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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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Continue reading →: Care of a Fey-Folk Fairy (Part 2)Here is more about Tinker Bell’s naughtier cousins—the fairies flitting about in the woodlands near Lita’s castle. This post is the second of two (go here to see the previous one) with tips on how to care for fey-folk. Last time, Gentle Reader learned the practical aspects of fairy care. Today’s topics…
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Continue reading →: Care of a Fey-Folk Fairy (Part 1)Meet Tinker Bell’s naughtier cousins—the fairies flitting about in the woodlands near Lita’s castle. Today, Lita talks about the worldly fairies that go with Kadmeion on his wizard-for-hire adventures. These wee magicians fly in, lavish their wizard with effervescent pixie dust, and give him spicy relationship advice. Despite the frivolity,…











