Awenia
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One Season Visits Another
Short Stories Daughter of winter, child of snowI have come to dance with you See me in your crystal ringDancing while the mushrooms sing Your magic wells are my wells tooI’ll even make a wish for you No need to fear; my wish is trueI’d never play a trick on you See the crystal path… Continue reading
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The “Borrower”
From Lira: It seemed like only moments ago that I walked out of that strange gallery. I was thinking of the Awenian skyline, trying to imagine I was back there, and it seemed a gust of wind came up, and I had that dizzying feeling I am learning to associate with portal travel and Realm-hopping.… Continue reading
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Dreams Are Private Myths
From Gwyneth: I am not really back. I know I’ve been silent for a while, but things aren’t getting any better over in The Author’s corner, and since I’m the closest one of us to her, I pick up on all of it. Nathaniel and I have been spending our holiday on the Island of… Continue reading
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No Rest For The Virtuous
From Friðrós: So. Her Fae Majesty is on strike or something. All anybody knows is that she had some kind of argument with The Author and took herself (and her Consort Nathaniel) off to some island for a “holiday”. Right as the season change from Summer to Autumn was meant to take place in Awenia.… Continue reading
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Paradox
From Lira: Sometimes I think I’m losing my mind, which is weird, because my mind is really all I have. It’s all I’m good at. One minute, I was trying to hone this “second sight” thing, and then with no warning, I found myself in some kind of tunnel. Well, not exactly a tunnel. I… Continue reading
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Diplomacy Road
From Gwyneth: I don’t mind handling the various diplomatic responsibilities of my role. I knew these would be a reality when I decided to create a Realm that would be a bridge between the Fae Realms and the more mundane worlds out there. Still, particularly when the diplomatic season is just starting to heat up… Continue reading
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Awenia and Work
From Friðrós: Well, Fae Awenia is now Home, whatever that means. I’m getting the lay of the land, learning the way from here to there and back again, for whatever that might be worth. For my first job, Her Majesty assigned me to get the new Fae Court building into shape, make sure it all… Continue reading
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Return Of The Light
I think we choose to celebrate darkness, madly and wildly, until it catches us deeply and seems unwilling to let us go. Once darkness has had you like that, you end up either celebrating it even more wildly, or retreating, as I have done, into a more peaceful world. I am aware of the unimaginable… Continue reading
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An Extra Place at the Table
It is October in Awenia. And so we watch the world change, and sometimes we make the world change, as our magical year turns toward its ending. And yes, we believe that inside all endings there are also beginnings, and that is how we see the world on a wheel. Our Three Realms, Land, Sea,… Continue reading
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Show & Tell
It was my favourite part of primary school. Show & Tell Day. At our primary school, it was on a Tuesday, and you had to tell the teacher ahead of time if you were going to bring something and it couldn’t be alive or have any allergens, so that peanut-eating hamster was totally out. ‘Who has… Continue reading
About Me
Narrators Gwyneth, The Amazing Catwoman, Friðrós, Lira, and whoever else springs out of The Author’s head, live in the parallel universe of Second Life. You can read their stories here, or just scroll down to see what they were wearing in the pictures.
Gwen Enchanted is a story blogger, a fantasy fashion blogger, and a thoughtful in-world photographer.
Absolutely no generative AI is ever used in these creations, whether they be photographic or writing. Gwen holds a Master’s in creative writing, years of experience as a graphic designer, and can speak extemporaneously in iambic pentameter, among other things. In world, she operates, with her partner Kela Smash, a little shop called /safe for mortals/, where you can get super nifty face art and tattoos, all of which are hand drawn or properly licensed for sale (and she will show you the receipts if you like).
Caution: contains poetry.
