Lita Burke

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle.

fabulist [ˈfæbjʊlɪst] noun, c.1585–95; < MF fabuliste, equivalent to < fābul (a) fable + -iste -ist; also storyteller, writer, or author

1. Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world.
2. A human person who invents or recounts fables and stories. Their magic is with words, imagery, and turning coffee beverages into fanciful literary romps into the absurd. Sources of these absurdities are the voices in the author’s head, mundane media, and observation of other human persons.
3. A human person who is a liar. Most everything they write is made up, a contrivance, or a deliberate effort to foist dreadful poetry upon willing Gentle Readers.
4. Regarding Spontaneous Animation: Caution is advised when reading a Fabulist’s accounts aloud near unsecured clockwork. The sheer descriptive force of the prose has been known to cause temporary sentience to inanimate objects. If your teakettle begins reciting poetry, or your toaster attempts to flit around the room like a panicked starling, close the book immediately and apply a cooling wet washcloth to your forehead.
5. On Temporal Displacement: Readers are warned that a Fabulist’s narrative flow may not align with standard mechanical time. Those immersed in a Clockpunk Wizard chapter may find that while only ten minutes have passed on their pocket watch, three days have vanished in the mundane world. Do not read while operating ornithopter carriages or during delicate alchemical infusions.
6. About Ink-Stain Contagion: Be wary of ‘Secondary Character Bleed.’ Prolonged exposure to a Fabulist’s descriptions can cause the reader to manifest minor traits of the subjects described, such as: (1) a sudden, inexplicable odor of ozone, (2) a craving for sourdough toast, or (3) the shimmering of the air around one’s hat. If you begin to feel ‘fictional,’ consult a licensed Wizard or stand in a drafty hallway until the sensation passes.
7. Personages: Lita Burke.
8. See “About Lita” and “Sir Bright’s Startling Clockwork Automata Gift“