Lita Burke

Enter Here for Fantasy

Lita takes a break from the cauldron works and describes the new ways to visit her fantasy worlds. Why should Gentle Reader put down your warm Kindle and turn to a smart phone or laptop to check out Lita’s latest post? Have Lita’s blog delivered directly to your e-book reader instead. Lita Burke’s Blog Available…

Review: Citizen Dead

Citizen Dead (The Harvest #1) by Kevin Anthony is a zombie horror short story about Roam, a twenty-something man who becomes one of the living dead. Roam chokes one morning on his breakfast. Desperate for air, he drinks contaminated tap water. Bad choice. The recent worldwide pollution disaster raises the dead and makes them zombies.…

Will ‘o the Wisp: Swamp Siren (Part 2)

Last time, we put on hip boots and splashed around in the fen near Lita’s castle. We met the swamp’s malevolent siblings, Will and his sister Wisp. The Will ‘o the Wisps invited us to dinner. Shall we join them and exchange some small talk? Lita must tell Gentle Reader a story about a wizard’s swamp date with these sirens. Swamp…

Will ‘o the Wisp: Swamp Siren (Part 1)

Beyond the forest and rim-ward of Lita’s castle is a fen. Let’s put on hip boots, splash right in, and meet its resident sirens. Just like mermaids, these girls love wizards to death. The Will ‘o the Wisp only comes out at night. This fiery little witch has many names: ignis fatuus (“foolish fire”), chir…

Bestiarum Vocabulum: Unicorn

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. unicorn [yoo-ni-kawrn] noun, c.1170–1230; ME unicorne < OF < L ūnicornis; also sparkly horse (derogatory), narwhal (aquatic form). Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world. A protean (shape shifter) magician. In its land-based form,…

Get a Goodbye Kiss

Gentle Reader journeys to the Enchanters of Sye world today. And the best part? Get an Enchanter’s goodbye kiss before you return home–if you dare to lose yourself in delicious enchantment. Sye’s Enchanters lavish affection on those who adore magical submersion. A single Enchanter’s kiss can create a delighted magical confidant–if the receiver doesn’t lose…

Bestiarum Vocabulum: Brownie

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. brownie [brou-nee] noun, c.1505–15; brown + -ie; brounie or urisk (Lowland Scots) or brùnaidh, ùruisg, or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic); also hob, hobgoblin. Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world. Tiny magician that aids in…

Review: Delphinia’s Willow

Delphinia’s Willow by Lana Axe is a fantasy short story about a forest dryad and her encounter with a wizard. The willow dryad Delphinia awakes troubled one morning. She searches for the disruption that has unsettled her beloved forest. Her investigations uncover an elf wizard whose careless spells has harmed the plants and animals. The…

Bestiarum Vocabulum: Boggart

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. boggart [ˈbɒɡət] noun, c.1680; OE puca < Welsh bwg; related to bog, variant of bug + -ard; also bugbear, bogle, boggle, bogyman, bogeyman. Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world. Boggart has two forms:…

Dreams are Mystical Worlds

The Enchanters of Sye, like fantasy worlds will do, came to Lita in dreams. Follow Lita, Gentle Reader, and see how Sye began. In dreams, we fly and have absurd conversations with acquaintances long gone. Dreams free us from our mundane bodies and we can do the impossible. Dreams might be the results of the brain’s housekeeping chores. Perhaps they are true mystical…