Dark Dracs, Musical Cosmology and Alchemy

Folkloric Devilry is getting juicy and Robert Fludd is providing design inspiration

Jun 10, 2026

Folkloric Devilry

I have to say at this stage, I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had with the series in Folkloric Devilry. As this is the last book, it’s clear (to me at least!) what has to happen, and what needs wrapping up.

Old faces are returning, and it wouldn’t be a Folkloric book without Camille going through some kind of emotional trauma.

Let’s just say, the fact that Lucas turns into a revolting creature from the abyss has most definitely not been resolved in Camille’s head. Camille, it’s time you faced the facts, girl. This oh so handsome and yet terribly awful creature is not going away. Will she dare face the darkness?

Folkloric Guile Audio

It’s almost out! Hooray. Liz May Brice did an amazing job as always. My favourite character voice this time were the Bruxes (witchy creatures of chaos). It always astounds me how she can sound like ten different people in the space of a chapter. Anyway, watch this space, I’ll let you know when Audible has finished processing it.

What I’m Doing When I’m Not Working on Folkloric Devilry…

I’ve always done some kind of artwork on the side, though writing is my first love. So doing The Piano Tuner’s Song collector’s edition for Kickstarter is such a lovely project. When I’ve done enough writing or editing for one day, I can work on these.

The contemporary fantasy has a musical cosmology and features ancient esoteric lore, which means I have lots of source material to work with for the design.

For example I’ve used Robert Fludd’s old alchemical illustration to create black-on-white double paged spreads for the beginning of each part (the parts are titled, A E I O and U. The vowels are in a magical old song featured in the book). There’s still some work to do on these, but you can see what I’m up to…

A double page spread of part title pages for The Piano Tuner's Song, featuring Fludd's alchemical illustration and an extract from the book.

What I’m also doing…

Uh, this… because a writer’s gotta have a break, right? The Dog and Rabbit Cafe might even rival Pyrenees’! It’s that friendly, and the cake is unbelievable.

Pictures of a local cafe, the Dog and Rabbit. — I found a lovely new-to-me place, The Dog and Rabbit Cafe!

The Piano Tuner’s Song Kickstarter Collector’s Edition

(Including Promo and Review Copies)

The Piano Tuner's Song Kickstarter banner featuring collector's edition books.

For those who don’t know, Kickstarter is a platform where authors (and other creatives) run limited time campaigns for amazing projects that make available beautiful special edition books.

If you love stunning books with sprayed edges, foiling and all the extras, it’s the best place for it. There are also lots of other creative projects on there too.

You can visit The Piano Tuner’s Song prelaunch page here and find out more about the collector’s edition I’m preparing. Click the ‘notify me on launch’ button to follow and get updates.

I’m doing an ARCs (free advanced reader ebook copies) of the collector’s edition for anyone who’d like to review on Amazon, Goodreads or other places, and also do a bit of promo, whether that be via word of mouth or socials.

Find out more and sign up here.

For those who have already signed up, thank you very much! I can’t wait to get the book to you. It will be my main goal once the audio for Guile is complete (a couple of weeks hopefully).

Audio Review Copies of the Folkloric Series…

Including Folkloric Guile

This is the last week I’ll have these available.

I’ll be sending vouchers out likely next week for books 1-4. Guile will follow shortly when Audible has approved it.

Find out more and register interest for your Audible review voucher here.

(Estimated release date and when the vouchers will be sent: late June)

If you’d like to listen and review any of the series, I have copies available on a first-come-first-served basis. (I only have a limited number of vouchers that Audible provides).

It’s not necessary to have listened to all the series on audio, you could dip in and out—read book one, listen to book two etc., but it’s a true series, so you’ll be missing out if you don’t read or listen in order.

The Folkloric Series Audio Review Vouchers (Audible)

(Vouchers will be sent out within the next couple of weeks)

The Folkloric (book one) Audible voucher.

The Folkloric Lure (book two) Audible voucher.

The Folkloric Ruse (book three) Audible voucher.

The Folkloric Trickery (book four) Audible voucher.

The Folkloric Guile (book five)—coming soon—Audible voucher.

Only available for those with UK or US audible accounts.

With love, until next time!

Karenza

For those of you who haven’t read Folkloric yet, the series can be found here. And the prequel novella eBook Folkloric Fae is available as my gift to you on subscribing to my mailing list.

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Of Masks and Iron book cover, sample available to download.

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