Hello again, dear readers. As much as we hate to disappoint, it will be a little while longer for the Fantasy Realms relaunch. But fret not, when we come back on November 24th, you'll find our biggest content update ever, an entire chapter!

Those of you have continued to check by have no doubt noticed our absence. It's a long time, we know, and we never intended such a hiatus. Try as we might, sometimes life gets in the way. But all such things pass, and we're fully ready to jump back in the saddle!

On October 20th November 24th, expect us to return with a bang. The site will not only relaunch with a brand new design, but will feature an expansive update of pages, detailed character biographies, as well as many more nifty additions.

In the meantime, we hope you'll enjoy our latest guest art by Christina Gardner (of no relation to the writer). The picture captures Ledin and Landra wasting some sunny day away. The whimsy of the bright watercolors conveys a lot of the warmth between them, but probably takes place a moment before a heated argument!

In other news, our good friend Hans Tseng has also resumed updating his own comic, one that's had its own share of an exorbiant hiatus. Directions of Destiny returns with updates every Thursday.

See you in October!

The music finally fades as memories of the past come crashing in. This page concludes Chapter VII, "For Old Time's Sake."

We also updated the desktop wallpapers in our Extras section.

Fantasy Realms finally makes its much belated return this week. The gallant Gandash emerges from the shadows, and hints none too subtly of a history he and the Priestess Calais share.

Part of the delay was preparing for our next announcement: our new studio! Cramoisy is the home for our projects as well as that of our friend Hai! All of our stories will be within a fingertip's reach via the convenient new header, and soon you will be able to access our studio webpage for the latest news on what we're doing.



Once you've enjoyed our update, you should move on over and check out Hai's new comic By Moon Alone. It has everything a good story needs. Hulking monsters, plucky heroes, and...a tuning fork? You'll have to read to find out more!

We imagine this will not elicit any shock from our tried and true readership, but we have missed our relaunch date by a smidgeon. Fear not, we really do have something up our sleeve; we just got a bit tipsy on the eggnog and reveled too much in the holiday festivities. We had another announcement to make as well, but since we wanted to line things up for one big bang, we've pushed both it and Fantasy Realms' relaunch to January 21 January 28.

But to tide you over a bit, Niko plans to resume his semi-daily doodles over at his sketch blog, and we have a special teaser for Hai's latest project -- which just happens to be part of our upcoming announcement!

If that's not enough, perhaps a few comics will suit. Hwei Lin Lim's Hero is a dreamily penned fantasy tale told almost exclusively through the artwork. Each beautiful image is a story in itself, but hover your cursor for a moment and you will see captions that enlighten a deeper story.

Then there is Strays by Samantha Whitten and Stacey Pefferkorn. The comic has only just begun but already promises a lively story filled with action, drama, and a touch of humor complete with super-deformed skits.

Finally, we have updated our banners in the Extras section. If you have a hankering to update your links to a non-updating comic, now is the time!