Episode 130: Dark Fae: An Audiobook Extract

An audiobook extract full of dark fae, to illustrate the fae we’ve covered thus far.

Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2024 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.

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Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com

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Transcript

You’re listening to the Faeries and Folklore podcast by Ronel.

I’m dark fantasy author Ronel Janse van Vuuren. With over a decade of digging around in dusty folklore books, researching creatures of imagination that ignited my curiosity, I’m here to share the folklore in a nutshell and how I reimagined it for my writing in an origin of the fae.

This is the Faeries and Folklore podcast.

Hi, I’m your host Ronel Janse van Vuuren. You can just call me Ronel. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our exploration of the fae realm.

This episode is brought to you by my Dark Court Sisters book series. Available in ebook, paperback and audiobook. Three sisters. Three destinies. Three ways to destroy the world. Go to ronelthemythmaker.com/darkcourtsistersseries for more.

You can now support my time in producing the podcast (researching, writing and everything else involved) by buying me a coffee. This can be a once-off thing, or you can buy me coffee again in the future at your discretion. Go to buymeacoffee.com/ronel to support me.

We’re continuing our exploration of Dark Fae.

Today we’re listening to an extract full of dark fae from my book The Inn, Dark Court Sisters #2.

IN THE dark early hours of morning, Mactíre entered the Inn with his guitar gig bag only slightly bulged. Kelly followed him down past the buttery, down past the cellar, down to the dark, dank dungeons.

A creature stepped out of the darkness to meet him in the strip of light filtering in from the grates above. Kelly had known what to expect when she’d seen the gargoyles. Yet she’d never encountered a solo redcap before.

With her heightened vision she could see that he was at least a hand length taller than the rest of his race. But what truly made him stand out – and what she was sure had him kicked out of any band of redcaps he tried to join – was his obvious troll features.

The Inn welcomed more halflings through its doors than any other place in the mortal realm. The thought sent shivers through her. Breathing slowly, she focused on what was before her.

She knew this creature kept out of the sun for fear of turning to stone. One could never be too careful with ones’ heritage.

‘They’ll do nicely,’ the redcap said, looking into the bag.

‘Prepare them for tomorrow night.’

‘What about the Hunt?’

‘I’m sure the goblins can keep them busy in the forest.’

I hope you enjoyed the extract. You can get the audiobook read by me, or a digitally narrated version. Just go to ronelthemythmaker.com/my-audiobooks to peruse your options.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this episode of the faeries and folklore podcast and that you’ve learned something new about faeries.

Remember that you can get a transcript of this episode in the description. If you’re new to the podcast, why not go and grab your free copy of Unseen, the second book in the Faery Tales series, on my website ronelthemythmaker.com? Loads of folklore, magic and danger await! Take care!

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You can now support my time in producing the podcast (researching, writing and everything else involved) by buying me a coffee. This can be a once-off thing, or you can buy me coffee again in the future at your discretion.

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