𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 human instinct to ostracize the unknown; for owls, as creatures of the night, they're believed to bring bad omens and death. Children are taught to be weary of them and adults fear them. But as you peer deeper into the owl's wise and strikingly large eyes, you begin to uncover the truth. __________ This is strictly only a graphic portfolio purely for showcasing purposes. © Farley Kingston 2023 Graphics created by ©Farleykins

WATTY'S 2022 SHORTLIST🏅A Qing Dynasty Snow White fairytale retelling with a Princess Mononoke twist. Featured on @Wattpad's Fantasy Adventures reading list and @WattpadExplorer. ***** Snow is anything but the submissive princess the Jade Palace expects her to be. Her foster mothers find her impossible, her royal tutor labels her incorrigible, and she recently threatened to shave her head if she were forced to marry. When the Empress presents her with an opportunity to go on the imperial spring hunt with the princes and her not-so-secret crush, Prince Erden, Snow jumps at the chance. Who knew that that would lead to an assassination attempt, a harrowing escape, and her getting hopelessly lost in a dark forest during a thunderstorm--with no survival skills whatsoever. The only things she has to help her survive are lots of moxie and latent magical powers she inherited from her deceased mother. Oh, and an ethereally white fox that led seven old dwarves to her. With the Empress's malicious intent now revealed, Snow must discover her true strength, who her mother really is, and what magical powers she wields, in order to find her way back to Erden. If she fails, she might never see him again and die a lonely old crone in the mountains. . . or get murdered anyway when the bloodthirsty Empress--said to have fantastical powers of her own--comes for Snow. This beautiful cover is AI-generated by moi :D || 11x featured || Highest ranking: 1st in #asianfantasy 2nd in #yafantasy 1st in #retold 1st in #chinesemythology 4th in #retelling 9th in #fairytaleretelling 13th in #snowwhite 21st in #fairytale

The King of England will stop at nothing to prevent the fulfilment of a prophecy he receives whilst at war in Scotland. Even if that means committing genocide against the Celtic people. Armed with the power of the Celtic Deities they have descended from, can the Scottish Clans fight back the King's advance... or will they succumb to his might? The newly appointed Knight Commander of the King's Army, Firmin, leads the charge against the Scottish beasts. Firmin is beginning to realise that the path to peace cannot be charted through war... but his King's bloodlust grows with the passing of every battle. How can a Knight find happiness when he has sworn an oath to a King that will never be able to satiate his hunger for power? ***** REVIEWS. "A striking and exceptional fiction" - Risa's Review Shop "Prophecy of Kings is a well paced, original, and imaginatively creative work" - CLmauve "An extraordinarily written book" -WriterofStarlight ***** Featured by @StoriesUndiscovered in July 2022 My cover was designed by the talented @JordanTheScribe go check him out, he is writing an excellent Fantasy novel called "The Land of Blood" Started on March 4th 2022. I plan on updating this story regularly till completion. Your votes, comments and suggestions are always welcomed!

[2021 WATTYS Winner] Giovanna joins a handsome nobleman to save a friend from an arranged marriage, but they discover a plot that may have victims of Venice's Black Death rising from their graves. * * * As a child, Giovanna Visconti learned the arts of bloodletting and elixir brewing from her father with an intent to simply support his work, not take it over. But when he falls ill from the pestilence that's been ravaging Venice for months, she reluctantly dons the beaked mask of the plague doctor. Vowing to protect her father however she can, Giovanna hides him away and sees her first patient--the handsome, but alarmingly feverish Matteo Barozzi. Although she successfully treats this son of a high-ranking official, in a careless moment Giovanna fails to properly conceal her identity. The only reason she isn't tossed into a dank jail cell is thanks to the young man's honor and feelings of indebtedness. The association between the charming aristocrat and the clever commoner should end there, but when Giovanna's dearest friend goes missing right after her betrothal to the Doge's son and amid strange reports of nighttime attacks, violent commotions, and inexplicable behaviors in the community, the only person Giovanna can turn to for help is Matteo. Together, they must carefully navigate Venice's increasingly deadly canals to uncover a sect peddling false cures and a smuggling plot involving the highest levels of government or risk the entire Republic falling victim to something even worse than the plague: the risen dead. Historical Fiction with Fantasy Elements THE BORGIAS X FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH * * * WATTYS 2021 winner for Historical Fiction and special HQ prize for "Catchiest Hook" AMBYS 2022 winner for Best Zombie story Content Warning for adult situations including assault and death.

(Scarecrows of Coldharbour Farm #1) WINNER Wattys 2021 | '...adorable and heartbreaking...' Erin loved to build scarecrows. She made a dozen in all. Her Pa showed her how. But he's dead now. Everyone is dead. The Many Years Storm saw to that. Terrified and alone, Erin endured the storm in her hilltop farmhouse. She watched the sea levels rise, flooding everything in sight, washing away all but one of her scarecrows, Number Twelve. Then, on the day the rain stopped, Twelve inexplicably came to life and jumped down from her cross. No sooner had Erin told Twelve about her eleven missing sisters, they decided to build a boat and set out across The Endless Blue to find them all.

Inspired by the 12th century tale written by Marie de France, Bisclavret is a gothic paranormal romance. It's set during the height of the French Revolution, and tells the story of a young maid named Isabelle who flees with the noble family she serves to a remote corner of the country, where the forest is twisted and legends still stalk the night.