#magicrealism

Going “Full Dumpty”

#egg #random #fishingboat #F-35 #attack #comic #satire #humpty_dumpty

“Omnia signification em habent

Nihil habet signification em”

Where Flowers Remember Magic

In my mind the world of Radio Arcanum, which encompasses the Musimagium, is a sprawling, expansive world that I am exploring through various projects such as the short stories I provide for my membership group, the young adult I’m working on and hope to have live on Patreon before the end of the year, and just everything I have planned. In truth, I could probably write for a solid eight hours a day for the rest of my life and never fully explore this world. Honestly, that’s how it should be.

It’s a world that I’d love to lose myself in, and a world that I would love for my readers to lose themselves in. Nothing would please me more than cosplay, character drawings, fanfiction, all those things that I fell in love with when I discovered Valdemar and the fan club Queen’s Own, that I would love to create in my own world. But, as I and some other authors were talking about, it can be difficult to get readers to notice your work, let alone create the kind of community that helps feed and sustain authors.

Some would probably say that I shouldn’t think that way about my world, that I should probably reach a certain threshold of sales or notoriety before I think about fandom and reader enjoyment. And yet, part of my own personal enjoyment of writing, the part that makes writing my happy place is that I get to play in this expansive world. What does that mean for me?

It means that Through the Portal Storm deals with portals and alternate worlds.

It means that The Search for Apollo’s Chalice is time travel.

It means that Finding Pack takes place in the early 20th century, while The Crows Know takes place in the future.

And it means that I can think of other eras, other times in which the magic and organizations would exist and how that would look, even if those times would be before the development of ham radio technology, which is the basis for Radio Arcanum.

Exploring all of this is part of what keeps me excited about the fantasy I’m writing, and it’s part of what I hope, draws readers into the world.

Book and a Bouquet 📖💐

The top of my tbr for Hispanic Heritage month: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garía Márquez. Has anyone read it already? I’m looking forward to it!

“Crazy EVERYTHING” (even you).

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - GRAIL, GRILL, GIRL (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1569107304-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

“Der Gequetschte Gott”

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - UNSETTLING (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1554293372-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - JULIAN’S SALUTATION (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1553684346-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

City Summer

BEFORE THE FALL: Did you know Humpty Dumpty was a pilot in the early years of WWI? Here he is in a Fokker Eggdecker aeroplane flying over the trenches in France (1915.)

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - PASSKEY TO MAGONIA (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1541193316-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - ELF’S REPORT ON RAPPORT (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1539335334-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

ELEVEN ELVES DEAF TO THEIR TWELFTH SELF’S RIFF - A CHILD’S GAZE: WHISPERS FROM THE OBSIDIAN VEIL (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1537814486-eleven-elves-deaf-to-their-twelfth-self%27s-riff-a?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=DeLaNocheViento Quaint Vignettes

Gumtree Gargoyles, Season 1, Episodes 1 to 4 (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/story/392276430-gumtree-gargoyles-season-1-episodes-1-to-4?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_myworks&wp_uname=GumtreeGargoyles A city on the brink. A Guardian rising. A war in the shadows. High above the streets, Katie watches over a city teetering on chaos. As the new Gargoyle Guardian, she’s the last line of defense against the dark forces stirring below. For centuries, supernatural beings-vampires, shapeshifters, fae, and forgotten legends-have lived in exile, cast out by the powerful elite. Some blend in. Others plot revenge. Now, mystic rebels are rising, and war is coming. To survive, Katie must awaken a power she never knew she had. In a world of hidden magic, blurred morals, and monsters disguised as men, she’ll confront hard truths about love, identity, and destiny. Urban fantasy with myth, mystery, and LGBTQ+ themes Fast-paced, dark, and emotionally rich Book one in a thrilling three-part series Step into the shadows. The truth awaits.

In a realm where dreams float like bubbles through twilight mists,
A small guardian wades, soft paw prints whispering tales of unseen worlds.

In a realm where cotton clouds kiss mythical spires, a creature pauses, eyes gleaming with the whisper of untold tales.
Beneath, flora in bursts of dream hues arch over serenity’s stream, mirroring a world unspoiled by time’s relentless march.