<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lindsey Saoirse | Storybound Press]]></title><description><![CDATA[An independent creative press and studio specializing in storytelling, illustration, and story-led creative work.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/the-wandering-ink</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:48:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.be-storybound.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ACCOUNT III — The Child at the Window]]></title><description><![CDATA["...If you see two glowing eyes beyond the firelight, continue speaking as though you haven’t noticed them.
“The only problem was, I hadn't a soul in the world to continue talking to..."]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/account-iii-the-child-at-the-window</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abfc058197e566fc16ad4d4</guid><category><![CDATA[DO NOT FOLLOW THE GLOAM CAT]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_f0a0b99504b8429baf65b32a4ce1f9e4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACCOUNT II — The Lost Traveler]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mr. Thorne’s account began six years earlier, in the latter weeks of autumn.
He was quite insistent upon one detail from the start:
He had not been lost.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/account-ii-the-lost-traveler</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7b5460bc8e587d43965534</guid><category><![CDATA[DO NOT FOLLOW THE GLOAM CAT]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:06:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_3f622b831ae94f5aaf7f9394af1e0a57~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACCOUNT I - The Gloam Cats | Watchers of the Wood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every Mythkeeper knows not to follow a Gloam Cat. They never lead you where you wish to go.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/the-gloam-cats-watchers-of-the-wood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a75f8fd421979b2d971615e</guid><category><![CDATA[DO NOT FOLLOW THE GLOAM CAT]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:46:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_040cec68cc4340f595169d1e28cea17c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Legend of the Draugr Stone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many generations ago, Aglitall was cared for solely by the ancestors of the Dryads, alongside the Sorceric people. They were the original inhabitants of the land and together they worked with Tryllery, The Mountain that Conjures, to nurture the magic of the world. ]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/the-legend-of-the-draugr-stone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a722a1a4c43b9b2d4c8b48a</guid><category><![CDATA[Bound by the Bow]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_bb3acefb81ce40f693284789d6f89da5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_620,h_620,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some things do not grow old because of time.
They grow old because of all they have carried.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/the-old-tree</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7213e6277d47c355d071a7</guid><category><![CDATA[Lore Entries]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:35:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_c92b5c6bb4c0450ab61c433c38bef844~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firekeeper’s Shelve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by Ötzi’s tinder, or bracket, fungus.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/firekeeper-s-shelve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4e446fa991f26baa2a77fd</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tales from Aglitall]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_29fb6a1fb56e403caeabb23412c86478~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Maiden's Knight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once upon a time...
A maiden occupied the banks of a deep untamed tributary. It was all her own, a gift from her ancestors, and she tended it, and her child-like wonder fed the growth along its banks and the flow within its waters for many years.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/the-maiden-s-knight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69626590cca849701e8b2942</guid><category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:26:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_5b9aa0d450824a2eb742e26c4165859b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Muse’s Monster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once upon a time... A girl met a boy. This girl, for centuries, had worn a mask to protect herself from persecution by the community, for the community did not take kindly to the girl. At first, the mask was simply that—a way for her to assimilate. Though the mask helped her blend into society, sometimes something underneath would scratch at its inside, wishing to be set free from the confinement the mask had created. Over time, however, she ignored the creature underneath, and the mask...]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/frankenstein-s-monster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6921d1e631a88d3506f2aed2</guid><category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:25:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_015436ab39614cdeb53f707134428da6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_896,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elgon the Tomato Thief]]></title><description><![CDATA[The leaves of the trees in this old forest had only just started to change their colouring and some had begun to fall to the ground. Everyone knows this is the time for ripe fruitful bounty, and on this particular day, one such tomato had gotten too heavy from its massive size for its stem, and had fallen to the ground, ready for the next phase of its being. ]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/elgon-the-tomato-thief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6938374b604b7e5bc38acfcf</guid><category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tales from Aglitall]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_6f377d20451e4ddc8e6c423febce1d18~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine Plants for Love, Longing &#38; Devotion]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Love I desire, come to me, as is my will, so mote it be.”]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/nine-plants-for-love-longing-devotion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dcf2c836b1f3da5f8c49c</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_bedd65b9259f49afb70d7ae58e778564~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_740,h_493,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meadowsweet: Let It Seep]]></title><description><![CDATA["...for the smell thereof makes the heart merrie and joyful and delighteth the senses."]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/meadowsweet-let-it-seep</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dcdc15a2a910e1d869fbb</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_01e3ae3c2732420c9667264b043a2ada~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_920,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tulsi: A Sacred Basil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tulsi was one of the first herbs I loved simply because I enjoyed having it around.

When I began experimenting with my own herbal tea preparations, I added it to all sorts of blends. It was intensely aromatic, slightly sweet, and somehow seemed to transform whatever I put it with.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/tulsi-a-sacred-basil</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dccaa5a2a910e1d869d5c</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_cb9eafcb9b2f43ab97df00ed9541537a~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_920,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Sell Your Coat and Buy Betony”]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Sell Your Coat and Buy Betony”]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/wood-betony</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dcb6c76a0a4a55f34e0b4</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_8bde59504e044f1bad7f08a3c35950dc~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_920,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calendula: The Golden Flower]]></title><description><![CDATA[I first met calendula because of a swollen lymph node.

I remember sitting with a friend one evening, talking about stress and the strange ways our bodies sometimes carry it. She had developed a swollen lymph node in her neck, and I remembered experiencing something similar myself.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/calendula-the-golden-flower</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dca476332daeb5c51c104</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_3cd2894b944644ab8d2e7b7e6e34a0c5~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_920,h_526,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isle of Linden Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I found myself wandering down one of those research paths that begins with a single question and somehow opens into an entire forest.]]></description><link>https://www.be-storybound.com/post/linden-leaf-and-flower</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8dc8eb836b1f3da5f8b731</guid><category><![CDATA[Field Notes]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72be27_53f70fc78b8047808c35d4ed304e07d9~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_920,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lindsey Saoirse</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>