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  • O, thistle's braw, thy reid hue
    a tale o' bluid an' moonlit rue
    Like shadows cast by fearsome beasts,
    in Hieland glens whaur darkness feasts
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    Sources

    A lot of my worldbuilding/inspiration comes from historical sources. For those interested in non-fic recommendations, or who want to see where my sources come from, here you go. I've also added some of my favorite books in general that have helped inspire me in one way or another. :)


    Non-Fiction Sources

    The White Cockade: Historical Tales of the Jacobites, Stuart McHardy | Amazon
    School of the Moon: The Highland Cattle-raiding Tradition, Stuart McHardy
    SHE-WOLF: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves, Contributing Authors, Edited by Hannah Priest | Amazon
    Werewolves: A Field Guide to Shapeshifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts, Dr. Bob Curran | Amazon
    Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women's Lives, 1540–1740, Sara Read
    Fear: A Cultural History, Joanna Bourke
    1715: The Great Jacobite Rebellion, Daniel Szechi
    Scottish History for Dummies, William Knox
    The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776, Duane Meyer
    Folklore of the Scottish Highlands, Anne Ross
    The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner's Journey to the New World, Carol Gardner
    "I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes, Diana Gabaldon


    Favorite Reads

    Flight of the Heron, D. K. Broster
    Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, Brom
    The Bookseller of Inverness, S.G. MacLean
    On the Use of Shape-Shifters in Warfare, Marko Kloos
    Corrag, Susan Fletcher
    The Revenant, Michael Punke
    Legends of the Fall, Jim Harrison
    Abundance, Sena Jeter Naslund
    The Terror, Dan Simmons
    Die Wand (The Wall), Marlen Haushofer

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