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The maps to the lost places and the secret histories. Be cautious: if you follow them, you may become lost yourself.

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December 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The last Maps of the Lost newsletter of the year is out. Clouds showing you the way, evil on the 8:14, the edge of the map in a cul-de-sac, two great podcasts, getting more lost than lost can be, avoidance of the Christmas Bone Man and more.

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from a quiet suburban cul-de-sac
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December 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pay attention if wandering around Richmond. You might see a woman, in her early thirties. She wears a raincoat no matter what the weather, and has a frizz of blonde hair as if it has been raised by static.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New Maps newsletter out now.⁣

Why audio tape's buried under standing stones, thoughts on disappearances, a little man with a whistle, wrap yourself up in the Discomfort Blanket, the Ooser’s holiday, and red twine hung and an innocent woman hanged.⁣

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From up on the hill and under the stone
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October 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A woman in Skelmersdale has seen a vision of the end of the world. She cannot tell when it will happen, but her vision of how it will happen is the truth.
September 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sometimes there is a shimmering. When it stops every single thing in your house has been replaced by an identical object in exactly the same place.

Apart from one, which is not. If you look at it closely it might show you what's on the other side of the shimmering.

Good luck finding it.
September 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well, this is nice.
September 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
September 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Our anthology call-out for writers in the North of England is open. We're delighted to have received a few submissions already!

There's plenty of time to submit until the deadline at the end of September, so get scribbling - we'd love to read your words.
July 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
a missing page in every book, a corridor with yellowing white walls, a light in the night, wet footprints and the seventh heron. New stories and old in Maps newsletter 27.
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...from a reed-shrouded pond.
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August 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In a coastal village on the east coast of Scotland, the windows of one cottage sometimes look out on weather that is not what you would see and feel if you step out of the door. You’ll see snow on a sunny day, rain sliding down the window in the middle of a dry spell, (1/2)
August 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A group of small children can be found in an alley in Doncaster, playing an elaborate game with pebbles, spirals chalked on concrete, and strings criss-crossing the alley. If asked they'll say if you interrupt the game, the king of all the birds dies. No one else knows what that means. But they do.
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
July 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There’s a dip in Rathcarbery Road as it runs through the Armagh countryside, and after heavy rain its lowest point is a shallow, dark pool. If you are walking along the road, shuffling along the verge to avoid the puddle, keep your gaze on the hedges. Look into the pool and you will see (1/1)
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