Dear Jimmy Grant, I’ve done my best, I’ve fought my fight – and now it’s time to be quiet and accept fate. I’m happy with the choices I’ve made, I did my level best. When I spoke with you today, it was interesting, I think that I may never understand how you see the world….

Dear Beatrice, When I was younger, I used to idealise you. In truth, I still think many of your words capture the spirit of strong, independant womanhood far better than many modern writers and poets. “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.” Stunning, my dear,…

Dear Arwen, Um..firstly, may I just say it’s an honour? For so long, I’ve been dreaming of this moment. Finally, a feast for the people of Middle Earth that I’ve been invited to. I’d love to come, but I can see Legolas desperately waving me over to our campsite, the smell of smoke and tea…

Dear Loki, Some of the most beautiful moments in my life have been at the hands of tricksters. I have a gift, to be honest, for intentionally seeking out your sons and daughters. I find them either on the edges of society or victorious in the thick of it, those who have had to fight…

Dear Freyja, I send out this prayer to you in an unusual way. Instead of the words being carried by the wisps of smoke from a dying brazier, they come to you via the thrums and strums of electric impulses joining a network of spider’s threads. In the end, it’s all electrons energetically shifting, so…

To Redhead, You thought I would understand. Why you didn’t get treatment for your cancer, why you didn’t get a masectomy. But I don’t. You had two children who loved you, would it really have been such a bad thing to just do the normal thing? I think what makes me the most angry is…

Dear Spock, I’m not so sure you’d be proud of me today. You see, I did some highly illogical things. I know that the Vulcan way is infinite diversity in infinite combinations, but you know what else is the Vulcan way? Being free from emotion. I very much am not free from emotion. Neither am…