HeyJaredOne-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth
The ghost of 17th century highwayman, One-Armed Nick, attempts to navigate his existence alongside the community of very alive Anglican nuns that have sprung up on his doorstep in the ancient forest of Wychwood, Oxfordshire.
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- Sep 13, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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End of the Road (opens the original)
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Hello lovely readers. Today comes with an announcement:I have decided to pause One-Armed Nick indefinitely. This is for the following reasons: A year into the story, it has failed to generate any significant income. I make about £20 a month for what equates to around 24 hours of work per month, give or take a couple of hours either way. At the same time, I've also failed to create the kind of actively engaged, enthusiastic community of readers that I was hoping to create, which would mean I had
41: What happens next? (opens the original)
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So in this episode, I am doing something a little different. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’m keen on reader participation. In this epsiode, I’m asking you, my readers, to tell me which way the story should go next. You have six days until I write the next episode to let me know. I will go with the majority decision on this one, so get your vote in! You can let me know in my subscriber chat too, and tell me why you think the story should go in the direction you’ve chose
Feather Reflection (opens the original)
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Hello my lovely readers, something a little different for you this week. I'm away having some much needed time out, and my holiday brain doesn't fancy the idea of producing an entire episode for this week. Instead, I thought I'd give you chance to have a little reflection time and/or do some writing of your own, if you fancy it. Most of you don't consider yourself to be writers, but you must have a passing interest in writing and the art of story in order to be reading this every week, so I'd li
40: Fireflies (opens the original)
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This episode is for those of you who, like me, have been through significant trauma and are trying to resurrect a sense of self from the dust and ashes of all that’s happened. One-Armed Nick is modelling this process in today’s episode. Not deliberately, and like most people who have lost their memories and sense of self because of relational trauma, he would really rather not go through the process. Healing isn’t pleasant, folks, whatever the internet might tell you. Most people only push throu
39: Gin Before Eucharist (opens the original)
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I was talking to my niece yesterday about the interplay of unconscious intuition versus technical knowledge in writing. In One-Armed Nick I’m actively playing out that relationship in front of you. It’s strange how, as a writer, you often think you’re writing about one thing, but further on in a piece of work, your core message or intellectual point turns out to be something completely different because your logical mind took quite a while to catch up with what your unconscious was trying to tel
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