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
July 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on September 10th, 2025
Everything’s running a little late here, Mr. Poddleston had surgery but is recovering nicely, and now all is well. Enjoy the belated sketches!
- SaraBeth asked for Murderbot and gets the must uncomfortable pose I could manage for it (sold)
- I did a stormy-sky tree because I could, with marker on the transparent yupo “paper”
- Jefferson prompted, “100!!…in a row?” and got this weird thing (sold)
- Andria gets this scribbly white squirrel
- Amy B got a murderous mongoose (sold)
- Cole asked for a peaceful landscapey thing and this is as close as I get haha
- Kelly asked for a dragonfly, and got this one guy, though I kind of want to do more of these so feel free to ask again 😉 (sold)
- Eric asked for Han Solo or Lando, and gets Han this time. Lando next I guess! (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted to belatedly celebrate birthday things, and so did this kitten
- JoVE asked for a fairy godmother and got this cheerful lady!
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, andria, cat, cole, copic marker, eric, jefferson, jove, kelly, murderbot, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth, star wars, tree
Friends in Low Places
Posted on August 28th, 2025
A new Consulting Magic short story is out now! Friends in Low Places is the 5th short story in this universe, and is set after the 4th novel, A Flutter of Fae.
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: book, consulting magic
May 2025 Sketch Cards
Posted on July 29th, 2025
After doing June in June, we finally have May in July! If that’s confusing, think how I feel trying to keep track.
- SaraBeth asked for a cherry custard tart from Diffidence and the Rift, and gets a bonus leaf-plate with it. (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “bird talk!” and gets, well, this joke. (sold)
- Eric prompted “olo” which is a new color made by lasers, and I went kinda abstract with it since I had a watercolor bookmark laying around for reasons. (sold)
- Amy B asked for a skrungle and she has received. (sold)
- JoVE asked for “dawn chorus” and gets some little brown birds at dawn in rather abstracted trees.
- Rhonda wanted some spring flowers, so have a little breath of the cooler, better previous season.
- Kelly gets not only purple but also an experiment gone wrong, done experimentally on both sides of this translucent yupo. (sold)
- Lila asked for something with hockey and trees, so here’s the after-practice pond waiting for someone to come back and play. (sold)
- Rebecca S asked for Space Whales and so here are the purrgil from Star Wars.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, cat, crow, eric, flower, jefferson, jove, kelly, lila, pen and ink, rebecca s, rhonda, sarabeth, star wars, trees, watercolor
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