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September 11, 2023
get off the beaten trackweird + wonderfulwild adventures

Hiking Fort du Bregille, Besançon

Another day. Another hike. If you love abandoned places (a fort!), vast greenery, and quiet trails, this one’s for you.  (Psst, t

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August 21, 2023
get off the beaten trackstories & photos

Besançon in photos

After hiking for 10 days through the former region of Gevaudan, it was time to settle in and explore one place more thoroughly. That place w

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August 14, 2023
get off the beaten trackweird + wonderful

Hiking Fort Beauregard, Besançon

The tiniest hike from Besançon (about 15 minutes up a steep staircase), you’ll find an old fort now turned park overlooking the city.

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July 31, 2023
get off the beaten trackweird + wonderful

Besançon’s urbex skate park, in photos

On The Wicked Unseen‘s release day, I took myself on a long walk along the river and found one of my favorite things: abandoned, graff

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June 26, 2023
get off the beaten track

Mende, France, in photos

This pretty French valley town is the setting for my 2024 book about the unsolved mystery of the Beast of Gevaudan. So, of course, at the en

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September 12, 2022
for foodiesget off the beaten track

The sunday morning market in Bourges, France

You’ll never find me happier than when I’m at a European fresh market first thing in the morning. And Bourges, with its sprawlin

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Today on the blog (gigigriffis.com): a conversatio Today on the blog (gigigriffis.com): a conversation with a friend that's giving me life even as the world burns. 

In case it gives you life too...
Have I mentioned that AND THE TREES STARE BACK is Have I mentioned that AND THE TREES STARE BACK is a JLG gold standard selection?

According to their website, it's perfect for reluctant readers. "Keep your high school readers turning pages with the riveting mysteries and spellbinding adventures in this...category."
Over on the blog today: You can always feed some Over on the blog today: 

You can always feed someone. Musings on doing good in small ways by keeping people's bellies full. 

Full text at gigigriffis.com
They say love is a tempest— a thing that sweeps They say love is a tempest—
a thing that sweeps you away
overpowers
renders you helpless.

I cannot agree.

Your love
has not taken my power.
It has revealed it,
reveled in it,
held it up to the light to say,
“see,
don’t you see?”
“You are the tempest.” 

Happy birthday to the amazing @afoxinatree ❤️
Convincing you to read my books using popular tren Convincing you to read my books using popular trends & memes:

WE ARE THE BEASTS: Historical girls would also choose the bear.

THE LIONESS: The king kills your husband, so you turn pirate and spend ten years terrorizing said king. Very demure. Very mindful.

THE WICKED UNSEEN: And the winner of the QAnon lookalike contest is...Past QAnon (aka the Satanic Panic).

AND THE TREES STARE BACK: Vik’s anxiety at all times = moo deng panicking in the water.
Big news: #AndtheTreesStareBack is a @jrlibrarygui Big news: #AndtheTreesStareBack is a @jrlibraryguild Gold Standard Selection!
And the Trees Stare Back is climbing the most requ And the Trees Stare Back is climbing the most requested chart over on #netgalley. Come join the party 🎉
My latest essay is live on Crime Reads! My latest essay is live on Crime Reads!
Another fab review for We Are the Beasts, this tim Another fab review for We Are the Beasts, this time starred! Thanks to @shelf.awareness ❤️
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