Weather with rules
Rain, frost, fog and seasons follow agreements as old as the villages themselves.
A NEW COZY FANTASY WORLD
The Almanac of Uncooperative Weather
Spring was due seventeen days ago.
It isn't late.
It's refusing to come.
A warm, quietly strange fantasy about old promises, magical bureaucracy, and a village discovering that weather has a very long memory.
Cozy fantasy
Whimsical bureaucracy
Weather with opinions
RAIN MAY BE REASONED WITH✦
FOG SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED✦
WINTER KEEPS RECEIPTS✦
SPRING HAS FILED AN OBJECTION✦
READ CHAPTER ONE NOW✦
RAIN MAY BE REASONED WITH✦
FOG SHOULD NOT BE ENCOURAGED✦
THE STORY
Some promises expire.
Weather disagrees.
BOOK ONE
In this world, villages do not merely endure the weather. They negotiate with it. Old agreements determine when the rain may fall, where winter must stop, and when spring is expected to arrive.
Most years, the system works. Then one village wakes to discover spring has declined to report for duty—and the local almanacist must find out which forgotten promise was broken before winter decides to stay.
Read chapter one →A very unusual civil servant
An almanacist keeps records, interprets old clauses, and negotiates with the impossible.
A cozy mystery at its center
What did the village promise—and why has everyone forgotten?
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Spring wasn't late. Spring was waiting for an apology.
— from the world of The Almanac of Uncooperative WeatherFROM THE ALMANAC
Selected field notes
Practical guidance for anyone unfortunate enough to live somewhere the weather has learned to hold a grudge.
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Sulking Rain
Ordinary rain falls downward. Sulking rain tends to fall wherever you had intended to spend the afternoon.
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Territorial Thunder
If the same thunderstorm follows you through three towns, stop referring to it as weather.
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Late Spring
Spring may be delayed by frost, geography, magic, or administrative disagreement. Only the fourth requires legal counsel.
THE WEATHER OFFICE
Current anomaly
The village has entered its seventeenth additional day of winter. No mechanical, geographical, or meteorological explanation has been accepted.
STATUS
Unresolved
SEASON
Spring
LIKELY CAUSE
Broken promise