© Richard Grassie

Dear Honorary Witches Above the Pipes!

Thank you very much for reading this book. I really hope you enjoyed it and Fran wasn’t too unbearable.

FRAN IS THE BEST THING IN THIS BOOK AND EVERYONE THINKS SO.*

Chances are, if you’re reading a book, you really like stories, and – if you’re anything like me – you probably like making them up and writing them down too.

A lot of the stuff in this book I made up when I was about seven or eight. I used to peer down the plughole and say, ‘We just don’t know what’s down there.’ But I loved witches, so I imagined a huge, weird witchy world below the pipes – and that’s where the idea for Sinkville came from!

(I also imagined Fran shooting out of the plughole and pinching my nose when I was brushing my teeth.)

BEST THING YOU EVER IMAGINED.*

So if you have story ideas, or imagine characters and weird worlds, keep hold of them! Write them down! Never forget them, because your ideas are brilliant. And who knows? One day, you might want to make your ideas into a book.

Witchy wishes, AND GLITTERY DUST!*

Sibéal

*Sibéal’s letter may have been edited by Fran.