Dark Fairy Tales for Dark Nights
The sky fills with dark, smoky clouds, and the leaves combust into fiery color. A warning chill fills the air, carrying the throaty cawing of ravens on the wind as it whips past you in the quickly darkening night. In …
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Please Good Missus, a Soul Cake!
By Christine Boyett Barr Forget the twelve days of Christmas – did you know there are three days of Halloweentide? Starting with All Hallow’s Eve on October 31st, Halloweentide also encompassed All Saints Day on November 1st, and wrapped up … Continue reading Please Good Missus, a Soul Cake!
My Culture is Not Your Costume
Renaissance faires and comic cons abound throughout the year, all popular places for our readers to don outfits that embody their imaginations. It’s a hugely popular element of Renfest culture; many of us have entire closets, even rooms, devoted to …
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Witch Life in Autumn: Growing Pumpkins
Pre-dawn on the way to feed the animals, the August air was cooler than normal with some humidity. The black cat followed behind, and an owl called three times in the distant forest. The pumpkin plant seemed to grow over …
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Meet Chelsea McGuire: Elf, Teacher, and Author
It’s no secret that RenFaire fans tend to be lovers of literature. Stories, whether told onscreen, in graphic novel or comic, through written word, or whispered around a campfire have captivated humans since we first learned to communicate. Tales of …
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Novel Excerpt: Beer for My Corpses by C.M. McGuire
Welcome to the Pick’s Pocket, where the spirits are high, but the stakes are higher. In the depths of the Sedrian swamp, Pickett, the accidental swamp witch, spins tales to keep her ramshackle bar afloat. Only her loyal sidekick, Edie, …
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A Note From the Editor: Delicious Autumn!
“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”― Rainbow Rowell , Attachments … Continue reading A Note From the Editor: Delicious Autumn!
“Blood of My Blood”: Characters, Kilts, and Legacies
In 2003, wandering the shelves of my local library, my fingers brushed the spine of a novel, Outlander. Its title and cover art intrigued; I was new to the world of the Renaissance faire and only beginning to discover what …
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A Note from the Editor: What do you Cherish?
“Under the microscope, the little becomes larger.To enlarge your life, treasure the little things of life.” -Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu As we began to put this issue together, the team floated ideas: Meditation. Dancing with friends. Good food. Gorgeous textiles. Tiny …
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Playlists: Musical Treasures
Friends. Books. Memories. Photographs. Time. Sunlight. Freedom. Each other. What do they have in common? They’re treasures, and the themes of a lot of really great music. As summer winds down, we begin to look ahead to autumn. The days …
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