Stacey Corrin
hello, I’m Stacey

I live quietly on purpose.

Writer and marketing manager in Devon. This is where I collect the small things, like walks, books, crafts, and whatever’s on my mind.

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currently reading

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

finished · 11 Novbooks
Cover of The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick, SF Masterworks edition

The Penultimate Truth

Philip K. Dick

★★★★★

What chills me is how believable it is. I can see something like this actually happening.

+6
The remains of the North Gate in the Roman town walls at Silchester, the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum
1 Novsilchester · 9 photos

A Halloween weekend exploring Silchester and Reading.

 a poem · Oct 2026A cluster of large, wavy brown mushrooms with cream gills growing from an old tree stump in the grass

Sundays

Sundays are forgetting the clocks went back, a surprise extra hour in bed, guilt-free sleep and lounging.

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A colourful cartoon mural covering the stairwell wall at The Beefy Boys in Exeter, with the restaurant's logo, burgers and a dripping milkshake
13 Octfood · 2 photos

The Beefy Boys – Exeter – 5 stars

 an essay · Oct 2026A camera in a dark room, its lens glowing with a red recording light.

Getting Used to Being Watched

I hate being on camera. Then my job changed, AI arrived, and video stopped being optional. Here’s how I’ve been getting used to being watched.

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3 Octfolk horror
A dark, dense forest with tall tree trunks fading into shadow

Gaua is the folk horror I didn’t know I needed. Basque forests, old spirits, and a film that finally takes the witches’ side.

30 Sepkindness

My boyfriend sent me a Subway through Uber Eats because I’m not feeling well. Small acts of kindness like this make me all warm and fuzzy.

The west front of Exeter Cathedral lit by evening sun, with the green in front
17 Sepwalking
Exeter Cathedral in the evening sun.
an essay · Aug 2026A woman with long hair, seen from behind in a checked shirt, looking out over a still lake at dusk.

How Do You Teach a Gut Feeling?

Two people came to me at work this week wanting to learn how I do my job.

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A thin bright crescent of the sun against a dark sky during the partial solar eclipse
12 Augsky
The partial solar eclipse, 12 August.
The red and white Gay on Wye bookshop on a stone street hung with bunting
1 Augbooks · 3 photos

A day in Hay-on-Wye, the town of bookshops.
A quilt recreating the painting Flaming June, a sleeping woman in a glowing orange dress, hung on a white display wall
31 Julcreativity
Just arrived at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham. The talent here is insane.
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