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OUT NOW!
“I” For Immortality

Vol. 2 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse

**Winner of the Imadjinn Award for Best Literary Fiction Novel, 2022**


​“An amazing and surprising story! I was so captivated and drawn in… I want to read it again because the imagery is so beautiful and complex.” – Heather Osborne (editor)
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“It’s so weird – like a cheese dream!” – Becky (reader)

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​The quest of a true artist is to reach beyond time. 
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But what you find there may change you forever.
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Flo’s grandmother Mara is eccentric, independent and obsessed with art – just like Flo. But Mara’s time is nearly up.

On her deathbed, Mara asks Flo to glaze her portrait with a mysterious serum gifted by her long-estranged friend Bernie, whose rainforest expedition eighteen years ago first sparked Flo’s passion for painting.

Once glazed, Mara’s portrait seems to come alive.
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Flo confronts Bernie, but his ancient, plant-derived magic pulls her into a world of dread, desire, immortality (perhaps) – and a nightmare from which she may never escape.
"I" For Immortality has won the Imadjinn Award for Best Literary Fiction Novel 2022!  
Available now in paperback and e-book. Click here for Amazon.
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The Empty Danger
Vol. 1 in The Book of Exquisite Corpse

“It’s too late. You have seen and you have… been seen. The beasts of the other plane know you now. They’ve watched you watching them. They will haunt you now. You are one of us. Whether we like it or not.” ​
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It's mid-March 2020 in the UK. Elina’s been exposed to the coronavirus and has to self-isolate.

Afraid for a young abuse victim called Kyle, her empathy draws her into another plane of existence, a shared mind-space beyond the clouds where Fear has leathery wings, a black tongue and breathes a gas that instils dread.

​Now that Elina has been Intrigued into the secret world of the Watchers, can she help them guard the collective unconscious and fend off the creatures that threaten to take over our world?


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​What is The Book of Exquisite Corpse?

Exquisite Corpse is a weird and wacky word game, invented by the French surrealists in the 1920s. It randomises words to create bizarre sentences and word combinations that can inspire great story ideas - sometimes, quite easily, and other times, if you think really, really hard about it!

The Empty Danger was inspired by that exact word combination.

"I" For Immortality was inspired by an entire game result: 
“The lofty portrait of my grandmother rapidly salivated at the estranged stairwell.”

Send words to help inspire the next story! Click here.

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The Midnight Ship
A short story

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Elgart has a secret – and it belongs to the sea.

​The Midnight Ship is a short story that was inspired by an Exquisite Corpse during a Brainstoryum podcast show:

“The perfumed elf swapped boots with the midnight ship.”

The story simply wouldn’t exist without word contributions of readers and listeners – have a read, and find out why!

Download it for free here.

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​Thanks for reading. All written contents copyright of Anna Tizard, 2022.
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Review of The Empty Danger: 5.0 out of 5 stars 
"I've never been one really to read novellas taking place during the current climate, but the way Anna Tizard composed The Empty Danger was inspiring. I appreciated her unique take on the pandemic and how to keep hopes alive in troubled times." - Scottish Hunni

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"One of those writers whose work makes me itch to write as well... effortlessly profound, yet with a tongue in cheek kind of edge." - Tonya Moore, author 

"The form for the Exquisite Corpse seems pretty clear...  I like your style of writing- it is easy and draws you in. I really wanted to carry on reading as it was quite magical." - Gill
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