Thornwood Letters is a snail mail subscription unlike any other.

Inside Every Envelope...

There are three core parts to every mailing. A letter, an author's note, and one card from the season's deck. Made with love, assembled with care, and delivered to your door.

THE LETTER

The letters are long, and make no apologies for it. Through the letters, a warm gothic fantasy unfolds. Each is in the protagonist's voice, printed on linen paper, written to B. You are B. (Why "B"? The answer is on the World of Thornwood page.) The story moves whether or not you're ready for it — which is, as it turns out, how the best stories work.

THE AUTHOR'S NOTE

Every mailing includes A Note from KC Rose, the author. She writes to you directly, on separate paper, outside the fiction. Not commentary or explanation, but something else. A private letter from the person who made this, to the person it was made for. When you read the first Note, you'll understand.

THE CARD

An original illustration. A chosen word. Two or three sentences to sit with. Thornwood Cards are contemplative; not tarot or oracle, but art and a moment that keeps your place between envelopes. By the end of the season, you’ll have a small deck of twelve to keep close. (At least twelve. Thornwood has its own ideas about how many cards belong in a season.)

And sometimes, a little something extra.

In addition to the Letter, the Note, and the Card, sometimes mailings include extras. (Miss Hayward, who serves at the pleasure of Thornwood, includes them when directed to do so.)

Some of these are artifacts from the world of Thornwood and the story itself. A letter from another character in the story, a fragment from the library catalog, an archive document, a music sheet, that sort of thing. They are part of the narrative. 

Thornwood also occasionally adds delightful ephemera to your envelope (pressed botanical and butterfly stickers, belly bands, and mulberry paper wraps are favorites these days), simply for their enjoyment.