Kate Machon Author
@katemachon.bsky.social
Wrangler of words, and author of the award winning Pix and Gabe Adventures. For more details, see my website. https://katemachon.com/
Pinned
✨Pix and Gabe actually did it! The Shadow Deception is a bronze winner in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
I'd love it if you joined them on their adventures.
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I'd love it if you joined them on their adventures.
Find out more: katemachon.com/books/
'The #relevant behaviour, Pixie, is to be supportive of my harp playing endeavours. You're meant to smile & clap, or commiserate if the recital doesn't go as planned. You're not meant to join in the booing, & definitely not hand out rotten tomatoes for throwing!'
Giggle.
#vss365
Giggle.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Right a bit, Gabe. More...more. Hold the knife steady.'
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
'Right a bit, Gabe. More...more. Hold the knife steady.'
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
'Pixie, is that ruler even straight?'
'Absolutely, Gabe. Trust me. Right a bit more.'
'Hmph. I doubt equal is #achievable with you measuring.'
Giggle. 'Perhaps my half of the brownie is SLIGHTLY bigger than yours.'
#vss365
‘Your pet human’s temperature is not #measurable - it’s off the scale. What did you do to her, Pixie?’
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
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#vss365
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
‘Your pet human’s temperature is not #measurable - it’s off the scale. What did you do to her, Pixie?’
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
‘Me, Gabe? Nothing for once. Do you think a pickled slug would cheer her up?’
🤮😭
#vss365
'You look tired, Gabe. Skip the kitchen & go straight to bed -I'll bring you tea.'
'That's very #specific, Pixie. What catastrophe awaits me in there?'
'Oh, nothing.'
'Is this a double bluff? You're plotting a prank.'
Giggle
'I knew it! Unless it's a triple bluff... Ugh, I give up. Bedtime.'
#vss365
'That's very #specific, Pixie. What catastrophe awaits me in there?'
'Oh, nothing.'
'Is this a double bluff? You're plotting a prank.'
Giggle
'I knew it! Unless it's a triple bluff... Ugh, I give up. Bedtime.'
#vss365
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sob. 'There must be other #options, Gabe. A loophole, a hack, a cosmic miracle. Please, please - anything but THAT.'
'I'm sorry, Pixie, you're just going to have to face up to reality... be the bigger faery... bite the bullet.'
'NEVER! I will not share the last brownie.'
#vss365
'I'm sorry, Pixie, you're just going to have to face up to reality... be the bigger faery... bite the bullet.'
'NEVER! I will not share the last brownie.'
#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
'I don't know why the Angel Council is so nervous of me, Gabe.'
'You're a pixie who contain an angels power, wound up with a charm that can shift things out of #reality!'
'Hmmm... I guess I am awesome!'
#vss365
Want to know how all that happened? Check out The Shadow Deception.
'You're a pixie who contain an angels power, wound up with a charm that can shift things out of #reality!'
'Hmmm... I guess I am awesome!'
#vss365
Want to know how all that happened? Check out The Shadow Deception.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
'Stop fidgeting, Pixie. Planning your future is an important part of your rehabilitation. So tell me, what is your #goal in life?'
'Well, Gabe, I want to pull-'
'No! To pull off the perfect prank isn't an acceptable answer.'
'Fine... then my goal is to not get caught.'
#vss365
'Well, Gabe, I want to pull-'
'No! To pull off the perfect prank isn't an acceptable answer.'
'Fine... then my goal is to not get caught.'
#vss365
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
'What's your #issue with me, Gabe?'
'Well, Pixie, let's think - your dragon pals torch my house. Tea with Medusa - I get petrified. Clingfilm on the toilet seat. Harp strings turned to noodles. A charm making my wings pink. Always stealing the last brownie!'
'Okay, okay!'
#vss365
'Well, Pixie, let's think - your dragon pals torch my house. Tea with Medusa - I get petrified. Clingfilm on the toilet seat. Harp strings turned to noodles. A charm making my wings pink. Always stealing the last brownie!'
'Okay, okay!'
#vss365
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
'Don't just say no, Gabe. It's genius. A new mode of #transport - portals to the brownie shop, The Angel Arms, the harp repairer. We could add some at home. Midnight pee? Just aim into the bedroom portal - zip - straight into the toilet.'
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
'Don't just say no, Gabe. It's genius. A new mode of #transport - portals to the brownie shop, The Angel Arms, the harp repairer. We could add some at home. Midnight pee? Just aim into the bedroom portal - zip - straight into the toilet.'
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'Pixie... I'm not dignifying that with a discussion.'
#vss365
'I keep telling you humans, there's no such thing as magic. Me? I use pixie #science. And if you ever compare me to an angel, I'll be using it on you!'
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
'I keep telling you humans, there's no such thing as magic. Me? I use pixie #science. And if you ever compare me to an angel, I'll be using it on you!'
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'I'm outraged, Gabe. It says in this human book that pixies are a #myth.'
'It's probably best they don't know the truth, Pixie.'
'Well, pffffft, to them. I'm a legend.'
'Hmmm... sometimes I wish you were a myth... Pixie! That gesture was uncalled for - even for a legend.'
#vss365
'It's probably best they don't know the truth, Pixie.'
'Well, pffffft, to them. I'm a legend.'
'Hmmm... sometimes I wish you were a myth... Pixie! That gesture was uncalled for - even for a legend.'
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
'Why do you fill in your diary every single day, Gabe?'
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Why do you fill in your diary every single day, Gabe?'
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'Great #literature is often only recognised after the author has passed, Pixie. So I keep it for posterity.'
'But, Gabe, all you ever do is complain about me & note the length of your-'
'Pixie!'
#vss365
'While you are living in my house, & I am your probation officer, my word is #law, Pixie!'
Right... so, Gabe, when you said you were absolutely not going to eat another brownie, & then you did... you were breaking the law?'
Splutter. 'That's not what I meant & you know it!'
#vss365
Right... so, Gabe, when you said you were absolutely not going to eat another brownie, & then you did... you were breaking the law?'
Splutter. 'That's not what I meant & you know it!'
#vss365
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The first time Pixie and Gabe rainbow travel, things do not go as planned. But Pixie sees the funny side. Gabe... not so much.
#vss365 #language
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#vss365 #language
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The first time Pixie and Gabe rainbow travel, things do not go as planned. But Pixie sees the funny side. Gabe... not so much.
#vss365 #language
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#vss365 #language
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'All I'm saying, Gabe, is I don't think he's trustworthy.'
'Have #history with him, do you, Pixie?'
'Maybe. He might be the reason my slime-glitter-glue trap didn't go off all over you.'
'What?! Sounds trustworthy to me.'
'Hmph. Of course you'd side with the fun police!'
#vss365
'Have #history with him, do you, Pixie?'
'Maybe. He might be the reason my slime-glitter-glue trap didn't go off all over you.'
'What?! Sounds trustworthy to me.'
'Hmph. Of course you'd side with the fun police!'
#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Gabe pries open the book, releasing me from its papery jaws.
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
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'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Gabe pries open the book, releasing me from its papery jaws.
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
'I warned you about the Angel Archive, Pixie.'
'I got lost! The #geography keeps shifting. One minute - wall. Next - a shelf with teeth. You know, it's meant to be hungry FOR knowledge, not hungry knowledge!'
#vss365
'Awwww, poor Gabe got a boo-boo?'
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
'Awwww, poor Gabe got a boo-boo?'
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'It's not funny, Pixie! I'm black & blue.'
'Well, let that be an #education, Gabe - never poke a sleeping rock troll.'
'It was in my bed!'
'Hey, I was being kind giving him yours. Mine's too small.'
#vss365
'What sort of #creature is that, Pixie?'
'No idea, Gabe. Found it in the woods. As a compassionate person & scientist, I brought it home & gave it a cookie. Oh, I think it likes you. It's sniffing & smiling. Wait, are those fangs? Don't move. Or maybe - actually - RUN!'
#vss365
'No idea, Gabe. Found it in the woods. As a compassionate person & scientist, I brought it home & gave it a cookie. Oh, I think it likes you. It's sniffing & smiling. Wait, are those fangs? Don't move. Or maybe - actually - RUN!'
#vss365
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pixie always leaves glittery footprints on my keyboard when she's been up to monkey #business. Today she reduced her first big story to just 99¢/99p. So if you love her & Gabe's tweet-sized adventures, maybe you'd like 228 pages of them.
#vss365
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#vss365
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November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pixie always leaves glittery footprints on my keyboard when she's been up to monkey #business. Today she reduced her first big story to just 99¢/99p. So if you love her & Gabe's tweet-sized adventures, maybe you'd like 228 pages of them.
#vss365
books2read.com/u/bODv1N
#vss365
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'Why so grumpy, Gabe? It's #Halloween, the best day of the year.'
'I've had complaints, Pixie.'
'Really? But everyone loves playing trick and treat.'
'And there lies the issue, Pixie. It's trick OR treat.'
'Not the way I play it.'
#vss365
'I've had complaints, Pixie.'
'Really? But everyone loves playing trick and treat.'
'And there lies the issue, Pixie. It's trick OR treat.'
'Not the way I play it.'
#vss365
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
'Why so grumpy, Gabe? It's #Halloween, the best day of the year.'
'I've had complaints, Pixie.'
'Really? But everyone loves playing trick and treat.'
'And there lies the issue, Pixie. It's trick OR treat.'
'Not the way I play it.'
#vss365
'I've had complaints, Pixie.'
'Really? But everyone loves playing trick and treat.'
'And there lies the issue, Pixie. It's trick OR treat.'
'Not the way I play it.'
#vss365