title: Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensible Compendium of Myth and Magic
author: Writers Digest
description: The fantasy writer has a lot to keep track of: fantasy cultures and races, magic, mythological creatures, unusual punishments, castles and fortifications, and more. Plus, though fantasy writing "must be grounded in both truth and life experience if it is to work," says Terry Brooks (<i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345379632/${0}">A Knight of the Word</a></i>) in his introduction here, it must also be "as inventive and creative as the writer can make it." Find your groundedness elsewhere. This is the place to turn for all the other stuff. Need a refresher on the difference between <i>aleuromancy</i> (fortune cookies) and <i>alomancy</i> (fortune-telling by salt)? Can't remember the term for starting a new witches' coven (hiving off)? Need a glossary of particularly gruesome punishments from the Middle Ages? It's all here, and more. With illustrations of architectural structures, Maori weapons, and various types of dress and armor; and references to many more sources, should you crave even greater detail. <i>--Jane Steinberg</i>
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  The Perdurables
  
  
  The Chalam Færytales  
  Book IV
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  To my daughter, Adeline.  
  You taught me that færies are real  
  and reminded me of the magic in our own backyard.
  
  
  Let’s go collect some dandelions.
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are
  drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any
  resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  The Perdurables: The Chalam Færytales, Book IV. Copyright ©2020 by Morgan G
  Farris. All rights reserved. Published in the United States of America. No
  part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without
  written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical
  articles and reviews. For information, visit http://www.minor5publishing.com.
  
  
  A paperback edition of this book was published in 2020 by Minor 5