Nathaniel Ballard

August 27, 2018

Book Forest Expanded (The Changing Landscape of Awenia, 4)

I watched out the window as the boundaries of the Book Forest expanded. It’s funny, when things like this happen: you don’t actually see things moving—it’s just that a few seconds, or minutes, or hours later, you note that something has changed position. The Book Forest is its own entity. It began as a concept in my Continue reading

A second life in pictures, Awenia

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April 28, 2017

Deer and Loafing in the Fairelands

It all started one night, early in the Great Fantasy Faire, when I and some of my favourite beings had arranged to meet at a favourite skin-painter and fantasy clothing and jewellery maker, The Plastik. I arrived first, of course (I’m always early, despite what they say about me). The atmosphere inside the store in the Continue reading

A second life in pictures, Annual Fairelands ROMP, Fantasy Faire 2017, Gwyneth

Arahaelon, Dyisi, Fantasy Faire, FF 2017, Gwen Enchanted, Kaelis Ember, Kitori Unplugged, Lilacor, lrriven, Moxy Macbeth, Nathaniel Ballard, The Plastik, wren
March 25, 2017

Rage Quit?

The Atrium was eerily quiet when I returned. I wanted it that way, or that’s what I thought. I was surprised to see four tiny unicorns—well, three alicorns and one unicorn, but who’s counting? I had a lot to think about. See, I think I mentioned I was planning on leaving the Wylds. And I know Continue reading

A second life in pictures, Gwyneth, Roleplaying, White Owl

Black Light Studios, Elysium, GA/EG, Garden of Dreams, Half Deer, Jian, Lumae, LumiPro, Lybra, Maitreya, Mesange, Nathaniel Ballard, Noble Creations, O.M.E.N., Olive, Pink Rayne, Second Spaces, Swallow, Sweet Lies, Sweet Poison, Vista, Wasabi Pills, {e}lusive design
February 25, 2017

Vagabond: Or,The Coming of the King

Enticing the Gypsy Davey to set up a residence in Faerie again wouldn’t be easy. You’d need a special place, for an erstwhile Rom Baro. You’d need a place like Vagabond. I hesitated at the door. The boys had spent the last couple of days putting together what they promised would be a vardo fit for a baro, but Continue reading

A second life in pictures, The Gypsy Davey, White Owl

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September 12, 2016

The Farthingdale Landing

The lads had already set up the fortunetelling tent and card stand, and of course my vardo, before I arrived. I’ve been travelling, you see, which is a large part of what I do… well, that and wooing women, of course. We are all of us bound by our stories, and in many ways, although I Continue reading

A second life in pictures, The Gypsy Davey

7 Deadly s{K}ins, Analog Dog, Atea, Body & Soul, Catwa, Death Row Designs, FateStep, Floor Candy, IKON, Ison, Kei’s, Lost Junction, LumiPro, LUXE Paris, Mandala, Nathaniel Ballard, No Match, SLink, Spoonful of Sugar, Stormwood, Studio Skye, Sways, Sweet Revolutions, Trompe Loeill

About Me

Narrators Gwyneth, The Amazing Catwoman, Friðrós, Davi, 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 Gwyneth was wearing when she wrote it.

Gwen Enchanted is a story blogger, a fantasy fashion blogger, and a thoughtful in-world photographer.

Caution: contains poetry.