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Benjamin Kissell
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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.
Quote with your art with horns …

Various pieces of Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer, faery drag queen and feature character in my A Queen of Blood and Glitter book series from 2019-present.

#art #faery #gay
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 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 😉☺️
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 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.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 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
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November …
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
September 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sir apropos of nothing
>waves at world<
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 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.
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
August 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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!
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 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).
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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!
August 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Post a random picture, or else everything will go bad in September.
August 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My favourite when I was 5 (1988) and still my favourite. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
August 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Let me tell you a secret:

I always want my eye makeup to scream:
‘I wake up chewing cigarettes’
July 12, 2025 at 7:19 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.
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Dropped by #MadamesOddities in downtown Fredericksburg VA and updated the #AQueenofBloodandGlitter display!
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Stickers!
Bookmarks!
Mini-holographic prints!Autographed books!!
If you’re in the area, drop by and snag some cool merch.
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#books #indieauthor #fxbgva #shopsmall #localauthor
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Might I interest you in a vengeful, morally grey, faerie drag queen book series?

www.amazon.com/dp/B08NZQF2M...
May 6, 2025 at 3:08 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.
April 25, 2025 at 3:57 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.
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#nerds #gay #shera #vintage #toys #toycollectors #hemanandshera
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What better recourse is there?

Glitter and be gay … do crime.

Be fae … do crime.

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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
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)
March 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM