Cookie policy
Last updated 30 October 2026
This site is deliberately plain. It runs no advertising and no tracking pixels, and nothing you do here is sold. There is one optional measurement tool, Google Analytics, and one optional kind of embedded content, the Apple Music player. Neither loads unless you say yes, and saying no costs you nothing else on the site.
What is stored on your device
| Name | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
pa-themeEssential | Remembers whether you chose the light or dark version of the site. Kept in your browser’s local storage and never sent anywhere. | Until you clear your browser data. |
pa-consentEssential | Remembers your cookie choices and when you made them, so you are not asked on every page. Kept in local storage and never sent anywhere. | 12 months, then you are asked again. |
_gaAnalytics · Google | A random ID that lets Google Analytics tell one visitor’s browser from another’s, so visits can be counted rather than page loads. | 13 months. |
_ga_MD1C8QJ6GWAnalytics · Google | Keeps track of the current visit (session) so pages viewed in one sitting are grouped together. | 13 months. |
| Apple cookies Embeds · Apple | Set by Apple when its music player loads. Their names and purposes are decided by Apple. | Set by Apple. |
The two essential items are needed to respect your own choices, so they do not ask for consent. Everything marked Analytics or Embeds is only set if you allow that category.
Analytics
If you allow analytics, the site loads Google Analytics 4 to see how many people visit, which pages and excerpts they read, how they arrived, roughly where they are (country or city), and what kind of device and browser they use. It helps decide what to put on the site and what to improve.
It is set up to collect as little as it can. Google Signals and all advertising features are switched off, nothing is used for ad personalisation, no names or email addresses are ever sent, and the analytics cookies expire after 13 months rather than Google’s default of two years. Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses.
If you do not allow analytics, the Google Analytics script is never downloaded and nothing about your visit is sent to Google. If you allow it and later change your mind, it stops straight away and its cookies are deleted from this site.
Google Analytics is provided by Google Ireland Limited, and data may be processed by Google LLC in the United States. The Privacy policy explains the legal basis, transfers and how long the data is kept. See also how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Third-party embeds
Some pages offer an embedded Apple Music player. Apple Music is a service operated by Apple Inc., and when its player loads it may set its own cookies and similar identifiers in your browser, and will receive your IP address and information about your device.
Because that is outside this site’s control, the player does not load until you allow it. Until then you see a placeholder and nothing is requested from Apple. You can allow it from the cookie notice, or from the placeholder itself — which allows the player only, never analytics.
Apple’s own terms govern what happens once the player loads. See Apple’s Privacy Policy.
Fonts and images
All typefaces and images are served from this site’s own domain. No font CDN or image host is used. The only third-party script anywhere on the site is Google Analytics, and only after you allow it.
External links
Links to Amazon, Apple Books, Kirkus Reviews, Instagram, Issuu, the Internet Archive and other sites take you to services with their own cookie practices. None of those links carry affiliate tags or tracking parameters.
Changing your mind
Use the Cookie preferences button below, or in the footer of any page, to turn analytics or embeds on or off at any time. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it and takes effect immediately. Your choice is remembered for 12 months, after which you will be asked again. Clearing your browser’s site data for this domain also removes everything and resets your choices.
Contact
Questions about this policy: pashaadamnovelist@gmail.com.