We have finally arrived at this scene. I have had this scene in mind since the beginning of conceiving this story. As often happens, the end result looks much different than I had initially imagined it. But I like it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When in doubt, get drunk. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Tara exhales smoke, Fetch feels awkward, Knob holds out his hand TARA: Look, this is very touching, but I gotta go. Be ready in the morning when I come to take you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meet Fiona and her trooping fairies (pixies) Lydia, Bridget, Naida; as well as Hob. Plus a few others in the background you’ll get to know soon. Have I mentioned trooping fairies yet? Here’s W.B. Yeats on the topic from his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Barbas, or Marbas, is a demon who, according to the Ars Goetica, is president of Hell, will appear as a lion or as a human; he can cause and cure diseases, and teaches medicine and “mechanical arts.” Check out more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know Dianetics was dreamed up by some weirdass demon. LRH just took the credit. Furcas in Western demonology is a fallen angel who took up a teaching post in Hell as a professor of the dark arts, along with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finvarra is the High King of the Daoine Sidhe in Celtic folklore (but not the only one), and Oonagh is the High Queen, and his wife. We’ll meet them in a few chapters — but don’t expect a faithful to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You might know “the Golden Ones” as mysterious figures from early David Bowie lyrics (or maybe like Bowie you read too much Aleister Crowley in a haze of cocaine). But in any case, the Golden Ones here are actually the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How Fetch thought he could leave his home unattended for a decade without attracting squatters is a rare show of naivete on his part. Or maybe just youthful carelessness? And you’re in a land of the fae, bud. What did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome to a new chapter — “Crude and Feckless”! Fans of The Clash should recognize the allusion to “Rudy Can’t Fail” off of London Calling (1979). Fetch is no Jamaican rude boy, but he might relate to catching flack from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So ends chapter 1, “Return of the Native.” Tune in next week for the start of chapter 2, “Crude and Feckless” to see if the faeries kick Fetch’s arse. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Fetch looking up. FETCH: I don’t care who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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