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Recuperation THAT REALM, WHEREIN WE HUME DO DWELL: Chapter Seven

#ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel
๐Ÿ†“is free to read for a limited period

Chapter 7 published today! ๐Ÿฒ

"Scrufty was staring intently past them, upstream to where the brook emerged from the shady woodland. Suddenly he shot away like a fur-blurred cannon ball..."

๐Ÿถ substack.com/home/post/p-... #BookSky

05.02.2026 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿชจ ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ‰ ๐Ÿฆ„ ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ

your support, encouragement & engagement is much needed & greatly appreciated ๐Ÿซถ the #WebNovel has been described by readers as "a lovely depiction of friendship" & "bursting at the seams with magic" & "highly readable"๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ

15.01.2026 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
graphic showing titles of six instalments: 1. Where To begin? 2. The New Girl. 3. The Fair. 4. Dream-Sharing. 5. A Stray in the Woods. 6. A Dog's Life.

graphic showing titles of six instalments: 1. Where To begin? 2. The New Girl. 3. The Fair. 4. Dream-Sharing. 5. A Stray in the Woods. 6. A Dog's Life.

first 6 instalments of 'That Realm, Wherein We Hume Do Dwell' web novel ๐Ÿ• by Remy Dean with Zel Cariad ๐Ÿฆ„ now published & free to read for a limited time ๐Ÿ“š please pledge subscription to show support ๐Ÿ™ subs will apply to chapters publishing from April ๐Ÿ”ฎ

#ThisThatAndTheOther ๐Ÿฒ threerealms.substack.com

15.01.2026 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Golden Globes: KPop Demon Hunters wins best animated film and best original song The film's breakout anthem Golden was also named best original song at the awards on Sunday.

#RemyReviews

2025's #movie mega-hit 'KPop Demon Hunters' won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature while its breakout anthem 'Golden' is named Best Original Song

my #review @framerated.co.uk ๐ŸŽž๏ธ ICYMI:

๐ŸŽค medium.com/framerated/k...

BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#animation #KPop #music

14.01.2026 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A Dog's Life THAT REALM, WHEREIN WE HUME DO DWELL: Chapter Five

#ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel
๐Ÿ†“is free to read for a limited period

Chapter 5 published today!

"Their dreams were of woods and dogs and sometimes of something strange, just at the corner of their vision, which turned into something else when they looked at it."

๐Ÿพ substack.com/@remydean/p-...

08.01.2026 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we absolutely agree! ๐Ÿฅฐ

03.01.2026 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฉ My O My ๐Ÿ’ read this ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ fantasy masterpiece ๐Ÿ‰

11.12.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Stray in the Woods THAT REALM, WHEREIN WE HUME DO DWELL: Chapter Four

Yuletide Greetings ๐ŸŽ„
#ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel
๐Ÿ†“is free to read for a limited period

Chapter 4 published today!

What was the 'thing' they glimpsed watching from the shadows? Can Rietta & Carla ever solve the mystery of the missing standing-stone?

๐Ÿชจ threerealms.substack.com/p/a-stray-in...

24.12.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
photograph by Remy Dean of a section of a birch tree trunk with knot marks that look like four eyes looking out in different directions

photograph by Remy Dean of a section of a birch tree trunk with knot marks that look like four eyes looking out in different directions

๐Ÿ‘๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

standing like a sentinel at the fringe of its thicket our 'Bardic Birch' keeps watch over the Vale (in the dawn or dusk half- light, those eyes seem to fix you with benign scrutiny)

#landscape #photography from #Eryri #Moelwyns #folklore

23.12.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
9 thumbnail images - (Left-Right) Top: โ€˜Kwaidanโ€™, โ€˜The Private Life of Sherlock Holmesโ€™, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Middle: โ€˜The Medusa Touchโ€™, Yaorenmao, Jonathan Meades - Bottom: Lydia Lunch, Daleks, โ€˜Infernoโ€™

9 thumbnail images - (Left-Right) Top: โ€˜Kwaidanโ€™, โ€˜The Private Life of Sherlock Holmesโ€™, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Middle: โ€˜The Medusa Touchโ€™, Yaorenmao, Jonathan Meades - Bottom: Lydia Lunch, Daleks, โ€˜Infernoโ€™

๐ŸŽป ๐ŸŽฅ ๐Ÿ’ƒ

'Get to Know Remy by Reading Remy'
the art, films & oshi that have made me what I am today

over 8 years, I've written 555+ articles on Medium which tend to be in-depth pieces about #media #music & #movies, classic & contemporary

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ medium.com/@remydean/ge...

#cinema #JPop #ๅ’ฌไบบ็Œซ #ๅฎ…่ˆž #art

20.12.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Three illustrations of Velvet Worms colourful Pop Art in style while remaining biologically accurate. "Solรณrzano's velvet worm, Mongeperipatus solorzanoi (the pink one) is one of the biggest velvet worms, growing to around 22 cm long. Other species are much smaller, about 5cm long on average, but some species are even smaller. Eoperipatus totoro (the brown one) was named after the 1988 Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro. The first specimen was caught in 2007. The team that found it wanted to name it after Totoro because the velvet worm's many-legged cuteness reminded them of the Catbus in the film. So far Eoperipatus totoro is the only velvet worm described from Vietnam. The species can grow to be up to 6cm long. The New Zealand Peripatus, Peripatoides novaezealandiae (blue one) gets its name from the word 'peripatetic' meaning 'wandering'. The Mฤori name for velvet worm has a similar meaningโ€Š-โ€Šngaokeoke comes from the word 'ngaoki' meaning 'to crawl'. This particular species is about 10cm." more in article via link in post.

Three illustrations of Velvet Worms colourful Pop Art in style while remaining biologically accurate. "Solรณrzano's velvet worm, Mongeperipatus solorzanoi (the pink one) is one of the biggest velvet worms, growing to around 22 cm long. Other species are much smaller, about 5cm long on average, but some species are even smaller. Eoperipatus totoro (the brown one) was named after the 1988 Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro. The first specimen was caught in 2007. The team that found it wanted to name it after Totoro because the velvet worm's many-legged cuteness reminded them of the Catbus in the film. So far Eoperipatus totoro is the only velvet worm described from Vietnam. The species can grow to be up to 6cm long. The New Zealand Peripatus, Peripatoides novaezealandiae (blue one) gets its name from the word 'peripatetic' meaning 'wandering'. The Mฤori name for velvet worm has a similar meaningโ€Š-โ€Šngaokeoke comes from the word 'ngaoki' meaning 'to crawl'. This particular species is about 10cm." more in article via link in post.

โ€œCreaturesโ€

#art by Zel Cariad was our December 2023
#exhibition in The Signifier : six : shot : gallery :

6๏ธโƒฃ medium.com/the-signifie...

#ContemporaryArt #animals #folklore #illustration #ใ‚คใƒฉใ‚นใƒˆ

15.12.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
promotional illustration by Remy Dean of Smugly, a plushie soft-toy dog with long ears and a sort of stern expression - the title 'Dream-Sharing' appears across the middle of the sepia-tinted illustration

promotional illustration by Remy Dean of Smugly, a plushie soft-toy dog with long ears and a sort of stern expression - the title 'Dream-Sharing' appears across the middle of the sepia-tinted illustration

#ThisThatAndTheOther my #WebNovel is now live on Substack & free to read for a limited period.

Chapter 3 published today

Did Rietta & Carla really share the same dream?
Was it truly a dream?

๐ŸŒณ substack.com/@remydean/p-...

What's it about?๐Ÿ’ญ threerealms.substack.com/about
#BookSky #fantasy

21.12.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an illustration - chalk sketch by Remy Dean of a tiny glowing figure alighting on the fingers of a hand

an illustration - chalk sketch by Remy Dean of a tiny glowing figure alighting on the fingers of a hand

#ThisThatAndTheOther ๐Ÿ“š #WebNovel

Chapter Two published today!

Join Rietta & Carla on their journey of friendship as they hear a plea for help from the Fair Ones who call to them from another realm through their dreams

๐ŸŒ’ substack.com/home/post/p-...

โ€œBursting at the seams with magic!โ€

11.12.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
four film stills from the restored Blu-ray: a spooky fox (mask) in close up; Devin Stanfield as Kay Harker & Patrick Troughton as Cole Hawlings, both looking concerned about something offscreen; animation cell of two stags in a magical forest with beams of sunlight slanting through the trees; two Kay Harkers, one reclined on a bed the other looking back at himself with Glyn Baker as Herne the Hunter watching, incongruously, the bed and bedroom side table are in a snow covered woodland...

four film stills from the restored Blu-ray: a spooky fox (mask) in close up; Devin Stanfield as Kay Harker & Patrick Troughton as Cole Hawlings, both looking concerned about something offscreen; animation cell of two stags in a magical forest with beams of sunlight slanting through the trees; two Kay Harkers, one reclined on a bed the other looking back at himself with Glyn Baker as Herne the Hunter watching, incongruously, the bed and bedroom side table are in a snow covered woodland...

#RemyReviews

"...the BBC adaptation of John Masefieldโ€™s 1935 novel has become as integral a part of the festive season as sending cards or decorating the tree." Enjoy your annual rewatch of 'The Box of Delights' (1984)

read my #review of the #Bluray @framerated.co.uk

๐Ÿญ medium.com/framerated/t...

09.12.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
chalk illustration by Remy Dean of a giant winged wolf in flight against a backdrop of the night sky - beams of light shine from its eyes and open mouth... the text "Where to begin" appears at the centre of the image.

chalk illustration by Remy Dean of a giant winged wolf in flight against a backdrop of the night sky - beams of light shine from its eyes and open mouth... the text "Where to begin" appears at the centre of the image.

My #WebNovel of #ThisThatAndTheOther has debuted on Substack & is free to read for a limited period.

For those interested in friendship, #folklore & fairy tales who love magical adventures

Read the Prologue๐ŸŒณ threerealms.substack.com/p/where-to-b...

What's it about?๐Ÿ’ญ threerealms.substack.com/about

11.12.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
covers of the first three Moomins books featuring illustrations by Tove Janssen: 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' is a painting of a dense forest with giant flowers and tiny Moomins walking along watched by eyes from among the trees; 'Comet in Moominland' is a mainly red swriling design dominated by a comet with the small figures of the Moomins and friends in the foreground; 'Finn Family Moomintroll' features a colourful illustration featuring Moominpapa wearing his top hat and other characters including the dark, hunched Groke with Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden sitting on a cloud.

covers of the first three Moomins books featuring illustrations by Tove Janssen: 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' is a painting of a dense forest with giant flowers and tiny Moomins walking along watched by eyes from among the trees; 'Comet in Moominland' is a mainly red swriling design dominated by a comet with the small figures of the Moomins and friends in the foreground; 'Finn Family Moomintroll' features a colourful illustration featuring Moominpapa wearing his top hat and other characters including the dark, hunched Groke with Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden sitting on a cloud.

โ€œTo Own Nothing but the Whole Worldโ€
- The #Moomins at 80

@kimvertue.bsky.social celebrates the endearing & enduring symbols of hope & harmony:

๐ŸŽฉ medium.com/signifier/to...

#art #illustration #ArtHistory #BookSky #fantasy

22.07.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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THISโ€Šโ€”โ€Ša novel by Remy Dean with Zel Cariad (Extended Sample) โ€œโ€ฆa delight to read. A lovely depiction of friendship and of course thereโ€™s magic involved!โ€ โญโญโญโญโญ

it's National #ReadABookDay๐Ÿ“– so here's one I made earlier that you can start reading for free ๐Ÿ“š medium.com/@remydean/th...
#fantasy #FairyTale #booksky

06.09.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For our 10th anniversary ๐Ÿ™Œ, @remydean.bsky.social reminisced on his time writing for the site! Enjoy! www.framerated.co.uk/remy-dean-re...

29.06.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we hope you're working hard on Book 5 ๐Ÿซถ

16.05.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'The Conversation' continue adding new articles to their Tove Jansson / #Moomins celebrationsโฌ‡๏ธ

15.05.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jack-in-the-Green ๐Ÿ€ you mean!

from 'This Realm, Wherein Magic Yet Flows'
#ThisThatAndTheOther Book 2
by Remy Dean & Zel Cariad:
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Were we first? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ We were! ๐Ÿฆ

16.05.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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List: Interviews with fellow authors | Curated by Remy Dean | Medium 8 stories ยท chats I've had with word-wielders I admire

Archival #interviews with fellow authors & word-wielders: Jonathan Meades, Lydia Lunch, Jonathan Stroud, Graham Masterton, Ramsey Campbell, Bryan Talbot, Angie Sage, Eloise Williams, Ian M Banks, Colin Wilson. My new Medium list: remydean.medium.com/list/intervi... #BookSky #writing #horror #fantasy

12.03.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
'A Little Bit of THIS' Remy Dean retells a chapter from Book 1 in the sequence
YouTube video by Remy Dean 'A Little Bit of THIS' Remy Dean retells a chapter from Book 1 in the sequence

๐Ÿ“™ ๐Ÿ“• ๐Ÿ“˜ ๐Ÿงš ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ‡ ๐Ÿช„ ๐Ÿ“–
it's #WorldBookDay once again

here's Red Sparrow Writer, Remy Dean retelling a chapter from #ThisThatAndTheOther Book 1 - recorded live [courtesy of Tredegar Park Primary School] - a #fairytale full of mystery, magic & a very special dog ๐Ÿพ

๐Ÿถ youtu.be/sqKAzRzLf-U?...

06.03.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
three images: Willy Poganyโ€™s 1907 pen and ink illustration of the Afanc in โ€˜The Welsh Fairy Bookโ€™ (1907) by W. Jenkyn Thomas; landscape photograph by Remy Dean of the Fairy Glen looking upstream into the gorge; colour illustration by N.C. Wyeth of Merlin carrying a baby from an arched castle doorway followed by the king and queen and two guards "So the child was delivered unto Merlin, and so he bare it forthโ€ for โ€˜The Boyโ€™s King Arthurโ€™ (1922)

three images: Willy Poganyโ€™s 1907 pen and ink illustration of the Afanc in โ€˜The Welsh Fairy Bookโ€™ (1907) by W. Jenkyn Thomas; landscape photograph by Remy Dean of the Fairy Glen looking upstream into the gorge; colour illustration by N.C. Wyeth of Merlin carrying a baby from an arched castle doorway followed by the king and queen and two guards "So the child was delivered unto Merlin, and so he bare it forthโ€ for โ€˜The Boyโ€™s King Arthurโ€™ (1922)

#history #landscape

"We were entering the Fairy Glen, a chasm between two worlds, steeped in Welsh #folklore where, it is said, โ€˜wildโ€™ Merlin hermitted himself away to recuperate after the magical exertion of facilitating the birth of Arthurโ€ฆ"

@redsparrow.bsky.social ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ medium.com/red-sparrow-...

19.02.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Magic of the Fairy Glen: Exploring Merlinโ€™s Hiding Place Folklore and history converge with geography and geology in a little known natural wonder of Wales

Merlin slept in the land on two portentous occasions ... each time there was a mighty mythical beast involved โ€” the Afanc & the Red Dragon.

Explore Fairy Glen with Red Sparrow Writer Remy Dean - @remydean.bsky.social - author of #ThisThatAndTheOther with Zel Cariad

๐Ÿง™ medium.com/red-sparrow-...

18.02.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽ„ order now and books will arrive before Christmas ๐ŸŽ„

02.12.2024 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
promotional poster for exhibition - dominant image is a pen and ink illustration by Remy Dean of 'Smugly' - a plushie puppy

promotional poster for exhibition - dominant image is a pen and ink illustration by Remy Dean of 'Smugly' - a plushie puppy


Remy Dean: 'Illustrating This, That, and The Other'

is our online #art #exhibition for November 2024
in The Signifier : six : shot : gallery

6๏ธโƒฃ medium.com/the-signifie...

#ใ‚คใƒฉใ‚นใƒˆ #illustration #books #folklore

05.11.2024 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

please support our Red Sparrow writers ๐Ÿฆ
(all profits from book sales go to the author)

15.12.2023 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0


'This, That, and The Other' ๐Ÿฆ„ Books 1 - 4 ๐Ÿ“™๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ“˜ by Remy Dean with Zel Cariad are available from the best bookshops and paperback or Kindle via Amazon ๐Ÿ‰ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DYCN2F... #fantasy #fiction #books #dragons ๐Ÿฆ

10.08.2024 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0