The Waterboy: Free Fantasy, Clean and "Blurry"
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[SORT-OF-NOT-REALLY SPOILER ALERT for the Vaporous Realms]
My fellow fantasy author (and editor) Talena Winters draws inspiration from some of the same Watchers legends as the Vaporous Realms.
Yes, “Blurry” is an allusion to the Blurry Creatures podcast about cryptids, giants, and the vast Nephilim conspiracy.
No, you haven’t missed much—yet—if you didn’t realize fallen angels are a key part of the Vaporous Realms mythology. My Havok Publishing exclusive story “Watchers” was the first real clue. Len and Kaelii predate the Scions’ rebellion against the Wright. Sciito, Zshurii, and Delfii all enter the picture afterward. Egwae, like Tim Curry’s Cardinal Richelieu, has seen it all. ”Human-folk come, and human-folk go, but one thing remains the same. And that . . . is me.”
I digress. Talena’s clean YA historical fantasy epic Rise of the Grigori begins with The Waterboy (spoiler: not Adam Sandler).
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Not sure it’s your cup of tea? Here’s the hook (no pun intended, but I’ll stand by it):
One mistake could seal his fate…
Zale Teague grew up thinking he was an ordinary boy—until the day he called lightning from the skies and caused an explosion with horrific results. Now, at only eleven, he's fleeing his terrifying new merman powers and the mistake he'll never forget.
When a Romani clan takes him in, he thinks he's found a way to protect his loved ones from disaster… until his past catches up to him. Will Zale ever find redemption, or must he keep running forever?
The Waterboy novella is the standalone origin story of Zale, the first undine male (merman) born in over three thousand years, introduced in Book 1 of the young adult epic fantasy Rise of the Grigori series, The Undine's Tear. It takes place five years before the main series.
In this rich, breathtaking series, join merfolk, sphinxes, dragons, and humans in a search for redemption that will determine the fate of the world . . . they just don't all know it yet.