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Continue reading →: Dramatis Personæ: FurgoThe Dramatis Personæ is the roster of conjurers and sentient magical creatures staying in the many rooms, grottos, and byways of Lita’s castle. Here is an entry in the guest book for the Clockpunk Wizard Wing. Furgo [fər ɡō] proper noun, c.1400; Sanskrit pāti < Greek pōma < Old High…
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Continue reading →: Studies in Phrenology and Obscure LanguagesLita takes Gentle Reader to the Clockpunk Wizard world today, with an excerpt from Ephraim’s Curious Device. Young Wizard Kadmeion, and his half-elf assistant Sir Bright, have received a coded map. They must read the bespelled map, follow the decoded clues to a magical thingummy made by Wizard Ephraim, and…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: GoonThe Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. goon [gün] noun, c.1580; < L gonia < Gr goneia and gon(e) meaning “that which is borne”; from gony “simpleton” used by sailors for the albatross and similar…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Bell Tower SuiteThe Bell Tower Suite by James Field is a paranormal short story about a retired army officer who takes a dare and spends a ghost-filled night in a haunted house. Retired Colonel Mortimer pays a visit to Sibyl. She is the housekeeper of a mansion that has a ghostly reputation. Two…
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Continue reading →: Praised by BookViral: Lita Burke’s Forever BoyBookViral recently read Lita’s fantasy short story, Forever Boy, and spotlighted it with a lovely review. In Forever Boy, a dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic. It is the first story in Lita’s Clockpunk Wizard series, where wizards with ~twisty~ magic live on a plate-shaped ocean world.…
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Continue reading →: Bestiarum Vocabulum: Will-o’-the-WispThe Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. will-o’-the-wisp [wil ə ðə ˈwisp] noun, c.1660; means “Will of the wisp” from the masculine proper name William + wisp, a bundle of straw used as a torch;…
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Continue reading →: Find Fantasy Here at the BazaarLita takes Gentle Reader to the bazaar today. Come, let us find the booths with the fantasy books. The bazaar is a mysterious place, stuffed with wonders for the senses. Over there, a dark busker twirls her skirt until it turns into black butterflies that smell like sage. Listen to…
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Continue reading →: Review: Chaysing MemoriesChaysing Memories by Jalpa Williby is a YA romance about Tess, a twenty-something young woman who struggles to overcome amnesia about a mysterious man. Tess has moved on after suffering from an incident that caused a 3-week blank spot in her memories. She has always been gifted with exceptional intelligence,…
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Continue reading →: Praised by Readers’ Favorite with a 5 Star Review: Lita Burke’s Forever BoyReaders’ Favorite recently read Lita’s fantasy short story, Forever Boy, and awarded it with a lovely 5 star review. In Forever Boy, a dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic. It is the first story in Lita’s Clockpunk Wizard series, where wizards with ~twisty~ magic live on a…
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Continue reading →: Come See These Wonders at the BazaarLita takes Gentle Reader to the bazaar today. Ah, look at all the lovely stories scattered about at Demelza’s bookseller’s stall. Her tales tell Gentle Reader why Hell is really the corporate world. Find all kinds of genres at Demelza’s–romance, YA, science fiction, and Lita’s favorite–fantasy. Browse the box sets, novels,…
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Enchanters of Sye Books
A retired Enchanter battles a powerful magician to keep a dangerous spell book from falling into the wrong hands.
A magical oddities dealer hides her kidnapped husband’s dangerous spell book.
Clockpunk Wizard Books
A dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic.
A wizard seeks a magical thingummy to free his kidnapped familiar.
A wizard faces a dangerous journey to Sir Death’s castle to win a powerful spell book for a love-starved dragon.
A wizard and Lady Luck’s young daughter discover the cause of a mysterious unicorn illness.
An elf prince’s son teams up with a disgraced wizardling to clear their names with the Magic Guild.
Fantasy Worlds
Evil Circus is a dark carnival filled madness, magic, and grinning clowns.
Steampunk London is a Victorian-styled world powered by steam engines.
Floating Lands are an eerie place of unexpected lighter-than-air denizens and islands in the sky.
Film Noir is a dreary, crime fiction world filled with down-and-out heroes, cynicism and vice.
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