Fiction

Seven stories of tea, including the poor farmer who cleaned up a temple and was given a special tea plant by the goddess; the mandarin who tried to fix an English earl’s tea and created one of the western world’s most popular teas; the tea master who performed one last tea ceremony after he was ordered by his daimyo to commit seppuku. Some of the stories are entirely legend, their origins lost in the mists of time. Some are based heavily on fact. Some will be familiar to any tea aficionado. Some are purely the product of my own imagination.

Much more of my writing and ranting about tea is available on my Tea With Gary blog.

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Coming soon! My first young adult fantasy novel!

After discovering his unique ability to transform magic itself, 16-year-old Sko is on the run with his best friend, who becomes more than just a friend. Hunted by a ruthless necromancer, Sko must choose whether to fight for change or disappear into the life as a storyteller he has always wanted

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