Lovely mail, four times a year.
A hand-bound zine in an envelope with your actual name on it, from an author on Vancouver Island. And my weekly newsletter in between.
CA$70 for a year: four envelopes, plus Saved by the Spell every week.
Order by January 22 and your first envelope is Winter, in the post February 1.
Why I make these
I'm tired of just getting bills and government letters in the mail.
Where's the lovely mail? The physical kind I can sit down and read with a cup of coffee and pretend that I don't have a washer of wet laundry, molding.
So I signed up and paid to get fun, hand-written mail. One comes from Anna Brones, who writes Creative Fuel. An actual envelope, written by a person, for me. It's so satisfying.
I'd forgotten how much I love getting real mail.
Now I'm making them too. Here is my early prototype - so analog and I can do it from bed!
Who's sending it
I'm Annabel. I write mythic fiction where the change is the magic, from Vancouver Island.
My debut novel Thread Traveller was named one of Kirkus Reviews' Top Indie Books of 2025 and is a 2026 CANREADS finalist for Women's Fiction.
I also write non-fiction at Saved by the Spell on Substack. Expect swearing and lots of talk about chocolate, cheese and cold dips.
How it works
- Order your year of mail for CA$70.
- Tell me where to send it. The address form is in your confirmation email.
- Your envelopes arrive in February, May, August and October.
- Saved by the Spell lands in your inbox every week, my current musings on ADHD brains, midlife plot twists, writing books, and saying "fuck it" to the way we're told to do things.
Last season: Spooky As Fuck Season
Witching, October 2026. Hand-bound, coloured in orange, and posted to every paid reader, with a mini card by local artist Jeannine Saylor of SaylorMade, so you can send a friend a love note or send an enemy a hex.
What readers said
Order by January 22 for the Winter envelope.
In our Witching envelope
- A handmade collage (one lucky reader got the original)
- A brief hello
- Your favourite post
- Five things I fucking love
- A Substacker you should know
- Creatives Corner: a little gift for everyone, by SaylorMade
You're allowed to leave
No auto-renew. When your fourth envelope lands, I'll ask if you want another year.
You can dip in. You can dip out. Get one year, stop, and turn up again later.
Seasons come and go. So does your attention, and so does mine.
Not ready yet? Read Saved by the Spell free first.
Already a paid Saved by the Spell subscriber: the envelope is already coming to you.
With magical wishes from Vancouver Island,
Annabel xxoo