Welcome to my weekly dispatch of myth, history, and secrets.

Hello from the Gold Coast,

It’s been a busy week behind the scenes — I’ve been working on the Enigma book teaser, and it will be alive sometime tomorrow. If you like to see it (and leave a note or a like), you can watch it on YouTube.

This week, I want to show you one of the real historical figures who shaped Enigma. The image below is her actual portrait, preserved from the early 1600s.

Elisabetha Joanna Weston

The Alchemist’s daughter — forgotten poet, a scholar, and a woman whose legacy was nearly erased.

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If Enigma’s blend of history, alchemy, secret societies, and high‑stakes mystery speaks to you, you’re welcome to read it early. I’m opening advance copies to eager readers. You’ll receive the full novel before publication, and if you enjoy it, I simply ask for leaving an honest review at Goodreads or Amazon when the book is released.

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🔍 Mystery News of the Week

🔍 The Singing Stones

On the remote Skellig islands, monks once recorded “voices in the rock” during storms. Modern visitors still report low vibrations echoing through the stone beehive huts. No geological explanation has ever been confirmed.

🔍The Vanishing Manuscript of Lübeck — Germany

In 1872, a medieval manuscript describing a “mirror that sees truth” was catalogued in Lübeck’s city library. A fire destroyed part of the building later that year — but the manuscript was missing before the flames reached its shelf. It has never resurfaced.

🔍 The Lantern Keeper of Dunnet Head

Locals tell of a solitary figure seen on fog‑heavy nights along the cliffs, carrying a lantern that glows unnaturally bright. Lighthouse logs from the 1920s mention “a man walking where no man could walk.” The cliffs there drop straight into the sea.