Posted on December 1, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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I followed Gretchen and Dichall through the portal into another world. Bracey the Talonted, our owl companion, followed. The sky was bluer than I would ever have guessed blueness could get. The snow was the whitest white. But the strangest thing was the lack…
Posted on November 1, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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Hospitals, I learned, had so many faeries and so many dedicated Councilmice it was like a whole other social structure, with its own idiosyncratic culture. Technically, Beatrice Brownbrow was the ultimate leader in Ottawa, but in practice, the hospital Councilmice were pretty autonomous. Here,…
Category: Fiction, Fantasy, Serials Tags: beatrice, beth, blackwell, bracey, brickwall, council, councilmice, davies, Dichall, eve, fae, faeire, fairy, grassblade, gretchen, jim, micean, musk, muskmusk, ottawa, owl, pixiedrowner, weir, wier
Posted on September 2, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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Imbingy, the faerie childhunter, had me pinned in the snow, his steely hands tightening around my throat. “Die, rodent!” He thinks calling me a rodent is an insult? I’ll show him! I pulled my hind legs between us, put my back paws on his…
Category: Fiction, Fantasy, Serials Tags: childhunter, council, davies, eve, fae, faerie, fairy, grassblade, imbingny, jim, magic, micean, nathan, ottawa, park, pixiedrowner, sword
Posted on August 3, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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Gretchen, Dichall, and I sat on a box that used to hold matches, attending an emergency Council meeting. Beatrice cleared her throat to quiet everyone down. “Ladies and gentlemen, we have an informant who would like to brief us on something.” She turned to…
Category: Fiction, Fantasy, Serials Tags: child, childhunter, crow, davies, eve, fae, faerie, hunter, imbigny, jim, nathan, pixiedrowner
I woke up swatting at something on my face, but felt nothing but air. Two little people fought on my chest, and a strange, wailing noise stopped—when I realized it was me. I sat up in bed and knocked the creatures off, still struggling…
Category: Fiction, Fantasy, Serials Tags: child, council, davies, eve, fae, faerie, fairy, jim, lure, micean, nathan, piano, pixiedrowner
I entered the Mundane World through a secret weir near the ceiling of the Rideau Centre Mall, and flapped my faerie wings until I was on the ceiling. I changed my colour to stay camouflaged. Not that anybody looks straight up in a mall….
Category: Fantasy, Fiction, Serials Tags: crow, davies, eve, fae, gentry, interstitium, jim, mice, mouse, pixie, pixiedrowner, sprite
We pigeoned to the kindergarten early in the morning to beat the rush of children, but late enough to follow a teacher inside and snuck in through a door propped open by somebody on a smoke break. After making our way to the kindergarten…
Category: Fantasy, Fiction, Serials Tags: davies, Dichall, eater, eve, fae, fairy, farie, gretchin, happiness, jim, kindergarden, mice, mouse, pixiedrowner
Posted on April 2, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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I sheathed Grim’s blade, and leapt after the black faerie, running on all fours for speed, the tip of my weapon tapping the ground with every leap. Did you know that mice can reach a top speed of about seven miles per hour?…
Category: Fantasy, Fiction, Serials Tags: davies, eve, fae, faerie, fairy, grassblade, jim, pixie, pixiedrowner
Posted on January 2, 2019 by Crystalwizard
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“We have a faerie in custody,” Beatrice Brownbrow addressed the Councilmice, as she did every evening at headquarters. “That’s unusual.” Gretchen muttered while scratching her ear. “We usually don’t let them live.” “He came to us, claiming he has information.” Beatrice nodded to some…
Posted on December 1, 2018 by Crystalwizard
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I peeked past the barely-open door at a little girl sitting cross-legged on a pink bedspread, paging through a picture book. A small child like I’d seen at the campsite, who was just old enough to run around and get into everything. Her…
Category: Fantasy, Fiction, Serials Tags: cat, child, davies, Dichall, dog, eve, fae, faerie, fairy, jim, pixiedrowner