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  1. Today is the release of Mothball Magic by Rena Rocford! It's like The Golden Girls meets The Dresden Files. Get your copy today and battle the Queen of Winter with a bad hip!
    #fantasy #sapphic #fey
    spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/

  2. From the Notebooks of Jaspera von Kupferthal, Part 1

    Highsun 8th 501 NMR

    Some friends in the Natural Philosophy Society asked for my research from an expedition I did a few decades back. They are creating a book on the Faerie folk.

    My little Cinni is one of the cowriters.

    Naturally, I was delighted to share my research on modern agrarian fey culture.

    Field Notes from an Expedition to Brugh na Ciorcal

    Blossombud 10th 470 NMR

    I have finished settling into my research blind outside Brugh Na Ciorcal. I found a suitably large hole in an oak tree to serve as my camp, although I am questioning my decision to disguise myself as a robin as I use my beak to write these words. It might be worth relocating to somewhere where a creature that could hold a pen could conveniently dwell. Ugh, I am getting distracted again.

    An aerial inspection revealed that the village of Brugh Na Ciorcal is an almost unremarkable average specimen of Fey Enclave except for its location. It is located in the crook of a bend of Gilline Run river (although the locals most certainly do not use that name. Inquire about that at a later date). The village is roughly 1000 feet in diameter as the robin flies, which is rather large for a fey settlement, and is surrounded on 3 sides by the river (did the inhabitants change the river’s course?). The village is perfectly circular, elevated roughly 20 feet above the surrounding terrain and surrounded by an earthen berm about 7 feet high and a ditch 4 feet deep on the landward side. The entrance is flanked by a pair of unusual-looking standing stones, perfectly square columns, definitely fey-related from the spiraling markings, but they look older than the village.

    The village itself consists of 120 faerie burrow houses, or brughs, of various sizes, arranged in the typical concentric-ring layout connected by spiraling paths. At the center is a large circular green with expected Fey paganism standing stones and an altar. Surrounding the green is a larger brugh which is almost certainly the headman’s dwelling, what looks like an alehouse, a general store (A rarity in a Faerie enclave, possibly a sign of outside trade), and several larger brughs which likely belong to the headman’s favorite lackeys or druids.

    Outside the village for another mile or so on both sides of the river is another spiral, this one made up of paths through enclosures, orchards, and gardens enclosed by wild but trimmed hedges. The majority of these were gardens of semi-wild vegetables and fruit trees. However, I was surprised to see a plowed field at the very outskirts of the clearing and what, to my bird tongue, tasted like common wheat. They obviously were planting the stuff because a youth with a stick chased me away. The presence of domesticated crops certainly raises my eyebrows, and this might suggest a larger societal drift towards baseline mortality in the same region.

    Tomorrow I will attempt a full census. This will require either a change in form or a more creative approach; robins, as it turns out, are not inconspicuous when taking notes.

    Blossombud 11th

    I am so tired.

    I have completed my census of the Brugh Na Ciorcal, having changed my shape no less than fourteen times to get into every nook and cranny. This was, in retrospect, excessive.

    I assume that none of the residents noticed me, except for the pets.

    Note to self: scout villages for cats and dogs before transforming into a mouse, shrew, or bird.

    Secondary note: Dogs are enthusiastic; cats are methodical

    For the most part, this village’s population is utterly average except for a few deviations.

    The village population stands at approximately 650 individuals—give or take a handful, as counting while being chased out of a burrow is imprecise work.

    The largest group consists of satyrs and satyrkin (195), followed by a substantial goblinoid population (130) and a notable number of centaurs (95). This distribution is not unusual in isolation, but the balance between them feels… deliberate. I cannot yet say why.

    The remaining population comprises smaller fey species (25), various others (30), and individuals of mixed or unclear lineage (65).

    Of particular interest is the presence of 15 Fomorians. Their integration level remains unclear. I did not observe them in communal clusters, nor entirely apart. They occupy an uncomfortable middle, which may be more telling than either extreme.

    There are 180 children, 115 adolescents, 250 adults, 90 elders, and 15 who are… significantly older than the rest. I am uncertain whether to classify the latter as elders or as something else entirely.

    Most of the population (roughly 70%) are farmers and herdsmen working the fields, which aligns with my earlier observations regarding their agricultural tendencies.

    Of the remainder, 95 are craftsmen and artisans, suggesting a healthy internal economy. Seven serve as resident druids, with fifteen apprentices—an unusually robust druidic presence for a settlement of this size, though perhaps necessary given the mixed population.

    Twenty (mostly the doddering ancients) appear to be unemployed, though I suspect this is a matter of perspective rather than reality.

    25 make up the household of Sir Eochaid, the middle-aged centaur who serves as the village’s chief.

    The reminder consists of the goblins of  the Fòlais’ family, who run the trading post, and Giorsail, a young hobgoblin hedge witch and diviner who seems to serve as an advisor to Sir Eochaid (This is… highly irregular. A non-druid serving as advisor to a village chief suggests either a breakdown in traditional authority or an adaptation I do not yet understand. I will investigate further.)

    The village has 2000 sheep, 30 geese, 20 donkeys, innumerable cats, and a few dogs.

    The whole village is unified in its dress, which consists of woolen kilts and tunics for the men and boys, and woolen dresses for the women and girls, all in a frankly unfortunate tartan pattern that I suspect is meant to signify unity. The only real visible indicators of status among the villagers are the green robes the druids wear over their clothes at all times, and the jewelry clasps, pins, and broaches the chief’s family, household, and top underlings wear, bronze for the servants, silver for the henchmen, and gold for the chief and his family.

    Tomorrow I will start observing Sir Eochaid and his household. Hopefully, I will uncover useful data on the villagers’ social structure and customs and maybe get to the bottom of Giorsail’s presence in the village.

    Blossombud 15th

    It has been difficult to keep from laughing at Eochaid’s household over these last few days—though I am beginning to suspect that doing so would be unkind.

    I spent half a week observing the headman and his household as a mouse and had to stifle myself a few times in order to prevent them from noticing the novelty of a laughing rodent.

    The family consists of the Patriarch Sir Labhruinn Eochaid the 10th, his wife, Saraid, his sons, Búadach, Luthais, and Torna, his daughters, Samthann, Teafa, Ealga, and Cathach, and the ancient grandmother, Sìonag. Along with these numbers, Saraid was heavy with child and barely able to move from the master bedroom without help.

     Sir Labhruinn fancies himself a valiant warlord in the tradition of the knights of the Round Table—or even King Fredrick himself—and strives to live according to what appears to be a deeply sincere, if somewhat misunderstood, ideal of chivalry.

    He refers to his Brugh as his castle, even though it is only marginally larger than the second biggest dwelling in the village and consists of only 18 rooms.

    The focus of the brugh is a large circular room at its center, which houses the central hearth. Such chambers are universal to all burghs, but Sir Labhruinn uses them as his throne room and the great hall. He spends all days sitting upon a pallet, adjudicating secular matters, listening to counsel from the druids and Giorsail, and receiving reports from the villagers he calls his “men-at-arms,” a term which appears to confer more dignity than responsibility. 

    This chamber also holds the family’s greatest treasures: a set of bronze centaur armor, a lance, and a sword, all of Faerie design, all heavily enchanted, and several tapestries that supposedly show his ancestors, who, according to him, were famous Faerie knights in one of the fallen Faerie kingdoms.

    The other chambers consist of a kitchen, the bedchamber he and Saraid share, the bedrooms for the children, two guest chambers, a bedchamber/workspace for Giorsail, a room for Sìonag, a library, and a nursery. All the rooms were well furnished compared to the rooms in the other brughs in the village, with well-worn, heavy wooden furniture featuring lots of spiral engraving and various personalization. The sleeping chambers featured straw pallets that centaurs seem to prefer.

    When not sitting in court, Labhruinn insists on teaching his sons the “art” of knightly warfare. Every day, just after lunch, they go out to the meadow beyond the fields and practice swordcraft, archery, and jousting. I am no swordswoman, but their efforts resembled rehearsal more than practice.

    I also discovered the reason for Giorsail’s presence in the household. Apparently, Sir Labhruinn is doing things quite literally by the book. Le Morte d’Arthur, The Errantry of Frederick von Mountainheart, and several other storybooks in the library. They are heavily bookmarked and have multiple underlined sections per page. Giorsail was recruited to be  Sir Labhruinn’s own personal “Merlin,” though I am not certain Giorsail agrees with this designation.

    I also have to correct my assessment of her ability; despite not being far out of girlhood, she is more than a mere hedgecrafter. Her spellbook suggests at least a modicum of tuition under a proper wizard. She also has the ability to see magic auras around people and things without using spells, a very inconvenient power for my purposes.

    However, Giorsail’s presence seems to have disturbed the household’s harmony. Sìonag and Saraid have gotten into multiple nasty arguments with Giorsail over the last few days, including a few at the nightly feasts. I initially misinterpreted Luthais’s interest in Giorsail as romantic. This was incorrect. He appears instead to be drawn to her craft—specifically, to the possibility of becoming something other than what his father intends.

    This is the limit of what I can glean through observation alone. To understand this household—and perhaps this village more broadly—I will need to participate. Giorsail’s abilities present a significant complication. I must consider my approach carefully.

    #5e #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #dungeonsDragons #fantasy #Fey #fiction #history #rpg #ttrpg #writing
  3. Since Ginny Di and Pointy Hat declared it Fey Week for DungeonTubers on YouTube, I've been thinking about #Fey a lot this week.

    I wrote an ability I want to give all creatures of the Fey type in my #Pathfinder1e #Ustalav campaign. It's an at-will #illusion (phantasm) that gives fey +20 Stealth to hide in plain sight as inanimate objects. They can't move or attack but can still talk, Will Save to disbelieve and it is automatically disbelieved by anyone within 15 feet.

    #P1e #PathfinderRPG

  4. Since Ginny Di and Pointy Hat declared it Fey Week for DungeonTubers on YouTube, I've been thinking about #Fey a lot this week.

    I wrote an ability I want to give all creatures of the Fey type in my #Pathfinder1e #Ustalav campaign. It's an at-will #illusion (phantasm) that gives fey +20 Stealth to hide in plain sight as inanimate objects. They can't move or attack but can still talk, Will Save to disbelieve and it is automatically disbelieved by anyone within 15 feet.

    #P1e #PathfinderRPG

  5. Since Ginny Di and Pointy Hat declared it Fey Week for DungeonTubers on YouTube, I've been thinking about #Fey a lot this week.

    I wrote an ability I want to give all creatures of the Fey type in my #Pathfinder1e #Ustalav campaign. It's an at-will #illusion (phantasm) that gives fey +20 Stealth to hide in plain sight as inanimate objects. They can't move or attack but can still talk, Will Save to disbelieve and it is automatically disbelieved by anyone within 15 feet.

    #P1e #PathfinderRPG

  6. Since Ginny Di and Pointy Hat declared it Fey Week for DungeonTubers on YouTube, I've been thinking about #Fey a lot this week.

    I wrote an ability I want to give all creatures of the Fey type in my #Pathfinder1e #Ustalav campaign. It's an at-will #illusion (phantasm) that gives fey +20 Stealth to hide in plain sight as inanimate objects. They can't move or attack but can still talk, Will Save to disbelieve and it is automatically disbelieved by anyone within 15 feet.

    #P1e #PathfinderRPG

  7. When we heard tabletop creators had declared Monster Week 2026 (April 20 - 24) to be about the Fae, we had to celebrate with a clip from our fairy funny farce "The Hazards of Hunting Red-Caps" - though our commedia dell'arte referenced actual historical scholarship about the fae during the Society for Creative Anachronism's time period which can quite differ from D&D as Brighella here points out!

    An expanded version of "Red-Caps" has been a consideration for our Pennsic Performing Arts Tent show. Someday, some fae!

    #MonsterWeek #Fae #Fairy #Fey

    #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA

  8. @NickEast_IndieWriter

    Of course it counts. You don't think I meant literature written by fey. Everyone knows they're too mercurial to finish a novel.

    #fey #literature

  9. Fey | New Movie! | Horror Film Premiere | Shocks and Docs

    #horror#Trailers#horrormovies#Fey – @Terror_Films – In the final phase of a trauma study, Maddy films her first nights alone since the incident, but as she records, the feeling of being watched returns.

    #ad #Fey #horror #Trailers

    horrornerdonline.com/2025/11/f

  10. 1/ @rorystarr asked me about some ideas for folklore-themed dungeons - specifically, dungeons that are connected to the "Feywild". So I took a look at my repository of translations of German folk tales, and here is what I found.

    But first, a word about definitions. German folklore almost never uses the German equivalent of "fairie" ("Fee"). Instead, a more common term is "Geist", which is a direct translation of "spirit" - and can describe almost any supernatural entity.

    Thus, in my exploration of this theme I have limited myself to places linked to entities which are (a) not clearly ghosts, and (b) not clearly demons. This is as close as we will get to "fairies", I am afraid...

    #DnD #TTRPG #faerie #fey #dungeon #worldbuilding #folklore

  11. Stuttgart favored at home vs Feyenoord in the Europa League. 21:00 CET kickoff—an exciting night as Feyenoord chase an upset.

    VfB Stuttgart 59.2%
    Draw 25.4%
    Feyenoord Rotterdam 15.4%

    #Football #Soccer #UEFAEuropaLeague #VFB #FEY #VFBFEY

  12. Fey | Official Horror Trailer

    #horror#Trailers#horrormovies#Fey – @Terror_Films – In the final phase of a trauma study, Maddy films her first nights alone since the incident, but as she records, the feeling of being watched returns…

    #ad #Fey #horror #Trailers

    horrornerdonline.com/2025/10/f

  13. The Unexpected Hero

    I know many of you are on the fence about joining the Kickstarter for my latest Fey novel. I hope this video tips you over the edge and at least makes you look at the Kickstarter. There are all kinds of cool things, from all 11 Fey books (some of which stand alone) to different […]…
    kriswrites.com/2025/10/15/the-

    #Fantasy #Fey #Kickstarter

  14. A Fey Journal

    One of the nifty things we’re offering in the Kickstarter for the brand new Fey book, The Unexpected Hero, is a blank journal. All of you journaling folk will love this. It was designed mostly by Lisa Silverthorne, and has all kinds of cool features, as you can see here. If you want yours…as well as […]…
    kriswrites.com/2025/10/14/a-fe

    #Fantasy #Fey #NewReleases #Journal #Kickstarter

  15. We hit our second stretch goal on the #Fey Kickstarter! Thank you, backers! Now backers will get the new book and whatever rewards they chose…and two more stories! #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...

    THE UNEXPECTED HERO

  16. We are running a small Kickstarter for my upcoming Fey book. I know many of you have not read the series, so this video will help you see if it's for you. If it is, you can get all 4 books at a discount on the #Kickstarter. #fantasy #fey #steampunk #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...

  17. Have You Read The Qavnerian Protectorate Novels Yet?

    I know many of you haven’t started into my side series about the Fey. So, I did this video to entice you. You can get all four ebooks, including the newest one, The Unexpected Hero, on the Kickstarter that just launched today. Head over and see all the goodies. There are lots and…
    kriswrites.com/2025/10/07/have

    #Fantasy #Fey #NewReleases #Kickstarter #steampunk

  18. The Kickstarter for my brand-new #Fey #novel just went live. If you’ve read the series, you want this book. If you haven’t, you can find a reward that will give you the previous books at a discount. Take a look! #booksky #fantasy www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...

    THE UNEXPECTED HERO

  19. Free Fiction Monday: That Morning At The Hopkins Estate

    A flare of light ignites a Fey attack on a sleepy coastal town in a character-stuffed thrill ride as only Kristine Kathryn Rusch can do. “That Morning At The Hopkins Estate“ is available for one week on this site. The ebook is available on all retail…
    kriswrites.com/2025/10/06/free

    #freefiction #FreeFictionMondays #MondayFictionPost #EpicFantasy #Fey

  20. Here's the video for the upcoming Kickstarter for the new #Fey #novel. #booksky

  21. Socks And Sorcery

    Like to read? Like to knit? Like socks? Like fantasy? Then this is the Kickstarter project for you. Here, in a nutshell, is what it is: Socks & Sorcery will have four themed collector’s boxes, each delivered three times over the course of a year. Every box contains:  A Surprise fantasy novel in the format […]…
    kriswrites.com/2025/05/01/sock

    #Fantasy #Fey #Kickstarter #Socks #Yarn
    @indieauthors

  22. When posing as an "ordinary" street magician Ixikel performs acts of "real fake magic" for their audience. It's amazing what a little sleight of hand and fey magic can do.

    Drawn by my friend Plainsalt

    #furry #bunny #snowshoehare #ixikel #magic #fey #midrifftop #lookingatviewer

  23. CW: NSFW Furry Hyper

    Whilst usually not nearly this imposing, Ixikel thought to "put on a show" here with adding some muscles and switching to their male endowments.

    Art by itann

    #snowshoehare #hyperpenis #hypergenitalia #furry #furryart #genderqueer #male #magic #fey #jockstrap #muscular #rabbit

  24. It's been a while since I uploaded my last set of fullbody character art on patreon, but at last! I had time to sit down and finish these five off.

    They're available for all my paid tiers, so if you need some fey characters for a game - you can grab them even at the $2usd tier! (alongside the existing 8 characters already uploaded)

    patreon.com/MakioKuta

    #TTRPG #GameDev #IndieDev #GameAssets #MakioArt #Fey #MastoArt #CharacterArt #ttrpgCharacter #Fairy

  25. Tonight, at the #P1e #Ustalav game, the party met a #faun. He said, "I'm Jack Savoy, you may have heard of me."

    A player immediately went where Jack was going and said he had, as in "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick..."

    Jack was like, "Yeah, you have heard of me! I jumped over that candlestick."

    The level 2 party defeated a #vukodlak (Large #undead, CR 3) and, separately, a vampire pumpkin (Tiny plant, CR 4).

    #PathfinderRPG #Pathfinder1e #Pathfinder1 #TTRPG
    #vampirepumpkin #fey

  26. Tonight, at the #P1e #Ustalav game, the party met a #faun. He said, "I'm Jack Savoy, you may have heard of me."

    A player immediately went where Jack was going and said he had, as in "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick..."

    Jack was like, "Yeah, you have heard of me! I jumped over that candlestick."

    The level 2 party defeated a #vukodlak (Large #undead, CR 3) and, separately, a vampire pumpkin (Tiny plant, CR 4).

    #PathfinderRPG #Pathfinder1e #Pathfinder1 #TTRPG
    #vampirepumpkin #fey

  27. Tonight, at the #P1e #Ustalav game, the party met a #faun. He said, "I'm Jack Savoy, you may have heard of me."

    A player immediately went where Jack was going and said he had, as in "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick..."

    Jack was like, "Yeah, you have heard of me! I jumped over that candlestick."

    The level 2 party defeated a #vukodlak (Large #undead, CR 3) and, separately, a vampire pumpkin (Tiny plant, CR 4).

    #PathfinderRPG #Pathfinder1e #Pathfinder1 #TTRPG
    #vampirepumpkin #fey

  28. Tonight, at the #P1e #Ustalav game, the party met a #faun. He said, "I'm Jack Savoy, you may have heard of me."

    A player immediately went where Jack was going and said he had, as in "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick..."

    Jack was like, "Yeah, you have heard of me! I jumped over that candlestick."

    The level 2 party defeated a #vukodlak (Large #undead, CR 3) and, separately, a vampire pumpkin (Tiny plant, CR 4).

    #PathfinderRPG #Pathfinder1e #Pathfinder1 #TTRPG
    #vampirepumpkin #fey

  29. Tonight, at the #P1e #Ustalav game, the party met a #faun. He said, "I'm Jack Savoy, you may have heard of me."

    A player immediately went where Jack was going and said he had, as in "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick..."

    Jack was like, "Yeah, you have heard of me! I jumped over that candlestick."

    The level 2 party defeated a #vukodlak (Large #undead, CR 3) and, separately, a vampire pumpkin (Tiny plant, CR 4).

    #PathfinderRPG #Pathfinder1e #Pathfinder1 #TTRPG
    #vampirepumpkin #fey

  30. Finally got a new Halloween image done this year.

    Happy Halloween from the spooky feyfolk man himself; Foxglove!

    #halloween #fox #spooky #hybrid #monster #terato #pumpkin #jackolantern #oc #ocart #art #fae #fey #feyfolk #faefolk

  31. Finally got a new Halloween image done this year.

    Happy Halloween from the spooky feyfolk man himself; Foxglove!

    #halloween #fox #spooky #hybrid #monster #terato #pumpkin #jackolantern #oc #ocart #art #fae #fey #feyfolk #faefolk

  32. CW: CW Quadruped terato lewds

    Getting used to Talis' new design and I love how he looks like this.

    Here he is doing a lil pose to steal more hearts.

    #fox #monster #terato #quadruped #precum #cumdrip #sheath #balls #fae #faefolk #fey #feyfolk

  33. A HORROR write-along stream!

    Didn't mom tell you never to rest in abandoned beds?
    Now, you're lost in the fey lands where you are but marrow & meat...

    Escape the fey in this Solo TTRPG LIVE right NOW: youtube.com/live/Npq74KfrNMI