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Here, for the

  Beautiful Freaks Fest

a humble offering. 

And like all rabbits,
I know I'm late.

Emma Yardis

 and
 Magaly Guerrero

host this year's  

Darkly Beautiful Blog Fest.




I am going to fill this full of stuff  for you to look at,

as I know life is short

 and the internet is full of busy thing to watch.

So, there's going to be some pictures
and then a special offer and then I'm done.

So you can scroll through and nod.
Comment maybe.

If you comment on mine, I'll comment on yours.
That's only fair.

I've made some dolls whose hearts have been dark.

Sleeping Vampires

Lucy Westenra

Claudia

Wisteria

 Roseblood

Sang de Rose

Orlando

Strange Twins

Clover and Petunia

Helena and Hermione

Oona

Dark Fairies  

   Dark Lords

 Dark Lord and Heathcliff.
(but don't tell Orlando)

  Dark Alices

Dolls like darkness.

 It suits them.

They like tea, too.

Hence the dark tea sets.

And here's my darkly magical special offer.

I have a new design  of tea set.

And I will make you one, just for you

 for the special price of $19.99.

There will be only three

in total.

(Free shipping in the USA.)

What will it look like?

I don't know.

but it will be dark in theme.

Find me here.

Skulls. 

Raven, 

Bleeding Hearts...

I'm the latecomer to the Fest.

But you can

find everyone here at the

Beautiful Freak Fest.

Welcome to this year's Virtual FantasyCon 2016

 Fairytale/Punk Day

Virtual FantasyCon is an 

on-line convention 

celebrating fantasy writing and art.

St Cecilia    J W Waterhouse

Hey, there. 

This is a writer bio.

( Just so you know, 

we all hate writing these things 

as we're obliged to put ourselves in a spotlight. 

If we liked being in the spotlight,

 we probably wouldn't be drawn to an art 

that requires us to labour alone 

with words on blank spaces.

 Instead we'd be rock stars. 

Every one of us.)

So. 

 My name is Rhissanna Collins and I am a writer. 

 I write the kind of things I want to read 

and my most successful adventures so far

 have been in co-writing the Mabel Bunt adventures 

with the very talented B R Marsten. 

(Find his blog in the link.)

Mabel Bunt and the Masked Monarchs

is a rip-snorting, fast-paced, clockpunk tale 

of shining blades and tight-packed corsets;

 revenge and love; gallows and garters,

with wit and drama and action to spare.

 Clockpunk, you say?

Yes, indeed.

Back to the writer's bio...

I write because I like having adventures 

without leaving my chair

 and I write because words are the most 

delicious calorie-free snack I know.

When I'm not writing I make dolls

and dolls' tea sets and

peddle them on Etsy.

 Yes, I know that sounds creepy.

Mabel Bunt : Free and Easy. Free Book!

When I'm not being a doll maker,

I'm being a writer.

I've been lucky enough to co-write a 

ribald, swashbuckling adventure with

Ben R Marsten,

about Mabel Bunt;

a girl with a big heart and 

loose morals who is sent to

comfort a noble on his last night

before his beheading.

She gets into all kinds of trouble

and find herself a fugitive from the

king's justice and a shadowy secret society!

Swordplay, corsets, derring-do all ensue.

The first book,

Mabel Bunt 

and the Masked Monarchs

is available right now

for a free download.

FREE!

Free download

until Sunday, 24th April.

After that, it's $2.99.

So, almost free?

The next book,

Mabel Bunt

and the 

Mask

of

M'selle Moppet,

is available now,

$2.99.

Find out what happens next

is Mabel's extraordinary adventures.

I was delighted to be

able to do the cover work for

both these novels.

This is the mask I made for the second volume,

with my first try or a crackle finish

using the school/PVA glue technique.

I was really thrilled with how it came out

and how stable it's been. 

No flaking or cracking.

And this is my Mabel Bunt doll!

Don't forget to go get your FREE download.

Here are the links for 

the Mabel Bunt free download

around the world.

Mabel Bunt UK

Mabel Bunt Australia

Mabel Bunt Canada

Thank you so much

for your support.

Every free download really does help us.

Every book purchase means we can continue

to write this wonderful story.

Cult of Doll : Secret Project

Well, I can't tell you anything about this.

It's a secret.

What I can tell you is that

all will be revealed on

April 24th 2016.

It's been a wonderful,

uplifting event to be involved with

and I'm delighted to 

be included here with some fabulous

and inspiring doll makers.

For more information and the big reveal

visit the 

Cult of Doll

Facebook page.

A Doll with No Name.

No.

I don't know who she is,

 because she won't tell me.

You can find her here, though.

Face # 10!

Face #10 of the 

29 faces of 2016 challenge.

This is a small sketch

in pencil

on a tiny piece of 

5"X 3" paper.

Yes, I know I'm six faces behind.

See more here.

I hope to visit people's faces, soon!

Face Three!

Here is 

Face Three!

29 Faces

Feb 2016