Benjamin Kissell
@praetor1983.bsky.social
Author of faerie drag queen novels, tales of adorable Young Gentlemen, and assorted weird and esoteric stories. My husband arts ( The Clockwork Ticker ) and our cats are jerks.
BLM. Queer Rights. Free Palestine. End Genocide.
BLM. Queer Rights. Free Palestine. End Genocide.
Circe is the only firsthand narrator (so far) in the series … her love of sushi, coffee, and a good book (in lieu of her constantly dangerous detective work for the High Queene) is probably why she’s a fan favorite.
Plus. Fun to write or draw 😉☺️
Plus. Fun to write or draw 😉☺️
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Circe is the only firsthand narrator (so far) in the series … her love of sushi, coffee, and a good book (in lieu of her constantly dangerous detective work for the High Queene) is probably why she’s a fan favorite.
Plus. Fun to write or draw 😉☺️
Plus. Fun to write or draw 😉☺️
Circe.
Yes >that< Circe.
The shapeshifting faerie cat detective to the High Queene and central figure in my book series, ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’.
Original art (inspired by Arthur Rackham, with a faerie Art Nouveau twist), I sell as print, bookmark, and sticker.
Yes >that< Circe.
The shapeshifting faerie cat detective to the High Queene and central figure in my book series, ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’.
Original art (inspired by Arthur Rackham, with a faerie Art Nouveau twist), I sell as print, bookmark, and sticker.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Circe.
Yes >that< Circe.
The shapeshifting faerie cat detective to the High Queene and central figure in my book series, ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’.
Original art (inspired by Arthur Rackham, with a faerie Art Nouveau twist), I sell as print, bookmark, and sticker.
Yes >that< Circe.
The shapeshifting faerie cat detective to the High Queene and central figure in my book series, ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’.
Original art (inspired by Arthur Rackham, with a faerie Art Nouveau twist), I sell as print, bookmark, and sticker.
My ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’ series - an urban fantasy where faeries returned - all sorts of monsters from across myth and folklore run amok.
Boggles, trolls, dragons, werewolves, shapeshifter faeries, bluebeards, Unselighe nightmares and more!
Plus, a vengeance-fueled faerie drag queen
Boggles, trolls, dragons, werewolves, shapeshifter faeries, bluebeards, Unselighe nightmares and more!
Plus, a vengeance-fueled faerie drag queen
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My ‘A Queen of Blood and Glitter’ series - an urban fantasy where faeries returned - all sorts of monsters from across myth and folklore run amok.
Boggles, trolls, dragons, werewolves, shapeshifter faeries, bluebeards, Unselighe nightmares and more!
Plus, a vengeance-fueled faerie drag queen
Boggles, trolls, dragons, werewolves, shapeshifter faeries, bluebeards, Unselighe nightmares and more!
Plus, a vengeance-fueled faerie drag queen
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November …
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November …
Must be the season of the … bit*h?
How awesome are these seasonally appropriate new Miss Nomer stickers? We’ll be debuting them later at #GoblynCon (and I’m thinking about doing pre-orders … if there’s any interest?)
#oc #art #halloween #faery #faeries #drag #queerbooks #queerart #spooky
How awesome are these seasonally appropriate new Miss Nomer stickers? We’ll be debuting them later at #GoblynCon (and I’m thinking about doing pre-orders … if there’s any interest?)
#oc #art #halloween #faery #faeries #drag #queerbooks #queerart #spooky
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Must be the season of the … bit*h?
How awesome are these seasonally appropriate new Miss Nomer stickers? We’ll be debuting them later at #GoblynCon (and I’m thinking about doing pre-orders … if there’s any interest?)
#oc #art #halloween #faery #faeries #drag #queerbooks #queerart #spooky
How awesome are these seasonally appropriate new Miss Nomer stickers? We’ll be debuting them later at #GoblynCon (and I’m thinking about doing pre-orders … if there’s any interest?)
#oc #art #halloween #faery #faeries #drag #queerbooks #queerart #spooky
The opening to the vengeance-fueled short “Slips of You Silver’d in the Moon’s Eclipse” which is the center of my forthcoming short story collection ‘Things Bad Begun’ - volume 0 in my A Queen of Blood and Glitter series.
#faeries #gay #shortstory #WiP
#WIPsnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
#faeries #gay #shortstory #WiP
#WIPsnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The opening to the vengeance-fueled short “Slips of You Silver’d in the Moon’s Eclipse” which is the center of my forthcoming short story collection ‘Things Bad Begun’ - volume 0 in my A Queen of Blood and Glitter series.
#faeries #gay #shortstory #WiP
#WIPsnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
#faeries #gay #shortstory #WiP
#WIPsnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Post something random, or you'll have an awful October (if this is the sort of thing you give weight to).
September 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Post something random, or you'll have an awful October (if this is the sort of thing you give weight to).
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
September 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
Sir apropos of nothing
>waves at world<
>waves at world<
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sir apropos of nothing
>waves at world<
>waves at world<
Some days you look at your day job™️ as well as the responsibilities and workload that you carry day-to-day to just survive and say “f*€k it, I need a McDonaldLand shake” … despite being lactose intolerant.
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Some days you look at your day job™️ as well as the responsibilities and workload that you carry day-to-day to just survive and say “f*€k it, I need a McDonaldLand shake” … despite being lactose intolerant.
We may do that with our spare vintage Teela - or use her as a Marlena base. We’re still undecided.
In related:
Lookit this lovely, nearly 100% complete vintage board game I got last month as a birthday gift to myself!
In related:
Lookit this lovely, nearly 100% complete vintage board game I got last month as a birthday gift to myself!
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We may do that with our spare vintage Teela - or use her as a Marlena base. We’re still undecided.
In related:
Lookit this lovely, nearly 100% complete vintage board game I got last month as a birthday gift to myself!
In related:
Lookit this lovely, nearly 100% complete vintage board game I got last month as a birthday gift to myself!
Ooohff
My shield and headdress didn’t survive, but the sword and belt did …
I’m about to create a new display thing for the belt, to mimic the toy and minicomics skirt (using foamboard, white tissue paper and holographic tissue paper).
My shield and headdress didn’t survive, but the sword and belt did …
I’m about to create a new display thing for the belt, to mimic the toy and minicomics skirt (using foamboard, white tissue paper and holographic tissue paper).
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Ooohff
My shield and headdress didn’t survive, but the sword and belt did …
I’m about to create a new display thing for the belt, to mimic the toy and minicomics skirt (using foamboard, white tissue paper and holographic tissue paper).
My shield and headdress didn’t survive, but the sword and belt did …
I’m about to create a new display thing for the belt, to mimic the toy and minicomics skirt (using foamboard, white tissue paper and holographic tissue paper).
It was a fun find at WV PopCon this past weekend; as you can see, in the right corner above my shoulder we have an incomplete one I framed with a copy of the mask.
A very awesome comic book store owner gave me a lovely discount on this beautifully, fully intact one. And I got a $3 copy of the comic!
A very awesome comic book store owner gave me a lovely discount on this beautifully, fully intact one. And I got a $3 copy of the comic!
August 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It was a fun find at WV PopCon this past weekend; as you can see, in the right corner above my shoulder we have an incomplete one I framed with a copy of the mask.
A very awesome comic book store owner gave me a lovely discount on this beautifully, fully intact one. And I got a $3 copy of the comic!
A very awesome comic book store owner gave me a lovely discount on this beautifully, fully intact one. And I got a $3 copy of the comic!
Post a random picture, or else everything will go bad in September.
August 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Post a random picture, or else everything will go bad in September.
My favourite when I was 5 (1988) and still my favourite. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
August 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My favourite when I was 5 (1988) and still my favourite. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Let me tell you a secret:
I always want my eye makeup to scream:
‘I wake up chewing cigarettes’
I always want my eye makeup to scream:
‘I wake up chewing cigarettes’
July 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Let me tell you a secret:
I always want my eye makeup to scream:
‘I wake up chewing cigarettes’
I always want my eye makeup to scream:
‘I wake up chewing cigarettes’
Yes indeed- 2011 Princess Anne street; same side and a few doors down from Jack Brown’s and semi across the street from Carl’s and Mason Dixon Cafe.
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yes indeed- 2011 Princess Anne street; same side and a few doors down from Jack Brown’s and semi across the street from Carl’s and Mason Dixon Cafe.
Dropped by #MadamesOddities in downtown Fredericksburg VA and updated the #AQueenofBloodandGlitter display!
✨🌙💅🌙✨
Stickers!
Bookmarks!
Mini-holographic prints!Autographed books!!
If you’re in the area, drop by and snag some cool merch.
✨🌙💅🌙✨
#books #indieauthor #fxbgva #shopsmall #localauthor
✨🌙💅🌙✨
Stickers!
Bookmarks!
Mini-holographic prints!Autographed books!!
If you’re in the area, drop by and snag some cool merch.
✨🌙💅🌙✨
#books #indieauthor #fxbgva #shopsmall #localauthor
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dropped by #MadamesOddities in downtown Fredericksburg VA and updated the #AQueenofBloodandGlitter display!
✨🌙💅🌙✨
Stickers!
Bookmarks!
Mini-holographic prints!Autographed books!!
If you’re in the area, drop by and snag some cool merch.
✨🌙💅🌙✨
#books #indieauthor #fxbgva #shopsmall #localauthor
✨🌙💅🌙✨
Stickers!
Bookmarks!
Mini-holographic prints!Autographed books!!
If you’re in the area, drop by and snag some cool merch.
✨🌙💅🌙✨
#books #indieauthor #fxbgva #shopsmall #localauthor
Might I interest you in a vengeful, morally grey, faerie drag queen book series?
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZQF2M...
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZQF2M...
May 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Might I interest you in a vengeful, morally grey, faerie drag queen book series?
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZQF2M...
www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZQF2M...
It’s weird realizing that I’ve been married for a decade now.
A decade.
20’s me never thought that possible.
Thankfully, 30’s me got him.
40’s me is keeping him.
A decade.
20’s me never thought that possible.
Thankfully, 30’s me got him.
40’s me is keeping him.
April 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It’s weird realizing that I’ve been married for a decade now.
A decade.
20’s me never thought that possible.
Thankfully, 30’s me got him.
40’s me is keeping him.
A decade.
20’s me never thought that possible.
Thankfully, 30’s me got him.
40’s me is keeping him.
Taking a few to enjoy the disappearing pleasures as the world falls apart … like this vintage Ben Cooper She-Ra kids’ costume we have framed in the hallway.
✨💫🗡️💫✨
#nerds #gay #shera #vintage #toys #toycollectors #hemanandshera
✨💫🗡️💫✨
#nerds #gay #shera #vintage #toys #toycollectors #hemanandshera
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Taking a few to enjoy the disappearing pleasures as the world falls apart … like this vintage Ben Cooper She-Ra kids’ costume we have framed in the hallway.
✨💫🗡️💫✨
#nerds #gay #shera #vintage #toys #toycollectors #hemanandshera
✨💫🗡️💫✨
#nerds #gay #shera #vintage #toys #toycollectors #hemanandshera
What better recourse is there?
Glitter and be gay … do crime.
Be fae … do crime.
✨💫💅💫✨
Trust Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer (a vengeance bent faerie drag queen); new sticker merch coming soon.
In the meantime, buy the book!
Glitter and be gay … do crime.
Be fae … do crime.
✨💫💅💫✨
Trust Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer (a vengeance bent faerie drag queen); new sticker merch coming soon.
In the meantime, buy the book!
April 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What better recourse is there?
Glitter and be gay … do crime.
Be fae … do crime.
✨💫💅💫✨
Trust Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer (a vengeance bent faerie drag queen); new sticker merch coming soon.
In the meantime, buy the book!
Glitter and be gay … do crime.
Be fae … do crime.
✨💫💅💫✨
Trust Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer (a vengeance bent faerie drag queen); new sticker merch coming soon.
In the meantime, buy the book!
Perhaps I might interest you in some homoseggsual holographic sticker teasers?
Be Fae. Do crime.
Be Gay. Do crime.
(Be a bitter faerie drag queen and get vengeance)
Be Fae. Do crime.
Be Gay. Do crime.
(Be a bitter faerie drag queen and get vengeance)
March 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Perhaps I might interest you in some homoseggsual holographic sticker teasers?
Be Fae. Do crime.
Be Gay. Do crime.
(Be a bitter faerie drag queen and get vengeance)
Be Fae. Do crime.
Be Gay. Do crime.
(Be a bitter faerie drag queen and get vengeance)