Ashley's Crosswords

This puzzle is in honour of my re-reading of the Narnia books for my "Fantasy Worlds in Lewis, Pullman, and Jones" class! I only read LWW when I was a kid, so it was fun to also delve into The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian, and The Last Battle (though I didn't care for the latter).

Being scarred by Coraline when I was 8 was enough to make me swear off horror movies for life... until this year, when I had to watch The Shining for my Fantasy and Horror class. The things I hate the most are jumpscares and graphic body horror (I have no problem reading horror novels), so this was a pretty good option for me. I still had to watch it in broad daylight, but at least I was able to sleep that night.

 I'm back with my first themeless 15x15! I'm still making crosswords for my school newspaper, The Varsity, this year, so I'll be posting new 5x5s and 15x15s around twice a month for the next while. Most (if not all) of them will be themed. I am beyond excited for Wicked: For Good this November!

I bought Stardew Valley right around the beginning of the pandemic and latched onto it for dear life throughout quarantine. I know it's basic, but I chose Abigail (before my boyfriend joined my game and I broke up with her to marry him instead). The funniest part of having kids was needing to install a mod to make our babies nonwhite.

If I had a dollar for every journal I never used to completion, I would be a very rich person. I just use Google Drive now instead.

One of my favourite university courses I've ever taken was ENG323: Austen and Her Contemporaries. This puzzle is dedicated to anyone who screamed when Matthew Macfadyen flexed his hand.