Mertales: Short Stories of Water, Fin and Pearl
Published by Wyvern, who also brought us The Faerie Conspiracies, Mertales is an anthology collecting 22 original short stories for teen readers. Exploring the ocean’s depths, Mertales includes tales of terror and love, of Merfolk, Selkies, Kelpies and River Gods. The stories are well crafted, many with a darker edge to them.. these merfolk are a wild and treacherous lot, a force of nature. Readers drawn to the macabre and unusual will find much to enjoy in this collection of tales.
Filed under Books & Magazines | Comment (0)Mermaids & Mythology Début Issue
Brought to you by Pixie Publications, home of FAE Magazine, comes Mermaids & Mythology, a new mermaid lifestyle magazine covering mermaids, legends, mythology, and Pirates too! The début issue is out now, and features the art of David Delamere, exclusive coverage of the first World Mermaid Awards, mermaid fashion, mythology and more. The magazine will be published quarterly each equinox and solstice, and is printed on carbon neutral FSC accredited paper.
Filed under Books & Magazines | Comment (0)The Fairy’s Song
Cara and Christi Brown are identical twin sisters living in California who work and create together. The Fairy’s Song is their first book, collecting works from both sisters, with a forward by Amy Brown. Their colourful and whimsical paintings feature faeries, mermaids, dragons, witches, goblins and literary and mythical creatures. The images are accompanied throughout by lively rhymes which bring the paintings to life. Running to 144 pages, The Fairy’s Song has plenty to delight faerie fans of all ages.
The Fairy’s Song is published by Schiffer and in the UK and Europe is available from Bushwood Books.
The City of Roses
Kip Manley’s ‘serialized phantastick on the ten thousand things & the one true only’, City of Roses is an epic urban fantasy set in the city of Portland, Oregon. Jo Maguire, a highly strung, underemployed telemarketer meets Ysabel, a princess of unspecified pedigree. Jo rather unexpectedly becomes Ysabel’s guardian and caretaker, and now must make her way through the strange subculture of Ysabel’s decidedly odd family and friends (which involves rather more swordplay than she’s used to) – while Ysabel must now deal with a diet of frozen pizza and a job that requires her to call strangers on the phone and ask them how satisfied they are with their banks.
Thus far it has been published Dickensian-style in a series of chapbooks (14 in total so far). But you can now buy volume one “Wake Up…” (collecting the first 11 chapters) as a trade paperback or digital edition for those with e-readers.
Time of the Faeries: Afterlight
J. Corsentino’s long awaited new book Afterlight: End of the World is now out. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where humans are being hunted to extinction by angels, while a long group of shape-shifting male faerie called Phelans struggle to protect the last few survivors. It is the first in an epic four part graphic novel series which covers past, present and future, and explains the faeries’ origins, why they left us, and what happens when they are suddenly forced back into our modern world.
Filed under Art & Illustration, Books & Magazines | Comment (0)The Gnome Lexicon
In an age of e-readers and digital downloads it is a still great pleasure to hold and read a beautifully crafted book. And The Gnome Lexicon by Marcia Lewandowski, is one of those beautifully crafted books. Casebound with a dust jacket, each one of its 240 pages is a gnomish delight. The book chronicles over 70 individual types of gnome representing 59 cultures, and is organised by habitat. There are also 22 gnome tales exploring in true fairy tale tradition, the virtues of living kindly and generously.
The book is illustrated throughout by Nathan Vieland, who’s captivating pen and ink drawings perfectly capture the spirit of the gnome culture. Also rather enchantingly, much of the book is hand lettered by Kelly Lincon, giving a wonderful ‘ancient tome’ look to the pages.
The Gnome Lexicon is published by Pukwudje Publications and can be ordered here.
Aprilynne Pike’s Wings
Aprilynne Pike’s New York Times best-selling series WINGS is the story of Laurel, a seemingly ordinary girl with a not-so-ordinary destiny. In this tale of two worlds, of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever…
The series, Wings
New Faeries & Enchantment
In this sixteenth issue of FAE Magazine there are Pirates, Mermaids, Unicorns and of course Faeries! Glamorous mermaiden Traci Hines features on the autumn edition cover. Child of Light, Tytania Fairy shines her golden light across the pages with exclusive images. Plus Linda Ravenscroft shares exclusive sketches from 3 Wishes. African Fae Traditions are the subject of a fascinating feature by Imakhu, and we chat to Angela Enos Jarman of ‘Fancy Fairy Wings & Things’ in a special feature with exclusive photos of her collaboration with Fireflypath.
Doreen Virtue gives us insights from the Magical Unicorn oracle cards, and Francesca (Red Art) shows us how to create our very own unicorn horn. There’s a special preview on the World Mermaid Awards giving you a taster of what you can expect at this début mer gathering in Las Vegas. Pirates take-over our news pages and there’s Pixie Pirate fashion too! Christine Lynch (Daughter of Frances Griffith of Cottingley Faeries fame) brings us another exclusive story of real faerie encounters. Emily Carding writes about the Salvation of the Sidhe, and Ceri Norman gives us a map to Faery Land in the second part of her Faery Star article.
Laura Daligan interviews ‘Faery Tale’ authoress, Signe Pike. You’ll find details of Selina Fenech’s new illustrated novel in the FAE marketplace, and Felicity Fyr Le Fay explores the world of the Faerie Queen in her royal realms. You can also find out about FAE’s new baby sis*star – Mermaids & Mythology magazine! Plus much much more in this bumper pack special issue of FAE.
Under the Green Hill
Meg and her siblings have been sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with elderly relatives. The children are looking forward to exploring the ancient mansion and perhaps discovering a musty old attic or two filled with treasure, but never in their wildest dreams did they expect to find themselves in the middle of a fairy war.
When Rowan pledges to fight for the beautiful fairy queen, Meg is desperate to save her brother. But the Midsummer War is far more than a battle between mythic creatures: Everything that lives depends on it. How can Meg choose between family and the fate of the very land itself?
Written for younger readers, Under the Green Hill the début novel from Laura L Sullivan. Incorporating English faerie lore and thrilling adventure. The sequel, Guardian of the Green Hill is scheduled for publication this Autumn.
Nature Spirits: Wyrd Lore & Wild Fey Magic
Danu Forest is a Celtic shaman, seer, druid witch and priestess residing in Glastonbury, UK. Her first book Nature Spirits: Wyrd Lore and Wild Fey Magic
