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Fierce – Book Cover Design Process

Every book cover to come from Cupán Fae goes through a similar design process that begins with an examination of what the book is about. In the case of Fierce, our latest anthology, we were looking at hope. Finding ‘hope’ in the book cover The book covers for the Fierce Anthologies all share a few […]

Paul Carroll 1 year ago27th October 2021

Articles Blog Writer - Paul Carroll

Why Hopepunk?

Today marks the publication of Fierce: A Hopepunk Anthology. Way back in early 2020, Cupán Fae was preparing to publish two anthologies. At the time, we didn’t expect Covid-19 to effectively shut the world, and we weren’t prepared for the fallout it would have on how we operated as a group. In the time since […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago29th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Leyla Telli

De Profundis – Day 24 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A short story by Leyla Telli. Dublin city was bustling with harried shoppers dragging their last conquests home, presents to impress their loved ones on the big day tomorrow. Cars, monstrous buses and bicycles crawled through the crowded streets, fighting for space. The air was cold and wet, clouds drifted, lazy, across the sky. Big […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Tommy Arrigan

Operation Snowblind – Day 21 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A short story by Tommy Arrigan. Jasik Thacker was cold as cold could be. He’d been hiding among the snowy bushes for hours now, waiting patiently. He huddled, he stood, he stamped around his little hideout, trying to little avail to hold some warmth inside. There wasn’t much day left by now; the winter sun […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Paul Carroll

Snow Day – Day 10 of Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar

A short story by Paul Carroll Christmas was coming. The date was marked on the calendar, encircled with a red permanent marker. In the run-up to Christmas Eve, Jack Frost’s social life was busy, and involved his peers. A couple of weeks before Christmas, the Winter Folk held their Winter Ball, an event to which […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Axel Kelly

The Professor Who Saved WinterTide – Day 8 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

“…and the fallen bridge has cut us off completely, so we can’t get any special food for WinterTide and my little brother and sister won’t get their presents this year.” Robin read again, “Please help us, Professor! Everyone says how clever you are – you invented the telephone and those Hopper machines that carry the […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

Advent Calendar Blog Short Story Writer - Mark Kielty

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 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 3 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 3 years ago24th September 2021

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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