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Chapter 27 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on : https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

Aurora meets with Kontoti again, while the two of them sit on the edge of volcanic caldera, with a lake in the bottom.

They watch a human woman being run down by wolves, who barely makes it into the valley, but just as the wolves leap for the kill, she asks for help...

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I stumbled across a map of the Tremjara continent that shouldn’t exist. Yet, does.

When I painted the map in 2017, I went off a clean black & white map, yet here’s my starting place on top of the 2015 version of the map.

I have no memory of doing this, but love it. It captures the moment between one map and another.

More than color differentiates the 2015 and 2018 maps.

Be everwell.

TREMJARA MAP A blue and white map of the Tremjara continent on the world of Ontyre where Carrdia is in color. There are notions around the margin. The continent is roughly oval with notable exceptions, the oval tilted southwest to northeast. In the far north are the Frozen Lands, but otherwise the continent is surrounded by three oceans, the Para-Equa in the west, Terminus in the south, and Titania to the east. A long, slim peninsula, along with multiple islands, exists in the northwest. In the west and south are multiple, large islands. The southeastern peninsula is a barren wasteland with some volcanic islands off its coast. There are scattered islands up the eastern coast. The continent is roughly divided in half by mountain chains, some more extensive than others. Mountains also exist in other locations, especially the southwest. The west is heavily forested, the east a mix of forests and grasslands. The south desert. Some notable locations follow. Mythwyll in the southwest was the elfin homeland. In the west, Forstava is still the ora’ean homeland. In the east, Emprensa was once the home province of an empire. In the northeast, Draskrith is the realm of the shadow lords. Below that, and as noted, is Pannulus. At the continent’s center is nation of Carrdia. It’s surrounded by mountains, except in the west along its border with Forstava, and in the northeast. The continent’s biggest lake is located there, as is the mighty Key River.

Fresh on my — "This is my genre: Fantasy" which is my contribution to a series of articles on book genres by @alexandra and @joel

thomasrigby.com/posts/this-is-my-genre-fantasy/

Chapter 11 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on : https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Ulmoch is used to demonstrate the physical durability of demons, using more of Shaw's weapons, but the masochist demon treats the lesson like a romantic overture, enjoying the pain.

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Five stars:

Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum (2026) is a queer romantasy set at the edge of an enchanted wood somewhere near Cleveland. David Carew, a Welsh accountant has been sharing a house with a roommate with absurd name: Meredith Schwarzwelder. Meredith is a handful to live with, as is the the nearby Midnight Woods, and those two forces have kept the roommates from maintaining a third housemate for any amount of time.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/into_the_midnight_wood.html


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Cover art.

Earlier this month we went down, down, down into a Goblin Town for a orcishly deviant romantic commedia dell'arte at Cleveland ConCoction! Check back soon for more coverage including video of the full performance! We also hope to encore at Pennsic 53 this summer!

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A graphic of the books in The Way of the Wielder series. The book covers are in the center in a line (books 1-4 in order, left to right). Above them is the following text: The Way of the Wielder A Complete Romantic Fantasy Series Book One, Book Two, Book Three, Book Four* (above their respective covers) Below them is the following text: Print, indie, and KU options available on Amazon Books 1, 2, and 3 on sale for $1.99 now! (US market, limited time only) *Coming March 24, 2026 — Preorder your copy today!

is out TODAY!
Available in ebook and paperback from various retailers.
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Why is it that every time you think things can't get any worse, they do? Kara and Riptha's lives - and worse, their friendship - continue to be threatened as they travel to Punitachu to fight for the end of the war and bring peace to Faldon. But can they make it before the thing most precious to them is lost?

An image with a black background, and in the bottom left corner are the shadowed faces of a man and woman. Both are looking to the side with serious/morose expressions. At the top of the image are the words: "You're my best friend, Riptha. You've always been my best friend. Isn't that enough?" In the center of the image, in a slanted font, are the words: "It used to be." In the bottom right corner: Destinies Ablaze
"No." Clemens shook his head. "No! I can't accept that. After everything we've been through, you're just giving up? That doesn't sound like the Kara I know." "I'm out of options! I don't know how to stop him and I'm out of ideas." "Kara, if you can't stop him, then there's no one else who can. If you just give up...there'll be no one left to set us free." These words in white on a purple starry background, with a gold, swirly border on all four edges. In the upper left corner is the image of a book cover: a dark blue background with long, wavy purple flames reaching up from the bottom. In the center is a large blue gem, with the black silhouette of a M/F couple touching foreheads inside of it. In gold letters on the cover above and below the gem: DESTINIES ABLAZE At the bottom of the cover: A.M. Pennyfeather

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History 11

Pulling history into a story…

I must mention heritage, as in anyone’s past and/or family history. For many of my characters, those pasts are significant, but Riparia’s most of all, a past she doesn’t want, and that’s increasingly a burden.

This is also true of the Barnavava wizards, who spin a tale of their origins that Riparia suspects isn’t 100% true.

Be everwell.

PANNULUS MAP A black and white map of the archipelago Republic of Pannulus, which is located off the northeast coast of the Continent of Tremjara. The roughly circular island group is surrounded by the Veiled Sea to the west, Greenwall Strait to the northwest, Oln Strait to the southwest, and the Titania Ocean elsewhere. Of the over twenty islands, the primary island, Sancthor, is larger than the others combined at about sixty percent. Centered in the group, and shaped like an arrowhead, it points into the ocean. Enormous Lake Arcana is in the west, the nation’s capital, Arthune, on its eastern shore. To the south where the arrowhead narrows is the Vortex Gulf. The Mysquanmic Vortex is located there and influences all aspects of Pannulus life. The Eventide Mountains dominate its center. The next two largest islands, about equal in size, make up over thirty percent of Pannulus. Shorus, shaped like a bucking bronco, its tail to the north and head low, is in the extreme south and separated from Sancthor by the Akasha Sea. The Evertree Mountains fill its center. Subtonia Island, the fifth largest island, is between the bronco’s legs. Scurpia Island, shaped like a scorpion, its pincers facing northwest, is in the north, the Spinal Range running along its length. It’s separated from Sancthor Island by the Nevermist Sea and Ryskor Sea. Also separating Scurpia from Sancthor is Serpent Island, the nation’s fourth largest. The country’s other islands are scattered.