Expanding the Mystic Dark Miniseries - June 12, 2026 Dear Reader, Writing a serial fantasy universe is a lot like tending to a living ecosystem. On Ophelia Kee’s Dream Substack, I often pull back the curtain to talk about the messy, beautiful real...

Hard Writing - June 5, 2026 Dear Reader, Sometimes writing is hard. Not just that the words don't flow, or the scene is so rough that if it were pen and paper, multiple trash versions would pile up in the waste bin. It's hard because the characters...

Kings Wilde Now Arriving in June - May 29, 2026 Dear Reader, It's finally summer! Today is the last day before I hop on the bullet train and ride it through the dream for a couple of months. I'm making a few changes to the format for Ophe...

When Romance Isn't - May 22, 2026 Dear Reader, While I've been working a lot in the LARKS North Collection recently, building the video book chapters for The Silver Wraith's Firelight Queen, I've been considering Heartless, a fl...

Exploring Shifter Heartbreak - May 15, 2026 Dear Reader, The Draoithe Saga is known for its steamy paranormal romance, magical realism, and immersive urban fantasy. However, tucked within this sprawling dream world are exclusive standalone tales, w...

 Devil's Debt - May 8, 2026 Dear Reader, I want to take a moment to look at the beginnings of the Unlikely Kings Prophecy and inspect the dark chaos magic Lucifer set loose in the dream when he voided. First, for those who are new here, welcom...

Lies & Deceptions in the Dream - May 1, 2026 Dear Reader, I wanted to explore a bit of the colder and darker side of the dream. Not everything is sunshine and blue skies. In some places in the dream, the grass is not only not greener on the ot...

 The Crow Town Anthology - April 24, 2026 Dear Reader, During the holidays in 2025, I was lucky enough to be asked if I would submit a short story to an anthology. The creators of Crow Town had built something wonderful in 2025 when they relea...

Mourning the Loss of Time - April 17, 2026 Dear Reader, It's Monday. I'm sitting at my desk at the day job, on the lunch break which begins before eleven in the morning. Perhaps it should be considered the brunch break. We only have 30 mi...

 Keeping The Day Job - April 10, 2026 Dear Reader, For those who don't know, I'm an old writing tiger as I've crossed the mid- century mark. In real life, under a different moniker, I have a Bachelor’s degree in History and Geography...

Gryphon Knight Redeemed Publishes - April 3, 2026 Dear Reader, It's Good Friday. The day job has granted me the day for myself. I should celebrate the holiday... I intend to publish. Gryphon Knight Redeemed is uploading as you read this. The ...

Zines & Chapbooks - March 27, 2026 Dear Reader, Zines and chapbooks have been on my radar for a long time. I love the idea of actually printing and compiling my own mini-books. The dream of creating a beautiful box to keep them in arrived as I ...

What's Wrong With Wizards? - March 20, 2026 Dear Reader, We need to talk about the wizards. Do you know what's wrong with them? No? Me neither. They are incredibly curious, but most of them are easily corrupted by evil. In all the dream...

Creative Publishing - March 13, 2026 Dear Reader, I fell down the rabbit hole researching musical genres. I'm considering creating songs inspired by the dream's stories using neoclassical cello and piano music. There must be a continuity theme flow...

Music and Media Losses - March 6, 2026 Dear Reader, The Story Art Collections are complete and only available from OpheliaKee.com. As each new book is published, its story art collection will be published simultaneously. I'm slowly building th...