Hey, look! It’s Fetch’s mom! Ain’t she sweet? ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Tara at Morrigan’s bedside. Morrigan sleeps under a blanket. A plate of food sits on an overbed table, mostly uneaten, and a cup of cold tea. And a pack[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s okay, Molly. We all get confused sometimes. Perhaps not that confused, however. The stereotype of the Irish maid as a fussy, somewhat ridiculous character, goes back to at least the Victorian era. I was reading Life After Life by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We finally arrive at Fetch’s mom’s house. What else but a Banshee would you expect hanging around a sick old woman’s place? My portrayal here deviates a bit from standard representations of the banshee, as noted by Clanagh Design: The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Faerie whiskey sounds pretty potent to me. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Tara pokes Fetch awake. TARA: Time to get up, brother! We’re going to Mam’s. FETCH: Whuu? … Ooaahhh PANEL 2 Fetch clutches his head, Tara looks around behind him. FETCH:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fae know how to get down and party. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 The next morning. Which in the Otherworld looks like a deterioration of morning in the human world. The sun barely shines through a murky clouded sky. Exterior of[…]↓ 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…
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