it's time for a new kind of fairy tale.
25.11.2025
want more rae miller? there's a festive ebook for that!
Christmas Eve, 2024.
Cal Thompson, film student and enthusiastic part-time staff member at the crumbling Harold Cinema Complex, is looking forward to a fun few hours selling tickets to loyal film goers and sharing festive cheer. That cheer gets put to the test, however, when the other staff member for the day is a rude, smart-mouthed stranger named Rae Miller. Why is Rae so suspicious of The Harold, and what exactly are they doing in the storage cupboard?Cal is about to find out just what exactly is going wrong at The Harold Complex.
Cal is about to discover what lies inside that cupboard.Cal is about to wish he'd spent Christmas Eve at home...
An homage to all things cinema (and one scarily iconic film in particular), this spookily festive short story is the second instalment in the No Such Thing series. It is a prologue spin-off based around two characters from the first book No Such Thing As Kelpies (available now from ElisabethFlett.com) but can be enjoyed whether or not you've read that first book in the series.
available now on kindle & the kindle app.
Cal Thompson, film student and enthusiastic part-time staff member at the crumbling Harold Cinema Complex, is looking forward to a fun few hours selling tickets to loyal film goers and sharing festive cheer. That cheer gets put to the test, however, when the other staff member for the day is a rude, smart-mouthed stranger named Rae Miller. Why is Rae so suspicious of The Harold, and what exactly are they doing in the storage cupboard?Cal is about to find out just what exactly is going wrong at The Harold Complex.
Cal is about to discover what lies inside that cupboard.Cal is about to wish he'd spent Christmas Eve at home...
An homage to all things cinema (and one scarily iconic film in particular), this spookily festive short story is the second instalment in the No Such Thing series. It is a prologue spin-off based around two characters from the first book No Such Thing As Kelpies (available now from ElisabethFlett.com) but can be enjoyed whether or not you've read that first book in the series.
available now on kindle & the kindle app.
Readers say...
What's No Such Thing As Kelpies about?
Thirteen stories weave in and out of one another, a blend of contemporary fantasy and fairy tale fragments both very old, and entirely new. A lonely selkie, ready for revenge. A girl who refused to sew nettles to save brothers she never loved.A man who drunkenly wished for the perfect woman and got a little more than he expected out of the bargain. Welcome. Make yourself comfortable. Take a seat. There’s magic everywhere in this place - if you know where to look. It’s time for a new kind of story to begin.
No Such Thing as Kelpies is the new novel from award-winning writer and theatre-maker Elisabeth Flett . The novel, self-published by Flett and following her acclaimed queer storytelling theatre show The Selkie’s Wife (★★★★★ - Edinburgh Reviews, 2024) is a boldly imaginative and unapologetically feminist re-imagining of Scottish tales both old and new. The genre of this novel is a mix of Folklore and contemporary Fantasy, the reader exploring both the imaginary world of Scottish folk myths and legends and the unexpectedly magical world of modern day Scotland itself. This book covers themes such as LGBTQ+ lived experience and activism, queer found family, feminine rage and feminism, all of which are explored through the lens of Scottish folklore and Scottish cultural identity.
Thirteen stories weave in and out of one another, a blend of contemporary fantasy and fairy tale fragments both very old, and entirely new. A lonely selkie, ready for revenge. A girl who refused to sew nettles to save brothers she never loved.A man who drunkenly wished for the perfect woman and got a little more than he expected out of the bargain. Welcome. Make yourself comfortable. Take a seat. There’s magic everywhere in this place - if you know where to look. It’s time for a new kind of story to begin.
No Such Thing as Kelpies is the new novel from award-winning writer and theatre-maker Elisabeth Flett . The novel, self-published by Flett and following her acclaimed queer storytelling theatre show The Selkie’s Wife (★★★★★ - Edinburgh Reviews, 2024) is a boldly imaginative and unapologetically feminist re-imagining of Scottish tales both old and new. The genre of this novel is a mix of Folklore and contemporary Fantasy, the reader exploring both the imaginary world of Scottish folk myths and legends and the unexpectedly magical world of modern day Scotland itself. This book covers themes such as LGBTQ+ lived experience and activism, queer found family, feminine rage and feminism, all of which are explored through the lens of Scottish folklore and Scottish cultural identity.
book club questions...
1. There are a lot of 'easter eggs' in No Such Thing As Kelpies.
Which story tie-ins took you most by surprise? Did you guess any beforehand?
2. The novel is written partly in first person, and partly in a more traditional third person style.
Which style did you prefer?
Did you like the change of tone or did you find it distracting from the overall narrative?
3. This book is set in several different historical times, with the earliest being the late 1800s and a few set in 2025 itself.
Was there a time period which struck you as particularly vivid?
4. NSTAK plays with the idea of who gets to tell stories, and with the form of first person narrative overall.
From the 'unreliable narrator' of The Forest Is All to the surprise reveal of who exactly is telling us the tale of The Changed Woman, there are plenty of unusual first person narratives in this book. Choosing from NSTAK or another book of your choice, what is your favourite example of first person narrative form being used in creative ways?
5. This is a book which explores the idea of queering folk tales.
If you were to write your own queer folk tale, which tale would you choose to reimagine?
Which story tie-ins took you most by surprise? Did you guess any beforehand?
2. The novel is written partly in first person, and partly in a more traditional third person style.
Which style did you prefer?
Did you like the change of tone or did you find it distracting from the overall narrative?
3. This book is set in several different historical times, with the earliest being the late 1800s and a few set in 2025 itself.
Was there a time period which struck you as particularly vivid?
4. NSTAK plays with the idea of who gets to tell stories, and with the form of first person narrative overall.
From the 'unreliable narrator' of The Forest Is All to the surprise reveal of who exactly is telling us the tale of The Changed Woman, there are plenty of unusual first person narratives in this book. Choosing from NSTAK or another book of your choice, what is your favourite example of first person narrative form being used in creative ways?
5. This is a book which explores the idea of queering folk tales.
If you were to write your own queer folk tale, which tale would you choose to reimagine?
meet the author
Elisabeth Flett (she/they) is an award-winning writer, theatre-maker, musician and general feminist trouble maker. The winner of University of Aberdeen’s Literary Lights Non-Fiction Prize in 2021, Flett’s writing has also won Second Place in the Briefly Write Poetry Prize 2023. She was one of the three prize winners for the UK Magnetics Society Academic Journal Poetry Competition in 2024, and reached the short list for WAYWORD Festival's Gothic Aberdeen Short Story Competition 2025.. A 2021 graduate of the Elphinstone Institute MLitt course in Scottish Ethnology and Folklore, Flett is fast becoming a well-known figure in the world of queer Scottish folklore with their 2024 solo storytelling show The Selkie’s Wife (★★★★★ - Edinburgh Reviews) enjoying particular acclaim. They are passionate about mental health awareness, LGBTQ+ rights and gender equality, themes which often feature in all forms of their work as a creative practitioner.
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