Erotica, fantasy, and horror writer.

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Worldbuilding Wednesday 6/26/24: Narnian Stars and Constellations (Narnia LIII)

In Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis decided to explore the astronomical lore of the Narnian world. He created two planets, Tarva and Alambil, whose conjunction Caspian and Dr. Cornelius witness from a castle tower, and three constellations which Lucy mentions later — the Ship, Hammer, and Leopard. Alchemy and magic are also mentioned. The impression …

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The Bees and the Beekeeper

… the spells began straight away, and at first there was nothing very important in them. They were cures for warts (by washing your hands in moonlight in a silver basin) and toothache and cramp, and a spell for taking a swarm of bees. The picture of the man with toothache was so lifelike that …

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Dryad at the Feast of Bacchus

I took inspiration from this Worldbuilding Wednesday Narnia post, specifying a 1920s children’s book illustration model. She’s sampling different rocks, sands, and minerals from her plate.

Worldbuilding Wednesday 6/19/24: What Do Dryads Eat? (Narnia LII)

When Lucy saw … the trees were going to eat earth it gave her rather a shudder. But when she saw the earths that were actually brought to them she felt quite different. They began with a rich brown loam that looked almost exactly like chocolate; so like chocolate, in fact, that Edmund tried a …

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Drakenschip?

This Dutch language edition of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader does away with the ship’s poetic name, calling it simply “drakenschip.” Which means … dragon ship … which calls to mind … Vikings! Not sure what the problem with translation was. This book is interesting as well for the illustration, which is one I …

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El León, La Bruja, y el Ropero

A proposed design for a Spanish language edition of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe using a collage technique. I like it.

My Narnia Fanfic

Since the end of the 2023 Summer of Narnia, I’ve written more Narnia fanfic on Archive of Our Own, which I’ll link to below. Shades of Green Series Stories about different aspects of Prince Rilian and the Green Witch, some serious, some erotic, some humorous. Each story exists in its own universe. Contains currently five …

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Worldbuilding Wednesday 6/12/24: Narnian Cat Names (Narnia LI)

Cats get short shrift in The Chronicles of Narnia. Oh, sure, Aslan is a lion, and leopards and panthers are also mentioned. But domestic cats, unlike dogs, do not get to be heroes. In fact, a domestic cat is one of the notable villains of the series, the creatively named Ginger of The Last Battle. …

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