Excerpted from notes for an unpublished treatise by the zoologist Nanuridin Carosley. The work was recorded in neutered signmark, the Orsino stamped alphabet, without intent of ever publishing due to its controversial approach of treating the people of the Four Nations as if comparable to animals. Anthris and the Western Font Physickery: a deep connection…
Sixteen minutes before the mark was scheduled to arrive. Why had she agreed to take on this ill-conceived fiasco of a job? The money: a thousand silver drachms divided three ways. She needed the money. She always needed the money. “Deyva, what are you doing?” Sami dropped her fabricator’s wands and grabbed Deyva’s fingers to…
The Annual Gold Bullion Hunt One of the most delightful and whimsical annual events in Cheyne Heath is the Spanish Gold Bullion Hunt that happens every summer solstice on the heath. In the late 1800s, Robert Louis Stevenson made reference in a letter to an acquaintance of a substantial sum in gold bullion stolen from…
The Library of the Damned For the witch that loves a stroll through a museum or art gallery, Cheyne Heath has a few excellent options. Foremost among them is the delightfully-named Library of the Damned. Tucked away among the mansions of Gore Street, this magnificent specimen of Georgian architecture houses the foremost collection of Chaos-Kissed…
Excerpted from a curious book I found hidden in the back of a dusty shelf in a used bookstore on Cape Cod: As we all know, we witches are never the most welcoming of people, save to the needy visitors to our kitchens, and the witches of Cheyne Heath are more unwelcoming than most, so…
Morag’s boots slipped on the wet cobblestones as she ran in search of Feargal, her heavy woolen skirts wrapping around her calves and threatening to trip her to her death, but she would not stop until she knew her son was back at home and safe in front of the fire. Not in a hundred…