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October 2025 Sketch Cards
Thursday, 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
A Flutter of Fae audiobook
Tuesday, 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
Monday, 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
Thursday, 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
Tuesday, 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
July 2025 Sketch Cards
Wednesday, 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
Thursday, 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
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