My name’s Ari and I’m an independant author of fantasy novels.
I live in the south-east of England, near the coast, with my demon of a cat, and my mum (Who is two parts flat-mate, and one part alpha-reader!).
When I’m not writing, or drowning myself in coffee, I’m probably gaming or trying to resurrect my high school sewing skills to make my own clothes. Making my own clothes is a relatively new venture, but something I’ve always wanted to do. So, it’s a work in progress, but I have hope!
If you'd like to check out my other social media platforms, all the links can be found via my Website or my Linktree.
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Check out my current book series below, and then beneath the Read More to see which projects I have lined up next!
The Fey Touched Trilogy is my debut series. It is a New Adult Contemporary Fantasy with elements of a portal fantasy and romance subplots.
Prequel, 'Whatever Happened to Madeline Hail?' -; Available exclusively to my newsletter subscribers.
Book One, 'Changeling' -; Available at most online retailers in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.
Book Two, 'Darkling' -; Available from June 21st 2026, at most online retailers in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.
Book Three, 'Fey Touched' -; Coming Soon
Seasonal Special, 'Once Upon A Fey Touched Holiday' -; Coming Soon
Fey Touched Dedicated Sideblog
Future Projects
Working Title: Into The Greenwood
This is a stand alone, adult, fairytale retelling, with strong Romantasy Elements. Into The Greenwood (Working Title) is a Robin Hood retelling, but with magic.
Stolen Stories Series
Prequel - The Lost Mosswolf
Book One, 'Stolen'
Book Two, 'Takeover'
Book Three, 'Origin'
Book Four, 'Loyalty'
Book Five, 'Untitled'
Book Six, 'Untitled'
Stolen is an epic romantasy series focussed on a pair of warring thieves guilds, and how the main character, Stella, gets herself wrapped up in the middle of a turf war entirely by accident. Drama and romance ensue!
Stolen Stories Dedicated Sideblog
Rumours & Reputation
This is a stand alone, adult, Grimdark Romantasy.
This project is still firmly in the outlining phase.
The Fellfire Volumes are a Grimdark Romantasy series, and also a co-write project with my best friend, @faelanvance. Since it's a co-write project, we have a shared blog @fellfire-volumes.
At the moment we anticipate the series being about 6-8 books.
The Chronicles of Verald
My most intimidating project to date. I anticipate this epic romantasy to be about 10-books long, but I've also not allowed myself to sit down and full outline this one just yet because of how huge I anticipate it being.
There's a powerful female lead, a morally grey MMC romance, and a love story that spans a lifetime... or two.
Check out my Instagram the_masked_preserver (my Instagram page for said projects) for more!
In Ipsom Forma- The Body Horror webseries about seven people (One girl (the host) and six guys) sharing one body (to be more specific, one brain) via an EXTREMELY taboo procedure known as Brain-Grafting. This will have comedic elements at times ... But it's going to veer in the darker territory.
Arnie's Horror Manor- A SPOOKTACULAR Comedy series about a haunted manor owned by a Ghoul named Arnold Mackintyre (AKA Arnie), and his staff whom work within the Manor. This is a full-stop comedy with horror mixed in!
Alley Of Dolls- I took the original concept I had and changed it around a bit ... It's still about a masked cult trying to reach the masses... But in my series, they're going to use music and videos... And it's going to be horror, but with a hint of comedy! (Edit: Update. This project concept is being paused or maybe even shelves, I'm taking the concept and using it for something else entirely...)
These will mainly be on the Instagram Page... But I do intend to post them here as well (OF COURSE I WILL)
First of all, let's get the 'hello's' out of the way! My name is Ari! I'm a fiction writer in her thirties based in the South-East of England.
I live with my mother and my cat, and spend my days wandering through the fantasy worlds that I've created, and drinking copious amounts of coffee.
While Tumblr is my primary social media platform I'm also on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok amongst others. If you'd like to follow me on any of those platforms, you can find links to my profiles via my website; www.aristaholmes.weebly.com
I also have a newsletter you can subscribe to! I send out bi-monthly updates, one around the 15th-17th of the month, including sneak peeks or behind the scenes snippets of my projects, and a second newsletter around the end of the month containing an exclusive piece of Flash Fiction.
If you'd like to be the first to know about ARC opportunities, see my cover reveals, or hear about sale prices on my books, then signing up to my newsletter is the way to go.
For the moment, my newsletter is also the only place you can get your hands on "Whatever Happened to Madeline Hail?" the short prequel to my Fey Touched Trilogy.
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My current list of projects can be found below the cut. If you'd like to be added to my general tag list just comment on this post, if you're interested in a specific project the best way to be kept up to date is to follow the dedicated side-blog.
Each of the dedicated side blogs will contain all project specific content, either posted there directly or reblogged there from here. Dedicated side blogs will contain world building notes, prompt fills, tag games containing project content, and/or snippet shares.
I'm Arista Holmes, and this is a side blog to collect together all the posts and content I produce on my main account for my portal fantasy
Fey Touched Trilogy;
Prequel - Whatever Happened To Madeline Hail?
(Exclusive to my Newsletter Subscribers)
Book One - Changeling
(Available for Purchase Now)
Book Two - Darkling (Due for Release 2026 - Reasson: Editing Funds)
Book Three - Fey Touched (Due for Release 2026)
Seasonal Special - Once Upon A Fey Touched Holiday (Due for Release 2026)
The Fey Touched Trilogy is a New Adult Portal/Contemporary Fantasy and my debut series. Book One, Changeling, was published on March 16th 2023 as a birthday present to my mum, and the second book, Darkling, is expected to be published in 2026.
Tag List: @/jezifster @/ettawritesnstudies
Changeling Blurb
Fey go missing in the mortal realm. Everyone knows that.
When Lizzy's mother is the next to vanish she is expected to grieve and move on. Instead Lizzy wants to find out what happened, but the answers she seeks can't be found in the fey realm of Arbaon. With the help of her best friend, Booker Reed, Lizzy is determined to retrace her mother's final steps, straight through an illegal portal and into the mortal realm.
Whatever leads she expected to find, it wasn't an academy of vampires, and a world stalked by their rabid cousins, the kavians. Forced to rely on the vampires for protection, and secluded away behind the high walls of Speculo School, it quickly becomes clear that not everyone is pleased with Lizzy and Booker's investigation.
​With danger building the further they dig, the two fey need to decide if the answers they seek are worth risking their lives for. The longer they remain with the vampires, the more Lizzy begins to suspect that her answers instead lie amongst the deadly kavians.
A stand alone novel, 'Faith of the Grim' is an Urban Fantasy that will follow the story of Krysis, a grim reaper who seeks an end to the monotony of her eternal life.
When she stumbled across a paramedic who can catch the souls of his patients and revive them from the brink of death, her curiosity over finding something new and interesting could lead her to stumble into more trouble than she can handle.
Anticipated release date;
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2027 Project
I'm Arista Holmes, and this is a side blog to collect together all the posts and content I produce on my main account for my romantic epic f
Stolen Stories;
Prequel - The Lost Mosswolf
Book One - Stolen
Book Two - Takeover
Book Three - Origin
Book Four - Loyalty
Book Five - Unnamed
Book Six - Unnamed
Stolen is the project of my heart. Book one's first draft is currently complete and sitting at around 140k words and I anticipate the subsequent books to be of equal size.
Stolen is a Romantic Fantasy series that follows the main character, Stella Korazon, as she fights to find her place in the ever turbulent world of Moryann.
Anticipated Release; 20276-2029, two books a year.
It had been a long couple of weeks for Stella Korazon.
When a simple pickpocket job goes horribly wrong and sends her entire life spinning into chaos, Stella must figure out how to navigate the treacherous world of Moryann alone.
Finding herself in the City of Antillune Stella is quickly pulled into the middle of a brewing war between two thieves guilds when a recruiter for the guild known as Vine coerces her into stealing from their rival, Guild Master Mosswolf.
Surrounded on all side by rogues, liars, spies and betrayal, it's a constant struggle to know who she should trust, but standing in the heart of it all, can she find somewhere, or someone, to call home?
2028-2030 Project
I'm Arista Holmes, and this is a side blog to collect together all the posts and content I produce on my main account for my series, The Chr
*UNDER CONSTRUCTION:* I'm still in the worldbuilding phase for this project.
Chronicles of Verald Stories;
Prequel
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Book Nine
Potentially Book Ten (?) Dependant on Outline Completion.
