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Story for the Day: A Sore Loser

Prince Draeden, Alasdair's father, is hailed to be the best gamester on the Southern Continent. His winning at Ardri, Fidchell, and Brandubh is legendary, so much so that the one time he visited the Ardent Tench, he was banned for life for winning too much. He is also known for being talking incessantly without much provocation.

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Story for the Day: A Game of Cards

Playing cards is a favourite pastime amongst nearly everyone on the Continents, and while there are many gambling halls dedicated to card games, the most fervent of matches is always played at the Diras castle keep.  Young Vyrdin, wishing he had a deck of cardsAn hour was gone before Alasdair realized he had been dueling with Vyrdin at cards for that long, and though he was always eager for a new card game an...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

New #book: Baba Connridh

Art by the one and only TwiskBaba Connridh, the new book in the Frewyn Fables series, is now available! Here is the description:

Gran Mara Connridh, known to her few friends as Baba, is Frewyn's oldest farmer.

She spends her days marching over her fields with her cat at her side, throwing stones at children, frightening her neighbours, and avoiding unwanted visitors by telling them exactly what she thinks about them when they should happen to stop by. All is prepared for the coming harvest on...

Story of the Day: Of Gods and Grandmas - Baba Connridh

Baba Connridh, the novella about Gran Mara Connridh and her magic knitters, will be out this coming Tuesday. Here is one last look at now Baba gets the gods to work miracles in her favour and peel the potatoes: 
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#MothersDay Sneak Peek: New Frewyn Fables Book

Gran Mara Connridh, the book about Baba Connridh and her magical knitters, will be out in two weeks! Until that time, here is a special look at one of the later chapters and the cover art:


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Story for the Day: The Phuca

The Fey of Frewyn have many different factions, made up of several different species. There are pixies and nixies, were-folk and lesens, but the most interesting of all the Fey are the phucas. Their females are small and sweet, timid and tremulous, and while they are consider entirely harmless, their males, especially when looking for a mate, are nothing to cavil at.


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Story for the Day: The Bad Neighbours

There are good neighbours and bad neighbours, and while bad neighbours might be decent people, their noise will make them offensive, especially when the noise is that of ten wanton children. 


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Story of the Day: Menor, God of the Mountains

The mountains along Frewyn's western boarder are named after Menor, The Fourth Son of Diras. Unlike his older brothers, he is a rather diffident God, preferring to perform miracles and visit his children in secret. He quietly defies Frannach, gets on well with Borras, and brooks Aoidhe's incessant japery with all the endurance that being a youngest brother can imply. 
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Story of the Day: A Godly Visit

Not everyone has the ear of the Gods. While those who follow the Word, read the Good Book every Gods' Day, and say their prayers to their patron deities might receive a hint or two in return for devotion, there are those who see the Gods more as friends than beings of worship-- or in Gran Mara Connridh's case, beings of annoyance, who exist only to plague her mind and ruin her work in the field.

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Story for the Day: Gran Mara Connridh

This month's novella will be about the infamous Baba Connridh, the old hero who speaks to the Gods and fights evil fey with iron knitters. Join our Patreon page now, and receive the novella at the end of the month:

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