October 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on December 4th, 2025
The holidays made this one run a little late, but I got there in the end! The cats helped, of course. They’re helpers.
- JoVE asked for “escaping the gloom” and got this wee painting/drawing
- SaraBeth wanted Pod as the Winter Soldier and I decided to do Bucky’s correct missing leggie and not Pod’s for the visual (sold)
- Eric prompted Muppets Haunted Mansion and I couldn’t resist Hatbox Fozzie (sold)
- Kelly asked for a witch, a pumpkin, and a dragon, and got some of each heh (sold)
- Jeff prompted “forest shuffle” and I can never do a prompt from him straight (sold)
- Lila wanted a Halloween dryad and got this lovely lady
- Amy B prompted “spoopy” so I did one of my ghosties
- Andria prompted “not my circus, not my monkeys” and well, yeah (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, eric, ghost, halloween, jefferson, jove, kelly, lila, mcu, muppets, pen and ink, poddleston, sarabeth, watercolor
September 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on November 3rd, 2025
We remembered September! Not the 21st, but close enough. It was a good range of sketches this month, with lots of cats and dragons as is the best possible way.
- Rebecca S asked for a ladybug using a typewriter and I made choices about it
- Amy B asked for an opossum and gets the “he scream at own ass” meme (if you look this up use knowyourmeme.com not google, trust me on this) (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Mal in a Statue of Liberty costume. Mal did not want this. (sold)
- Jeff prompted “spinal tap” since the new movie’s coming out, and got a spine being tapped (sold)
- Jo asked for Nightshade chasing a flower fairy
- Kelly requested a cat in a hat, and, well. That’s what she got! (sold)
- Andria wanted a hot apple cider dragon, and the dragon got a little excited
- Karla asked for a tea dragon with milk or lemon, and I went with lemon (sold)
- Nick asked for Nanamo Ul Namo, which is apparently from Final Fantasy, and gets emoji style
- JoVE asked for “plums! so many plums!” and I took her a bit literally but I had fun
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, colored pencil, copic marker, dragon, jefferson, jo, jove, karla, kelly, nick, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth
A Flutter of Fae audiobook
Posted on October 21st, 2025
The wonderful Keval Shah is back for another audiobook! The fourth Consulting Magic audiobook includes both the novel, A Flutter of Fae, but also the short story Friends in Low Places, which is the completion of the series so far!
A Flutter of Fae
Alexander Benedict-St. Albans and Julian St. Albans-Benedict are back for another book!
Fourth in the Consulting Magic series, A Flutter of Fae starts the next phase in Alex and Julian’s lives. As Guardians of the Charmer’s Way and newlywed husbands, they’re learning to function together as a household and a part of society. Alex has taken the role of Charmer while Julian is becoming a sought-after Grower, but their busy new life hasn’t gotten them out of Alex’s previous job—solving murders.
When a high elf turns up dead right in front of the Queen’s Way, Her Majesty herself requests Alex and Julian’s input on the problem. The problem is, their victim doesn’t seem to have any enemies, or even serious business interests on the human side of the way. With no clear motive and time ticking away, Alex and Julian have to live their new, complicated lives while still making time for old friends, new acquaintances, and, of course, solving the murder.
Friends in Low Places
Con and Old Sprout drop in for an unexpected visit during tea time, and they bring an unusual mystery for Alex and Julian to solve. In the course of their investigation, Julian and Alex get to explore the forest around the Source, meet some of the local fae, and consult with Cody. They solve the mystery and catch the culprit and put everything to rights just in time to spoil the kittens.
Categories: Series and Books, Words Words Words
Tags: audiobook, consulting magic
Short Magic: A Consulting Magic Short Story Collection
Posted on October 20th, 2025
This anthology contains all five previously-published Consulting Magic related stories, plus five tiny bonus shorts and three of Alys’ best recipes.
- Untrue Love: Alex’s very first case!
- Finer Points: A little monster story to go after book 1.
- Rosemary for the Holidays: Alex and Julian celebrate Solstice after book 2.
- Gifts of the Fairy Queen: A whole novella about the gifts they get after book 3.
- Friends in Low Places: A little mystery set after book 4.
PLUS!
- Posh Git: Murielle gives her early impressions of Alex.
- Change of Scenery: A flower fairy puts her two cents in.
- Blue Boy: Alys plays a prank on her disobedient human.
- A Bird’s Life: Horace has a lovely day out.
- Kitten as a Cat: What’s it like to be a fairy cat, anyway?
AND, from Alys’ cookbooks, recipes for Peach Cobbler, Hand Pies, and Saag Paneer.
These stories are intertwined with the four Consulting Magic novels, and the first one is a great way to taste test the series as a whole.
Categories: Series and Books, Words Words Words
Tags: book, consulting magic
August 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on October 2nd, 2025
Another month, another batch of sketches! I hope you’re having a lovely fall, and that the actual autumnal weather finds you with hot cider and a warm sweater, whenever it happens.
- Eric asked for a scoundrel, and Lando is last on his list! (sold)
- Jeff prompted “coffee needs coffee” and I got silly with it (sold)
- Kelly asked for trees and has three to choose from, haha, starting with this one (sold)
- And here is a second tree with an orangier sunset going on
- SaraBeth wanted a dragon and this little guy hoards dust bunnies. They’re just so cosy to nap on! (sold)
- Amy B wanted a birb, and also has two to choose from (sold)
- Jo wanted some sun to cheer her up when the weather’s grey, so here’s some tiny birds flying past a nice big sun
- Here’s tree number three, all foggy and spooky with a little crow friend
- Nick wanted the Honmoon from KPDH and I went for a rainbow version
- And here’s a borb to go with the other birb (sold)
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, copic marker, dragon, eric, jefferson, jove, kelly, nick, pen and ink, sarabeth, star wars, tree, watercolor
Guardianship of Julian St. Albans Audiobook
Posted on September 30th, 2025
It’s out! This audiobook is both the longest of the four novels AND includes the entire Gifts of the Fairy Queen novella, so it’s a whopping 15hrs long. That’s 3/4 of the existing series available now, with the final installment (for now) to come in October.
- The Courtship of Julian St. Albans – available now!
- The Apprenticeship of Julian St. Albans – available now!
- The Guardianship of Julian St. Albans – available now!
- A Flutter of Fae – audio publication date is 10/21/2025
The shorts are included with the novels, so you’ll get the whole story with no gaps left by missing related works! I for one think that was very cool of them.
Categories: Sale Post, Series and Books
Tags: audiobook, consulting magic
Ravens and Bats, Oh, My!
Posted on September 14th, 2025
Felt like doodling, did some flying things. Six ravens, two bats, and a lot of pen and ink. These were doodled pencil-free with a dip pen, and the one smudgey one was deliberately smudged with a water brush. A few of them have a little secret sparkle, but it’s hard to spot in the photo.
Categories: Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bat, crow, pen and ink, sketch
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