The index beneath the canopy

Writing Catalogue

The Great Tree is the imaginative way into the work. This catalogue is the practical index: choose a branch, then search, sort, and read its leaves.

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New shoots

Recent leaves

Each new piece appears here for one month, with a permanent home on its branch from the day it is published.

Fiction · Folk horror · Halloween

Mackerel Skies

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-14

Read → Personal · Discworld MUD

I Was Here When It Was All Code

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-12

Read → Tribune · Médias et démocratie · Français

Qui nous vend des remèdes miracles ?

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-10

Read → Opinion · Media & democracy · English

Who Is Selling the Snake Oil?

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-10

Read → Essay · Science, history & ecology

The Woods Fed the Furnace

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-09

Read → Reflection · Autumn & memory

The Thinning Veil

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-07

Read → Fiction · Rural horror

The Boundary Keeper

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-07

Read → Opinion · Education & democracy

Please, sir, we want some more

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-06

Read → Caricatures politiques · Français

Leçons de République — Quatre caricatures

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-05

Read → Seasonal Sky · Horror collection

The Hollow — Stories After Dark

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-04

Read → Caricature politique · Français

Peut mieux faire — Leçon de priorités

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-03

Read → Fiction · Halloween

The Marsh Is Remembering

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-02

Read → History & Memory

From BASIC to Portus

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-02

Read → Manifeste · Français

Manifeste pour la maintenance de la France

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-02

Read → Manifesto · English

Manifesto for the Maintenance of France

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-11-02

Read → Poetry

Sandmartins Linger

Published · In New Shoots until 2026-10-20

Read →

Discworld MUD

I Was Here When It Was All Code — twenty-two years wandering through the Disc.

Dobbin’s Cooking Corner — ten original cooking columns by Dobbin.

Canonical branches

Browse the leaves

Counts and contents are generated from the same catalogue that powers the Tree. No second taxonomy and no placeholder leaves.

PoetryPoems in English and French PersonalPersonal prose and lived experience FictionStories, serials, experiments, and rewrites Politics & SocietyPublic life, power, economics, and society CultureArt, music, food, language, and cultural life Science & NatureEcology, weather, astronomy, and the living world History & MemoryThe past, remembrance, origins, and inheritance Philosophy & IdeasQuestions, belief, meaning, and human thought Teaching & EducationLearning, language, students, and practice HealthDialysis, disability, transplantation, and recovery

Cross-pollination

Collections around the Tree

Bird NestsBirdlife, migration, shelter, and home-making FungiHidden connections, decomposition, and renewal Fragment FieldDreams, symbols, memories, and unfinished seeds Seasonal SkySeasonal whispers, weather, and changing light Fruit & FlowersFuture curated and finished collections PortusThe interactive world growing from the same roots