If you want to know who this handsome spiny fellow is in the background go listen to episode 12!

Episode 12 of The Witches of Wederra Keep will come out on Tuesday February 10! This is the music I go to for Lorelei's cave. I didn't write it, but I thought it was quite beautiful, so I used it in my piano practice. I'm very new with no formal training, but it's fun to play :)

Thanks for your patience with Act 2, we're slowly getting on track again. Here's ep 12 being scored, then I clean up and send it to Julian for mastering while I get on ep 13. We're building a little buffer - ep 11 is already ready to go ☺️

It's been really busy over here but this was incredible: In September we were awarded ⭐🏆 Webseries Canada Honorable Mention 🏆⭐ at T.O. Webfest! We're deeply honored to receive this award! It means the jury thought this show was worth recognizing even though it didn't win any category. Thank you!

We're deeply honored to be nominated for two awards from T.O. Webfest! ✨ Best Actual Play Podcast ✨ Best Game Master - @watermosaic.bsky.social Thank you T.O. Webfest and Webseries Canada for the nominations, and thank you to everyone who's enjoyed Act 1 of our story so far.

The Witches of Wederra Keep has received FIVE nominations at New Jersey Web Fest for AP & AP Podcasts: * Best Premise of an AP * Best Sound Design - @watermosaic.bsky.social * Outstanding Fantasy * Best Ensemble Cast * Best Character Performance - Sarah Purcell Thank you @njwebfest.bsky.social !

:: the clock stops. the glass fogs. the tower is quiet. Archmage Meridian's domain falls to the curse. Where are the witches who can cast her spell and save her? :: vii. combine this is me. this is me. 7/ 💠

:: All that's left in the end are bleached bones. An empty clocktower, no swinging pendulum, no ticking clock, no ringing bell. Nothing to tell you who and when you are. You gave that up. :: vi. insides || wet 6/

:: The sensations: heartbeat walls pain, pulsing does the beat bring pain or the pain bring beat? Let it go! The clocktower stutters and skips another second. :: v. pain || exalted 5/

:: As memories fade, so to does the sense of life again. The outer world closes in, bit by bit, to the ticking of the clock. A fog reaches, a fog retracts, reaches, retracts, each step drawing closer and closer. :: iv. time || hunger 4/

:: The story brings an overwhelming sensation as life floods the body. It's a cursed life, shedding meaning, hope and love. Each memory is something precious discarded. :: iii. nothing || matter 3/

:: The first taste of air in this place is sweet, so sweet. They eye catches a reflection in a shard of glass. It can see all from this vantage. A story unravels in the mind. :: ii. eyes || memory 2/

🧿 #BlueskyCoven #Discovery :: Neither Archmage Meridian nor her imperfect copy notices the cursed witch squeezing into the corners of their sanctum. The clock stutters, falling out of time as the curse begins to cast Meridian's spell for itself. :: i. The curse breathes. 1/

:: A page, ink bleeding through, placed upon the altar :: This work is for Charley, the purest of heart, who acts with care for all those she loves even when confronted by their most raw and painful moments. A witch as captured by Caspar Pham @marcheriest.bsky.social #BlueskyCoven #WederraKeep

:: A photograph, framed with care, upon the altar :: This work is for the wild spirit, Circe, in the force of nature that can't be stopped by forces of mortals or the underworld. As seen by Neil Pitchford @neilpitchford.bsky.social #Expression #BlueskyCoven #WederraKeep

:: An illustration placed upon the altar :: This work is for the three witches assembled in the coven of Wederra Keep, for Minerva who holds her coven bound together in magic, in hearth, in heart. From Hannah Templer‪ @hannahtempler.com #Expression #BlueskyCoven #WederraKeep

🧿 :: Their eyes adjust to the dark. A small glimmer draws them forward. The wrought door behind them. The trap is sprung. They bring their palms to their face. :: There's something in the making of things that lets you hide behind your hands. If I can't see maybe they can't see me. 💠

🧿 :: They look at an open iron door, a portal of worked metal. The sunlight outside on this street makes the interior fall away into darkness. Their hands hold tools of making, a spell they didn't know they were casting. :: I've been thinking a lot about doors recently. 1/

We're so excited to join the rest of our colleagues in celebrating all the amazing shows accepted to Apulia Webfest - an incredible list, and we're honored to be on it too.

:: They feel a shifting unease at the sight of the ruins; it is a barely tethered wreck of a building. If the world were to turn upside down, they would surely fall forever with nothing to catch them. :: And rain at your feet when the Heavens open. I don't like this... 🧿

🧿 Do you always expect that it's you looking back from the mirror?

🧿 :: They look up to read the stone inscription but cannot see it from the blinding light of the sun overhead. They shield their eyes and do not see: a simple circle, it means nothing and holds everything. :: Why is my way blocked? 💠

The Witches of Wederra Keep Act 1 is available now! "... members of your coven have their own bodies buried." 🧙‍♀️🧜‍♀️🐺 Here's a nice short trailer I put together for a festival - pass this along to your friends to get them hooked on this sweet witchy story. www.jacoblefton.com/wederra-keep

🧙‍♀️ Episode 10 of The Witches of Wederra Keep comes out TOMORROW! This is a narrative break, the end of Act 1. Big things happen in our story and for our witches. 🎇 If you haven't joined us yet, there's plenty of time to catch up. The episodes are short and we still have two acts to go.

Finally, we're incredibly honored to share that we've been selected to join some other incredible work at NZ Web Fest @nzwebfest.co.nz - thank you so much for the invitation, and we're very excited to join the festival.

New episode today! The Witches of Wederra Keep #7 — Prince of Swords "Charley faces suspicion and distrust from the people of the village as children throw stones at her. Can the coven find balance with their neighbors...?" On all podcast platforms and here: www.jacoblefton.com/wederra-keep

@dancingstickman.bsky.social something's up with your profile picture... it's looking at me.

Editing episode 12 and hearing a lot of this complicated goddess of the sea 🧜‍♀️ and I love her and can't wait for you to fall in love too. You already got her in episode 4! You'll get more of her in episode 8... Looking forward to hearing your thoughts about this messy & dangerous woman.

Magic is strange and fickle, so we're a little behind on posting this. We'd like to thank LA Webfest for nominating us for the Best Story Audio Actual Play category. Congrats to all the other nominees as well! What a stellar collection of shows.

Out today! The Witches of Wederra Keep #6 — Prince of Wands "Circe dreams of the jungles of her childhood in the south and the magic of beasts and violence. A spirit calls out to her, offering great and terrible power..." On all podcast platforms and here: www.jacoblefton.com/wederra-keep