Kate Machon Author

💫Pix and Gabe actually did it! The Shadow Deception is a bronze winner in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Please join them on their adventures. Links: Amazon: amzn.to/4eZB2vg Kobo: bit.ly/4hidKle

Wow, Gabe, the #onyx robe & halo! This must be an important Angel Council meeting. Who's in trouble? Let me guess. Is it that banshee keeping the neighbourhood awake... or maybe that sprite who... hold on... Why are you staring at me like that... it's me, isn't it?' #vss365

'Pixie! You are unbelievable! I can't go to the Angel Council meeting in that!' 'Maybe it'll start a new trend, Gabe.' 'Pixie!' 'Ok, ok - keep your halo on. I'll try a charm to fix it. But really, it's not as if I put my #crimson tutu in with your white robes on purpose.' #vss365

'We're polar opposites, Gabe. Of course there's fallout when we're forced #together.' 'So just to be clear, Pixie, you're blaming me for us being glued to the ceiling because gravity reversed... not your experimental charms.' 'Well...' #vss365

'Pixie! PIXIE!! Why have I woken up with #violet wings?!' 'Wow. Must be that weird feather flu which is going around.' 'Feather flu?' 'Yeah, or maybe you lucid dreamed them? You have been stressed.' 'Then what's that?!' '...A completely unrelated pot of dye.' #vss365

Pix is no ordinary pixie. The Angel Council fear her, & sometimes she feels as welcome in Faery Valley as a troll fart. But how did she become so powerful? What part did Gabe play? Discover how the angel's #tear changed her in The Shadow Deception. #vss365 books2read.com/u/bODv1N

'Hands, Pixie. Show them. Now your toes - shoes off, lets go!' 'But Ga-abe.' 'No buts! Uncross your legs & keep those wings where I can see them - no fluttery funny business. Alright, now make the #promise to not destroy my house while I'm gone, & I'll believe you.' #vss365

'Sometimes, Pixie, I think your whole #purpose in life is to annoy me!' 'Well that's rather pompous & egotistical, Gabe. I have more important things to do with my time than prank you... eating brownies, for example. After that... yeah, I guess annoying you is number 2.' #vss365

Gabe inhales deeply, seeking his #spiritual balance. I teeter on the table edge, vibrating with excitement. It's time. Ruler aligned. Blade gleaming. One final breath. He slices - perfect symmetry... or almost. I grab the larger half and scarper. Yum. The last brownie! #vss365

I swing in the #wisteria, in a pixie sized hammock made from Gabe’s new underpants, & a sunshade from his favourite robe. Upstairs, he grumbles, 'Where did I put those new things?' I sip nectar from a daisy cup, giggling. That'll teach him to call me a miniature menace! #vss365

'Calm down, Gabe. What's got you all of a flutter? You need to take a page out of my book and chill. Learn to be #mellow.' 'Mellow, Pixie? Let’s see you mellow when you hear this… the brownie shop is closed.' Gasp. 'Permission to panic.' #vss365

I hide the plate, brush away crumbs -pure #innocence in pixie form. Gabe strolls in. 'Been at the brownies again, Pixie?' 'Who, me? No! …Maybe. How’d you know?' He taps his nose. I glance in a mirror. Dung beetles! A chocolate smear. Right on my nose. What a rookie fail! #vss365

I’m about halfway done with this book and you guys need to read it. It’s an absolute joy so far. I can’t stop turning pages.

'Do you know what happened to my apples, Pixie? Look - #Wormhole. Wormhole. Wormhole.' 'Oh, that'll be Grubby, Gabe. I found him getting pecked by a bird & let him move into the fruit basket. I wonder where he is? Grubby? Grubby? Hmmm... Gabe, did you just eat an apple?' #vss365

'Let’s beat the hot weather & hit the sprite stream, Gabe.' 'I hate getting wet feathers, Pixie.' 'An Ice cream then?' 'Headache.' 'Read in the shade?' 'Finished my book.' 'You’re #contrarian today, Gabe. Anything we can agree on?' '...A brownie.' 'Now you're talking!' #vss365

'I've set up a cult, Gabe.' 'A what? Are you mad, Pixie?' 'Nope. Totally sane. And don't worry - you're included.' 'There is no reality where I am forming a cult with you, Pixie.' 'Suit yourself. Just me... & the #idolatry of the brownie.' '...when's the first meeting?!' #vss365

I’ve recently set up on Instagram. Are any of my #vss365 friends over there?

'#Deviant, Gabe! I'm not a deviant.' 'Let's look at the facts, Pixie. Banished for almost revealing faeries to humans. Helped in a heist to steal an object of power. Created a charm that almost unravelled reality-' 'I saved it too!' 'After wrecking it.' 'Well... pfft!' #vss365

Can’t believe it’s been a year since Pix & Gabe’s first adventure launched! Since then: lovely reviews, a bronze Wishing Shelf Award, Book 2 released, & Book 3 in the works. Funny MG fantasy (read by lots of adults too!) Link: books2read.com/u/bODv1N #kidlit #middlegradefantasy

'No, Gabe, sieve the flour so it’s not lumpy.' 'Fine.' 'And melt the butter... don’t just slop it around, stir it till it's smooth.' 'It’s not a spa treatment, Pixie.' 'Now the chocolate chips. More… more… more…' 'What are you, a brownie #savant? 'Why yes, Gabe, I am.' #vss365

I shift my weight, every muscle coiled, watching Gabe's eyes for the tiniest flicker. He doesn’t blink. Panting, he stares right back. Neither of us the winner in this first #skirmish. But it's far from over. It can't be. Not until one of us has claimed the last brownie! #vss365