shadow remembers too much.

And then there are the owls.

Each dusk, as the sun slips beneath the horizon, great barn owls gather across Wickerby. They line rooftops, perch on weather vanes, balance upon sagging telephone poles. Their wings whisper against the air, but they do not hoot, do not shriek. They only watch.

And sometimes, if the evening is just right and the weight of secrets grows too heavy, they speak.

✨ Why authors will love to finish this novel:

🌙 A lush, gothic small-town setting dripping with folklore, mystery, and an eerie stillness that begs to be disturbed.

🦉 The owls become haunting narrators or cryptic guardians, perfect for layering in chilling revelations and unexpected magic.

🖤 Ideal for fans of The Night Circus, The Thirteenth Tale, or Small Favors — tales where the atmosphere is as alive as any character, and long-buried truths refuse to stay hidden.

📚 Starter package includes:

✔️ A gorgeously crafted first chapter that immerses readers in Wickerby’s misty streets and introduces the unsettling ritual of the watching owls.

✔️ Character seeds, thematic threads (the burden of memory, the price of knowing, nature as a silent witness), and vivid textural notes to build your novel’s unique voice.

✔️ Entirely yours to grow into a spellbinding gothic fantasy or eerie mystery under your own name.

💷 Price: £49.99