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Open tickets, repair stories, research rabbit holes, and dispatches from Gault Mills.

All Craft Stories Almanac Repair Log Behind the Book

Stylized panoramic illustration of percolator counter in Gault Mills.

REPAIR LOG · JULY 21, 2026 · 6 MIN READ

A customer had said the woman weighed heavy, and the talk went round the town a day before her scale reached my bench. She wanted it checked, not defended, and the weights had an answer that ran the other way from the accusation.

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Behind the Book · Jun 30 · 2 min

Cover Reveal and Pre-Orders

Pre-orders for Fixed to Death are open, and the cover is the premise in one image, a mended cash register set in a lit shop window.

Behind the Book · Jun 9 · 2 min

Announcing Fixed to Death

Fixed to Death, the first Repair Café Mystery, is a Kindle ebook out August 4, 2026. If you have been reading The Notebook, you already know its town.