Rise of the Fey (59 page)

Alessa Ellefson is a woman of all sorts - she loves to tell all sorts of stories to all sorts of people in all sorts of places. From sun-soaked California to regular-soaked Belgium, she has left a trail of giants, fairies, battles, and magic in the thoughts of her followers and dozens of recycle bins.

Blood of the Fey, her first published novel and the first in the Morgana Trilogy, was written at coffee shops between a day job in finance and nights of “research” on Korean dramas. Rise of the Fey is the sophomore entry in the series and was finished in winter-time Brussels, where the pounding rain soothed the rambunctious temper that inevitably arose after long editorial hours.

You can find out more about Alessa’s writings via her website at
www.alessaellefson.com
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Alcoholic beverage.

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Canonical hour: mid-morning (around 9 a.m.).

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Viral inflammation of the respiratory system that produces a bark-like cough.

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Pretty.

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“this witch of a”

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Around midnight.

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Metal container that hangs from a chain and in which incense is burned.

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Money.

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Russian for “Write it down, please!”

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A container that looks like a long pear with three bumps instead of two,that’s used for distillation or other alchemical processes.

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An alembic where the flask is closed off at the top and has at least one tube attached to it.

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A second opening or tube.

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Pruning shears.

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Volcanic Explosivity Index. A VEI of 7 or 8 is characterized by a very powerful eruption that can eject between 24 to 240 cubic miles (or 100 to 1000 cubic kilometers) of magma.

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Newbies.

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Killing.

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Types of fish found in Lake Winnebago.

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A young boy.

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‘Thanks be to God’ in Latin.

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Alcohol, typically whiskey.

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From William Congreve’s quote: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”

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Idiot.

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Great physical appeal.

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Definition not for the faint-hearted: Cryptosporidia are parasites that are normally passed in feces, which can lead to a number of bad side-effects.

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Hindi idiom that literally means “What would a monkey know of the taste of ginger?” Meaning: someone who can’t appreciate something’s value.

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Dead.

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The smallest mouse fed to reptiles. Then come fuzzies, crawlers, hoppers and adults.

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Church

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Courting.

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An overly critical person.

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A supermarket store.

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Sword.

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Wife.

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A way for one political party to gain the advantage even if the other party possesses the majority in its favor already.

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Idiot.

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Jail.

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Give a thorough whipping.

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Coward.

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Appetizers.

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War between two groups of the same party.

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A three-leafed pattern where the three leaves intersect in their middle like a stylized Venn diagram.

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Mild French swearing expression, meaning roughly “Holy cow!”

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The two projections that form the cross-guard of a sword