Library of Worlds

Cataloging and discussing books by SFE, a queer book author. Check out our links below to find out more! Site maintained by the Outlanders of the universes.

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Introductions and Masterpost:

Welcome one and all to my humble abode, our troupe's library. Most people call me Mei—you may use the same nickname. I am what's been dubbed an 'interloper'... which is a meaner way of saying that I'm a supraplanar entity they have no hope of ever defeating\~ I'll be the main person running this place. However, 'main' does not mean 'only'! We'll have the occasional outside guest, and...

I lead a troupe of little pieces I've picked up over time. I snatch them from their homeworlds with an offer they can't refuse, and they come live with me. You can find out more about them in the About section of the blog, though, this is really not the place for me to go over all of them.

Our host and lovely author goes by Sara Ferrando Estarlich (SFE for short) as her pen name, but prefers to be called Nishi, so that's what I'll be calling her. I've remained awake the longest out of anyone and been by her side the longest out of everyone that's awake right now, so you could consider me a sort of senior. A senior what, you might wonder. Well, Nishi here won the brain defense mechanism lottery as a child, giving rise to all of us (Dissociative Identity Disorder) and her rather characteristic calm demeanor (Antisocial Personality Disorder). We can really tell when we watch her write and help her out that all her marginalization tokens have influenced her deeply; the Fildegard books happened to feature a cast with many that shared the latter disorder with her, and you can see shades of the plurality even far before she realized we were here. Which, by the way, it was so obvious that we laughed at her when she found out for not realizing sooner. But she doesn't like being talked about all that much, so I'll respect her wishes and move on.

First off, we invite you to check out our current selection of Books and our full website for SFE’s works.

Here are some links to introductory posts for each of the three universes we have in our library, some of which we've had to name ourselves:

Fildegard (Part 1)

Xylaverse

Project Ichor

And here you'll find a list of relevant tags to help you navigate the blog:

Fildegard

Fildegard!Lore

Fildegard!Visual

Fildegard!Art

Fildegard!Asks

Xylaverse

Xylaverse!Lore

Xylaverse!Visual

Xylaverse!Art

Xylaverse!Asks

Ichor

Ichor!Lore

Ichor!Visual

Ichor!Art

Ichor!Asks

and if you’re looking for posts from a specific person, you can find their tags here:

!Mei, !Zeke, !Nua, !Lyra, !Violet, !Bella, !Cassidy, !Eve, !Brigid, !Frostglow, !Nightraven, !Nari, !Marla

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New Short Story!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Starspire Height Chart

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Meet Keondra! A talented biomancer who refuses to be an eldritch being's little errand boy. She’s the leading lady in today’s newly released Starspire, so grab yourself a copy and find out more about her!

Interested in learning more about Fildegard, including more art/visuals and lore? Then follow this tumblr: @outlanderarchives 🩵

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Meet Sophie! A Wolf Vampire Prince who has a habit of temporarily dying only to come back without explanation. She’s the love interest in today’s newly released Starspire, so grab yourself a copy and find out more about her!

Interested in learning more about Fildegard, including more art/visuals and lore? Then follow this tumblr: @outlanderarchives 🩵

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Ready to see what the stars have in store for our characters?

Starspire is now available for digital purchase on my site!

Buy here! and follow this tumblr to see more art, visuals and info about the characters and their world!

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“You underestimate the power of my stubborn ass.”

From the upcoming book releasing November 11th, Starspire!

(Follow this tumblr for more release info!)

Mei: Inheritor of my nemesis... I hope she is not as much of a pain as her granny.

Zeke: She may be worse. More irreverent, at least.

Mei: Ugh. Stupid fucking family.

Zeke: I take it your stomach is still bleeding from when Keo's father stabbed you.

Mei: STOP reminding me.

Zeke: Alright, alright. I do personally appreciate seeing Keo's development. It's quite interesting to watch her journey of growth and recovery.

Mei: And how she proceeds to not fix her mommy issues? Yeah.

Zeke: I asked Frosty and Bella about it, and I don't think Keo cares much about her issues with her mother anymore... But whatever helps you sleep at night.

Mei: Hmph.

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“You can judge if this bark will be followed by a bite on your own, I believe you know me well enough to hazard a guess.”

From the upcoming book releasing November 11th, Starspire!

(Follow this tumblr for more release info!)

Mei: Wolf Prince Sophie! It's been a while since I saw her. Is she king yet?

Zeke: Eventually, yes. You did not have to continue interfering with Fildegard's affairs after the incident, boss...

Mei: Technically, I was not, I simply left my previous fun little system running. They made it a disorder?

Zeke: The Academy's board decided that the behavior of Heroes qualifies as a psychiatric disorder. Given what being one does to people's minds, I'm inclined to agree.

Mei: Why are you always on their side? Isn't it fun to poke at them every once in a while?

Zeke: As a former ruler, my instinct guides me to fairness and good treatment of those weaker than me.

Mei: That noblesse oblige thing again? Your mom was pretty brainwashed about that.

Zeke: I... I'm not even going to argue with you right now. I'm just glad you finally left this universe alone.

Mei: We have new ones to toy with!

Zeke: And Sophie can finally rest...

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“I have no respect for their arbitrary social conventions. I won’t go.”

From the upcoming book releasing November 11th, Starspire!

(Follow this tumblr for more release info!)

Mei: Is this the 'ice sculpture with a pulse' the kitty cat mentioned?

Zeke: Yes, and it's a wonder those two together don't make the friend group explode.

Mei: They're still friends, so there's still time.

Zeke: The Academy is too effective.

Mei: Ugh. Unfortunately. What did they do to end up there?

Zeke: Well, they were admitted voluntarily, but besides that, manslaughter. They didn't mean to end his life.

Mei: Do they regret it?

Zeke: Obviously not. You can't really ask that of them.

Mei: True, I guess. Is she normal besides that?

Zeke: Mostly. She was in the Veiled Hand with Keo, though.

Mei: Fun, did they murder babies?

Zeke: I wish you were less morbid.

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Looking for some trans woman sapphic fiction? Or perhaps a found family of women with uncommonly depicted disorders? Would you like a reluctant leading lady who most definitely did not sign up for all the twists life is throwing at her?

Then check out the upcoming book Starspire! 

An untraditional, dark fantasy, romance with all those tasty tropes usually reserved for male characters or m/f stories.

No, really, I have never read a female character written in such a way. She’s allowed to be messy and chaotic and powerful, she’s allowed to be cocky and smart. If you tend to like anti-hero male leads or have been desperately wishing for a lady like them, then Keondra is the character for you.

Her co-lead and love interest is Sophie. A trans woman vampire wolf prince who is basically a big himbo who follows Keo around like a puppy (much to Keo’s annoyance).

Enemies to lovers (except Sophie has been Miss Heart Eyes over Keo since day 1)

And did I mention, they were roommates?

At an Academy meant for those with mental disorders to help learn to handle their disorder in a healthy way.

Their soon to be cohorts and friends are Aphiwe (an African lion vampire) and Mirai (a yukionna yokai). Both of whom are rich and fun characters in their own right!

Our leading lady also has quite the complex relationship with her family, especially her adoptive grandmother (who happens to be the Mother Goddess). 

Story is both a sequel to Bloodlines of Fildegard and a prequel (told via flashbacks). But if you haven’t read that yet- you should totally check it out before Starspire releases!

Plot is a delicious mix of romance, drama and action (both the regular and spicy kinds) and has you turning pages as quick as you can!

If you love world building, then get ready for the semi-nomadic monarcho-communist animal vampire lore. (And don’t forget the various realms, locations, and other crunchy tidbits!)

And if you love romance, then get ready for the slow burn of Keo slowly letting Sophie further and further into her life. 

Oh and did I mention, the book is #ownvoices for lesbian sexuality and ASPD!

Starspire releases November 11th, so check it out and support the author by ordering from her site digitally (see this tumblr’s links!), or search your local Amazon for “Sara Ferrando Estarlich” books if you’d rather have a Kindle copy. 

More information can be found on the author’s website or this tumblr! 

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Mei asked me to do this one on my own, since she won't be able to say anything objective. This place was founded by her nemesis, after all.

So, the Academy of Cognitive Sciences and Arts is normally only referred to as "the Academy" by the inhabitants of Fildegard. To begin with, it's not quite one campus, but multiple, each geared to the needs of people who exhibit certain sets of symptoms. Students are distributed to each campus based on symptoms rather than diagnoses, because the purpose of this institution is to teach its students how to handle their symptoms.

Classes are made up of seven to fourteen students, with the former being significantly more common than the latter. All staff are graduates of the Academy and it's required that they experience the corresponding set of symptoms to whichever campus they're assigned. This is a way to "lead by example" and create hope, or in more stubborn cases, serve as living proof that it's possible to overcome the difficulties brought on by their symptoms. Student ages vary greatly, as it is not one's age that determines whether they graduate, so theoretically, a pair of classmates could be aged thirty and thirteen. Most commonly, however, due to the widespread and largely free practice of weekly therapy sessions, it's only teenagers and preteens that need specialized assistance who are sent here, particularly if they're disruptive or dangerous to themselves and/or others. Seeing as the institution was founded by Catherine Cramoisi and funded by the Church of Welkin, the architecture of the buildings is often reminiscent of the renovated remnants of various places of worship like cathedrals.

In Starspire, Keondra is sent to this place at age thirteen after taking an innocent life. She had shown strong signs of her father and grandmother's Antisocial Personality Disorder, and so her parents thought it best to enroll her, particularly with how hostile her relationship with her mother was.

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“Oh, and you're just a paragon of emotional health, aren’t you? You’re an ice sculpture with a pulse.”

From the upcoming book releasing November 11th, Starspire!

(Follow this tumblr for more release info!)

Mei: So what's the baggage with this one?

Zeke: She would probably not like if I disclosed that.

Mei: Another spicy kitten, then? Angry at the world?

Zeke: She will bite you.

Mei: She can bite me, it'll do nothing.

Zeke: She's in a rock band with the daughter of the guy who stabbed you.

Mei: Seriously? Did it have to be that bitch? Well, she must be an absolute treat to be around then.

Zeke: No one is particularly friendly other than Sophie. As for this one... she dislikes her name being used, so I've not introduced her to you by it. The Academy omits last names altogether when handling its students, too.

Mei: Bad family background, got it. Mommy issues, daddy issues, or some other flavor? Does everyone in her friend group have those?

Zeke: ... I'm not going to bother explaining that. Let's move on.

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A new meaning to the term star-crossed.

Releasing November 11th on digital and via paperback, the newest book by Sara Ferrando Estarlich is an epic story of magic and romance you won’t want to miss!

Follow this tumblr for updates on the release and if you’d like to see more from the world of Fildegard.

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Mei: Ah, my favorite place in Fildegard, Eocreth! I had Melisende give a lecture on demons here before, but man, having a map of the place is nice.

Lyra: ... I... Boss, why is the demon realm your favorite...?

Mei: Easy. I get to see some of the worst people ever! And others that overcome their vices or whatever, I guess. It's fun how each of their societies centers intrinsically around their vice, so outsiders hardly have a chance to live there at all. Kinsfolk then invent new and exciting forms of discrimination!

Lyra: That does not sound pleasant.

Mei: Well, no, not pleasant, but entertaining for sure.

Zeke: I think Melisende would not be happy with how negatively you're portraying demonkind. I find them quite admirable. When the world and their former families turned their back on them, they left to build a new home, and they built that home for no one's comfort but their own. The Pride Clan is a good example of the positivity they're capable of.

Mei: A pride demon kicked Bella once. Haha, poor soul.

Lyra: Wasn't that an accident...?

Mei: Don't know, don't care, what matters is that it was funny to watch. I'm surprised they escaped from Bella though. Very vertical clan lair.

Zeke: If the readers have any questions about demons, I think I'll be the one answering... For everyone's sake.

Mei: Aw. Fine, fine.

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Inspiring me to make my own maps better. Mapping out hell is always super fun

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I should clarify for the Wrath Clan Chieftain's sake that Eocreth is not Hell. The closest to humanity's various portrayals of Hell would be Aslari, realm of death, and the people with the closest connection to it are the citizens of the Vampire States. Eocreth is a smaller realm and the youngest of them, created to be a safe place where demons could settle down away from the abuse and segregation they faced in Flauvrane (which would be what you may consider the "normal" realm that once looked like the world you know).

If you have questions, we are always pleased to answer. Apologies for the correction, but Melisende can get rather passionate about defending demonkind, and it is our job as librarians to at least try to make them comfortable.

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Left to right for the top image, Fynn Orhan Cramoisi, Darcelle O'Carroll Larkin, and Keondra Cramoisi Orhan, from Bloodlines of Fildegard.

(Art by @evocats)

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Is this my excuse to put Fynn in a stupid hat? Maybe.

Anyways, check out these two siblings in Bloodlines of Fildegard!