maid of the moon

Galveston, Texas

1899

HIGH PRIESTESS

Quartz with Pyrite - Cavnic, Maramures Co, Romania

lana ogilvie for vogue australia june 1990

Nadia Aboulhosn (@nadiaaboulhosn @bynadiaaboulhosn)

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Walter Crane, illustrations for Flora’s Feast: A Masque of Flowers (1889).

a bird standing in the grass

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me, banging on matt mercer’s door at 2am: where are allura and kima, matthew??? where are my mothers??? are they happy??? are they engaged???? married??? have they been keeping in contact with the awful band of adventuring kids that they accidentally adopted together??

I have a really beautiful thing to share with you today! Not only will I have an article in the summer 2017 issue of FAERIE MAGAZINE (this one about four mythical beings from Hindu and Buddhist lore), but I actually got to model as a mermaid for Alice Hoffman‘s latest story!!!!! I’m over the moon. And Steve Parke, who did the photo shoot, used to be Prince’s photographer. Yes, that Prince of all things purple. I can’t wait, and here’s a sneak peek! (You’ll be able to get the paper and/or PDF version in June.)

This means so much to me, as someone who in her teens used to think she was ugly and worthless. If you’ve read either my essay on the topic or my story “Krishna Blue” in KALEIDOSCOPE, you might understand. (The bullying in “Krishna Blue” was taken from my own life–though sadly I didn’t get to eat colors as a result. That would have been fabulous.) You should definitely know by now, though, how much true inclusivity means to me, and FAERIE has been working very hard to make that part of its foundation–magic is for everyone. So to get to represent that on the page both in word and image … my heart is overflowing.