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Continue reading →: 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:…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: UnicornThe 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)…
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Continue reading →: Get a Goodbye KissGentle 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…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: BrownieThe 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.…
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Continue reading →: Review: Delphinia’s WillowDelphinia’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…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: BoggartThe 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…
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Continue reading →: Dreams are Mystical WorldsThe 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…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: HarpyThe Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. harpy [ˈhärpē ] noun, c.1400; < L harpȳiae (plural) < Gr hárpȳiai (plural); literally, “snatchers” probably associated with harpazein, personification of hurricanes and whirlwinds. Denizen of the Clockpunk…
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Continue reading →: Review: The ExperimentThe Experiment by Cristian A. Solari is a début science fiction story about a galactic alien observer named Geb Saar who champions a fledgling race growing in a cosmos-sized petri dish. Geb, a member of the super-intelligent Universe Confederation, agrees to transform his alien appearance so he may enter the…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: MermaidThe Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. mermaid [ˈmər-ˌmād] noun, c.1300-1450; OE merewif (see wife) < ME mermayde from mere “sea, lake” + maid; c.1600 merman; also siren, merman (male equivalent), and merfolk (both sexes).…
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