The time disparity between our world and the Otherworld is always a puzzle to sort out. In many stories of the Fae, an errant adult or abducted child who has spent only a short time among the Fae will upon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Summer Court leans more fairy tale setting than fae setting, in our story anyway. It’s got a Disney appropriating Hans Christian Andersen or Grimm’s Fairy Tales vibe. The sky is gold and blue, not the nearly oppressive red we’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we are back on a regular Wednesday schedule. The Fae creatures here are a bit more vague than usual. Pointy ears might mistake a few of them for Vulcans, but (sadly) I’m not doing Star Trek. Note the antlers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you want to help, try to be a little sober. Not a bad rule of thumb. This week’s update comes really ten days late. It should have appeared last Wednesday, but moving to my new house turned into more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thick woods, a road in disrepair, red skies, and demonic faeries devouring human corpses — could be upstate Michigan; but no, it’s the Autumn Court. In my reading I have come across references to red as a magical color in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy New Year! I had fun drawing the station agent. Whether we’ll see him again, I have no idea. Plan a story well in advance of writing or drawing it? Hahaha. That’s silly. Anyway, next week you’ll meet Fetch’s sister,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Fair Folk have a lot of rules. That poem is not mine, but one I have found in a few different sources. It really gives you the right sense of caution and respect one should display when visiting the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a passenger cruise journey through the subterranean politics of the Underworld, we now enter Fetch’s home territory, the Celtic Otherworld, where most of this story will take place. If you’re wondering what was with all that Underworld business, don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And so we’re off into the Underworld. That is indeed Charon, the ferryman — or death cabbie — of the River Styx found in Classical Greek mythology. He’s one of my favorite psychopomps (along with the Raven), and I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…