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Marlene gets tired of Sirius pining after Remus without doing anything about it... So she pisses him off at the Gryffindor party 😅 (18 September 2022)

Background is heavily inspired by my favourite cafe in Antwerp, called The Geeky Cauldron. It has a cool fantasy themed side. (And an equally as cool, but less fitting, sci-fi side!)

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Diane Duane discusses the role food can play in fantasy and science fiction worldbuilding with examples from A DOOR INTO FIRE and SPIDER-MAN: THE VENOM FACTOR.

As part of Women in SF Month: Guestblogging today on food in worldbuilding...

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Flexibility

To fulfill the Fantasy Cafe prompt that @random-rave sent me: EdWin #28- "wow you're flexible"

ffn/ao3 (will link when I am home and post there)

Rating: M (smut ahoy my loves)

Tags: light bondage

She wasn't sure if it was the way his eyes always seemed to make her melt, or the cute blush that peppered his face when he asked if they could try something a little different this time, but she found herself agreeing before she could even register what her mouth was saying.

That was how she found herself completely naked before him, wrists tied to the bedpost and bewilderment running through her veins.

"Ed, where on earth did you get this idea?" she asked breathlessly between moans as his tongue traced patterns on her clit. This man was too damn good with his mouth, as far as she was concerned. She tugged against the restraints because damnit she just wanted to bury her fingers in his hair, but his knots were secure.

"Um well," he trailed as he lifted himself to a sitting position in all his naked glory. That traitorously handsome blush crossed his cheeks once again. "A-Al was telling me about some of the things he's been learning about in Xing. This was one of them, and I thought it would be interesting," he admitted.

"I don't know whether I should be thankful that he shared this knowledge or fearful for what that boy is learning out East," she laughed. She found it amusing that he was getting sex advice from his younger brother, but who was she to judge? Not her, that's for sure.

"This is tame compared to some of the stuff he was telling me about," he laughed as well as his hands trailed up to her breasts. Her laughs quickly turned to moans as he palmed them before lightly tweaking a nipple. She moved her leg towards his hip in an attempt to pull him closer, but he caught it with ease.

"Nuh-uh Win," he smirked. "I'm in charge this time." His grip on her leg loosened slightly and he slid his hand under her kneecap, guiding it up as he moved closer to her. Instead of wrapping her leg around his hip like normal, he continued to raise it higher as he crawled up her body. When he finally made his way to where he was positioned to enter her, her leg was pulled up, the back of her knee resting on his shoulder. There was a faint burn in her muscles, but she didn't find this position all too terrible.

"Wow, you're flexible, Win," he whispered as he peppered kisses up her jaw, teasingly rubbing himself against her opening.

"Just shut up and fuck me already," she groaned. He blinked in surprise at her forwardness, but that surprise soon turned to a wolfish smile.

"If you insist," he murmured, mouth finding hers as he swiftly thrusted into her. His kisses swallowed the moans that were rising from her as he pounded into her relentlessly. Normally their bouts of lovemaking were slow and passionate, but this frenzied side of Edward was making her blood sing for him. She resented the restrains for she wanted to rake her nails down his broad shoulders, but at the same time she loved them because they heightened the pleasure. His body being off limits to her roaming hands was driving her wild.

"Fuck Winry," he moaned and repositioned himself slightly, moving her leg higher. This angle was making her see stars, hitting spots within her that she never knew existed. "I'm close," he warned, snaking the hand that wasn't holding his weight between them to rub quick circles on her clit.

"Oh God, me too!" she cried out, moving against him as much as she could in her restrained position. Their mouths connected once more and she swallowed the grunts and groans that were pouring out of him as her tongue caressed his. She could feel herself starting to tighten around him and she could feel his movements become more and more erratic. He pulled away, kissing down her jaw and neck to her breasts, lavishing them with attention. He suckled on her nipples, and as he bit down on one of the sensitive nubs, she came hard and fast, screaming his name as her body spasmed around him. He thrusted a few more times before he groaned her name low, burying his face in her chest as he came.

She panted hard and fast as she came down from her high, body aching in a wonderful way. She looked down and saw him smiling at her sheepishly from between her breasts before he leaned up to kiss her, withdrawing himself from her.

"Jesus Win, that was, just wow," he said as he pulled back from the kiss, moving a strand of her sweaty hair from her face before leaning up to untie her.

"I know Ed, I know," she said, rubbing her wrists lightly. Her arms felt like jelly but it was good to have feeling in them again. She tucked a loose strand of his hair behind his ear as she collapsed into him, listening to his breathing and heart rate return to normal. He pulled her close, kissing her forehead as she cuddled him as they came down from their post-coital high. His eyes were starting to droop when she spoke again.

"So, what other Xingese things has Al educated you on?" she asked coyly and he felt his blood start to rush south. He rolled over so he was hovering over her once again.

"Why don't I just show you," he grinned before kissing her feverishly, more than ready to start round two.

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Patricia A. McKillip’s classic THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD is fantastic and utterly captivating

FANTASY CAFE loves Patricia A. McKillip’s World Fantasy Award-winner THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD.

Acclaimed author Patricia A. McKillip, a recipient of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, has written more than 30 novels since the publication of her first more than 40 years ago. Among the earliest of these novels is her self-described first major fantasy, THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, which won the World Fantasy Award and was selected as a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award after its release in 1974. This beloved standalone fantasy was recently re-released in trade paperback and ebook with gorgeous cover art by Thomas Canty and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger, who shares that this is her favorite book of all time and has been for more than 30 years. She also expresses her difficulty in finding words to properly describe the scope and brilliance of THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, and having just read it for the second time, I find myself in the same position. It’s a beautifully written story about a mage with a menagerie of legendary animals, and at its heart it’s about power, love and hate, choice—and Sybel herself, the extraordinary heroine who becomes entangled in human affairs after leading a secluded life like her father and grandfather before her.

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THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD is a spellbinding novel, and like Gail Carriger wrote in the book’s foreword, I’m finding it difficult to find the words to adequately describe it. It’s a trademark McKillip book with its lovely prose, fairy tale feel, occasional moments of quiet humor, and timeless themes—and yet it’s unlike anything else I’ve read. (Of course, that uniqueness in itself is trademark McKillip!) It twists and turns and doesn’t end up where one may expect from its beginning, and yet its path is always true to Sybel and her character. It’s fantasy complete with a kingdom, magic, intelligent and/or talking animals (including a dragon!), and emphasis on threes and sevens, and like the best stories in the genre, it’s an imaginative, immersive story about humanity that lingers in the memory long after reaching the end.

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THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD is a fantastic book with a lot to digest, yet it’s utterly captivating and never dull. It’s especially impressive how such a refined story without much action can seem so earth-shattering decades after its publication, especially in its portrayal of the heroine at its core. THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD is a stunning masterpiece of fantasy, and I suspect this will not have been my last time rereading this elegantly written novel.

My Rating: 10/10

Photo: Stephen Gold/Wikimedia Commons

Sheila Goicea at SHE’S GOING BOOK CRAZY includes the novel in her September Wrap-Up.

THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD - by Patricia A. McKillip (4.5 stars) is a lovely, whimsical read about a woman who grew up in seclusion with mythical animals. This book was actually first published back in the 1970's, and could easily be considered a classic!

For more info about THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

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Bone Universe author Fran Wilde on messing with your perspective.

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Have been working on a project - fantasy themed cafe

Have been working on a project – fantasy themed cafe

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"How can you ask me to leave him behind?"

He whispered.

"He is half of my heart, my soul

He's always been mine"

[fantasycafe]

I told the stars about you

Of How my love for you from a seedling grew

Of How you made all my dreams of love come true

Of How you make my heart race

And how straying from you makes me long for your embrace

Of How you make me smile

And of your hopeless sense of style

Of How you make me wanna do better

Of How you make me more human

Of How I wish I could put it all in a letter

So I wish I could tell you everything in my heart

Of How for you, I could be something I am not.

The stars whispered into my ear

Told me I should love without fear

And All the other reassurances I needed to hear