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George’s Christmas Present – Day 6 of Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar

A short story by Mark Kielty. We run a tight ship here at the North Pole. Because to travel around the world in one night is no easy task. We all have our roles to play to make it happen. We’ve got the workshop-elves, who make and wrap the presents. We’ve got the elves at […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Review Writer - Roisin Tuohy

Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 5, How Not to Write a Novel

How not to write a novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman is one of my most thumbed books. I don’t say that lightly. It’s got a big crease down the spine and more than a few loose pages. Most advice books tell you what to do. This one, as the name suggests, tells you […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Writer - Quinn Clancy

Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 4, Notebooks by Cuttlefish Studio

Every writer loves getting notebooks, however when they get the fancy and gorgeous notebooks then some can feel guilty about putting scribbles in them and they sit waiting on their bookshelves for that ‘perfect’ story or poem. I’m majorly guilty of this, which is why I loved these reusable notebook covers when I saw them. […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Tommy Arrigan

Operation Walrus – Day 3 of Cupán Fae’s Advent Calendar 2019

A short story by Tommy Arrigan. [This story is dedicated to the bayakou of Haiti] Santa Claus sighed. He missed the old days. How had it come to this? Progress, that was the problem. Modernisation. More, more, more of, well, everything really, had forced the world into this new way of being. So many people […]

Paul Carroll 4 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Writer - Paul Carroll

Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 2, The Winter Folk

There’s something in the way that the first snow falls, As the Ice Queen makes her entrance to the Winter Ball, Where Jack Frost is in waiting with a chill down his back As the Winter Folk start gathering to form a little pack, And the wait begins for old Saint Nick to come into […]

Paul Carroll 4 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Articles Blog Writer - Paul Carroll

Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 1

Christmas is practically around the corner. Many of us spent the last month taking part in NaNoWriMo, so we’re looking forward to winding down for a while. Not one to go quietly into the night, we’ve assembled an advent calendar of blog posts and short stories to count down the days. We have a ton […]

Paul Carroll 4 years ago24th September 2021

Articles Blog

6 Christmas Reads to Get You in the Mood

With Christmas right around the corner, I turned to the Cupán Fae Facebook group to ask for recommendations of books to read to get in the mood for the upcoming holiday. With a couple to throw in myself, here are six Christmas reads! 1. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett IT’S THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH AND IT’S […]

Paul Carroll 4 years ago

Blog Interviews Writer - Paul Carroll

5 Questions with Paul Carroll

Our debut anthology Dublin’s Fierce City launches at Octocon tomorrow! Today, we’re interviewing Paul Carroll, who will be part of the launch team. 1. What genre do you like to write in most? Broadly speaking, fantasy and a bit of light sci-fi, but that’s never set in stone. My books lean towards the supernatural or mythical, while […]

Paul Carroll 5 years ago24th September 2021

Blog Interviews Writer - Kat Dodd

5 Questions with Kat Dodd

We’re getting close to the launch of Dublin’s Fierce City at Octocon. This interview is with one of the authors who will be helping launch the book: Kat Dodd! 1. What genre do you like to write in most? I tend to hang out mostly in Sci-Fi/Fantasy. In both, it tends more towards “like real life but […]

Paul Carroll 5 years ago24th September 2021

Blog Interviews Writer - Axel J Sparrow

5 Questions with Axel J Sparrow

The launch of Dublin’s Fierce City is getting closer. We’re back with another interview, this time with Axel J Sparrow! 1. What genre do you like to write in most? Fantasy, usually concerning worlds other than our own. I do dabble in sci-fi from time to time, but high fantasy is where my heart is. 2. Which […]

Paul Carroll 5 years ago24th September 2021