#fearies

There was a time when mythical creatures had roamed the earth. When they ruled the land and lived in harmony with each other and the humans. However, when all the creatures began to fight over differences, things began to change. The creatures began to repress their abilities or get rid of them all together. Come modern day times, creatures of old were considered humans with special characteristics that made them stand out. There was nothing special about the world, but somehow there was still something magical.

Lucero 'Luz' Molina was just trying to finish university to become a psychiatrist. Meeting the eldest Prince of Odacia was not on her agenda nor was making a deal with him.

She decided to leave her family and move to the capital hoping things would be easy, with the prince saying she wasn't a prisoner in his home. But then again going into the home of a long ago descended vampire family wasn't going to be easy.

Maybe to the Dracon family, dealing with someone who wanted them dead was the norm. But there is a lot more to the story than someone wanting to over throw the royal family. A much larger threat hiding behind false smiles.

Whoops, you seem to have stubbled into the Fey realm of the Spring King. Now you must: Solve his riddle, play his game, or beat his human warrior wife in single combat. The choice is yours. (I’d go with the warrior wife, if you fight well she’ll make her husband give you a cool magical item.)

𝕾𝖚𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖗 𝕲𝖎𝖗𝖑𝖘

The 𝕾𝖚𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖗 𝕲𝖎𝖗𝖑𝖘 are willowy creatures with flowing vines that slither across their bodies, they moving of their own volition and drawing delicate paintings across the girls’ skin. It is said that the movement of these markings is reminiscent of rustling leaves, but most interesting is their intoxicating scene of sugary sweets. As former mortals, the 𝕾𝖚𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖗 𝕲𝖎𝖗𝖑𝖘 understand well the pain of loss since most had no choice in their transformation, thus many turn to them for comfort so they too can become devoid of attachment.

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Transport Yourself into Fearie Land: book recs

The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe

No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, yet when the first Europeans arrived, they were already there. Dark-haired, enigmatic, and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While their origins may be lost to history, there are clues in their music, hints of their true nature buried in the songs they have passed down for generations. Private Bronwyn Hyatt returns from Iraq wounded in body and in spirit, only to face the very things that drove her away in the first place: her family, her obligations to the Tufa, and her dangerous ex-boyfriend. But more trouble lurks in the mountains and hollows of her childhood home. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, and a restless "haint" lurks nearby, waiting to reveal Bronwyn's darkest secrets. Worst of all, Bronwyn has lost touch with the music that was once a vital part of her identity. With death stalking her family, Bronwyn will need to summon the strength to take her place among the true Tufa and once again fly on the night winds…

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue

Inspired by the W.B. Yeats poem that tempts a child from home to the waters and the wild, The Stolen Child is a modern fairy tale narrated by the child Henry Day and his double. On a summer night, Henry Day runs away from home and hides in a hollow tree. There he is taken by the changelings—an unaging tribe of wild children who live in darkness and in secret. They spirit him away, name him Aniday, and make him one of their own. Stuck forever as a child, Aniday grows in spirit, struggling to remember the life and family he left behind. He also seeks to understand and fit in this shadow land, as modern life encroaches upon both myth and nature. In his place, the changelings leave a double, a boy who steals Henry’s life in the world. This new Henry Day must adjust to a modern culture while hiding his true identity from the Day family. But he can’t hide his extraordinary talent for the piano (a skill the true Henry never displayed), and his dazzling performances prompt his father to suspect that the son he has raised is an imposter. As he ages the new Henry Day becomes haunted by vague but persistent memories of life in another time and place, of a German piano teacher and his prodigy. Of a time when he, too, had been a stolen child. Both Henry and Aniday obsessively search for who they once were before they changed places in the world. The Stolen Child is a classic tale of leaving childhood and the search for identity. With just the right mix of fantasy and realism, Keith Donohue has created a bedtime story for adults and a literary fable of remarkable depth and strange delights.

The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins

What became of magic in the world? Who needed to do away with it, and for what reasons? Drawing on myth, legend, fairy tales, and Biblical mysteries, The Last Days of Magic brilliantly imagines answers to these questions, sweeping us back to a world where humans and magical beings co-exist as they had for centuries. Aisling, a goddess in human form, was born to rule both domains and—with her twin, Anya—unite the Celts with the powerful faeries of the Middle Kingdom. But within medieval Ireland interests are divided, and far from its shores greater forces are mustering. Both England and Rome have a stake in driving magic from the Emerald Isle. Jordan, the Vatican commander tasked with vanquishing the remnants of otherworldly creatures from a disenchanted Europe, has built a career on such plots. But increasingly he finds himself torn between duty and his desire to understand the magic that has been forbidden. As kings prepare, exorcists gather, and divisions widen between the warring clans of Ireland, Aisling and Jordan must come to terms with powers given and withheld, while a world that can still foster magic hangs in the balance. Loyalties are tested, betrayals sown, and the coming war will have repercussions that ripple centuries later, in today’s world—and in particular for a young graduate student named Sara Hill. The Last Days of Magic introduces us to unforgettable characters who grapple with quests for power, human frailty, and the longing for knowledge that has been made taboo. Mark Tompkins has crafted a remarkable tale—a feat of world-building that poses astonishing and resonant answers to epic questions.

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce