Spellbound Fairytales and Fantasy Magazine - December 2023: The Dark Realms Issue⁠ I

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DECEMBER 2023 Issue 01

Fairytales and Fantasy

THE TRIPLE GODDESS rEALM OF THE MACABRE RAVEN OF NEVERMORE

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

soul raven

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Editor-in-chief SALLY MARIE Lucy Morris Ashley Buchanan Tobias James Jarna Nasso Darren Wynne Heather Wilkins Lyndsey Adams Chloe Bennet Karaaina Bishara Laszlo Balogh

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December 2023

06 THE TRIPLE GODDESS PHOTOGRAPHER:MORGAN TUCKER IG:@MOONANDCOVEN WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MOONANDCOVEN MODEL: KELLY PETTI IG:@RHATHYMIA.ART

14 CORPSE BRIDE CAMERA AND EDIT: @ILIKEMYMEATRAW COSPLAYER & MAKEUP BY @IVYODDITY BODYPAINT @JOSHART_TM SUPPORT @INAKIETCHE @ZAFI.WOLF

18 FEAR IN PLAIN SIGHT DESIGNER: RAPHEAL IBRAIMOH (@AIRONWA) MODEL: LEONIE EVA BURTON-BLAKE & TIGER JARVISJACOBS (@LEONIEEVABB) (@TXII.GRR) PHOTOGRAPHER: NIGEL “SENSEI SAND” SANDRIDGE (@ SENSEI_SAND) (@NOMARGINS_MEDIA) CAMERA ASST: ERATO KALKLINI (@KKOOMR) MAKEUP - ALICJA BACZKOWICZ (@B_ALICJA8888) BTS: SADAAT KAYANI (@SADAATKAYANI.2)

OF THE MACABRE RAVEN 24 REALM OF NEVERMORE WORDS BY SHELLEY NOVOTNY, SHAKTI ART WEBSITE: WWW.SHELLEYNOVOTNY.COM PHOTOSHOOT CREDITS: SHAKTI ARTIST, DESIGNER, INTUITIVE STYLIST OF SHAKTI ART: SHELLEY NOVOTNY HTTPS://WWW.SHELLEYNOVOTNY.COM/ @SHELLEYNOVOTNYSHAKTIART PHOTOGRAPHER, AMANDA ANDERSON CREATIVE: AMANDA ANDERSON, WWW.AMANDAANDERSONCREATIVE.COM @AMANDAANDERSONCREATIVE MODEL, CREATIVE FLOW, MAECYLIUM MOMENTOS: EMILYMAE KING-RYDEN, WWW.MAECYLIUMMOMENTOS.COM @MAECYLIUM_MOMENTOS MODEL, MAKE-UP ENTHUSIAST, FACES BY CHRISTINA: CHRISTINA BAYER WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FACESBYCHRISTINA715 @SUBLIME_CMB

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38 IMPATIENTLY WAITING PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER: JACKIE MANSI IG: @CRACKERJAXS FEMALE MODEL: RACHAEL MCCULLOUGH IG: @SECRETLY_FROM_THE_1940S

42 SOUL RAVEN PHOTOGRAPHER:MIKE DARZI IG:@MIKEDARZI @MIKEDARZI.ART MODEL: KAMILA SALKOVA IG: @KAMILA_SALKOVA DRESS: NATALI BOYCHUK IG: @NATALIBOYCHUKFASHION

52 STAR DUST FEMALE MODEL: MARIA PODDUBNAYA @MODEL AGENCY DIANA IG: @MARIA_PODDUBNAYA2007 HAIR STYLIST: LYUDMILA BAITEMIROVA IG:@COLORIST.LUDMILA MAKEUP ARTIST: LARISA PODDUBNAYA IG: @LORA_LL PHOTOGRAPHER: ANGELA KUZMINA PHOTOGRAPHY IG: @ANGELA_KY3MINA

EYES ARE THE WEAPON TO 62 HER KILL PHOTOGRAPHER: MAURICE SPARROW IG:@SPARROWFOTO FEMALE MODEL: MADHURI CHOUDHARY IG:@RUNWAY.VOGUISH

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FEAR I N PLAI N SIGHT VAMPIRAL VICTORIANS. A COLLABORATIVE PIECE BETWEEN NOMARGINS MEDIA AND UPCOMING CLOTHING DESIGNER RAPHEAL IBRAIMOH. TAKING INSPIRATION 17TH CENTURY GARMENTS, BRAM STOKERS “DRACULA” & VAMPIRE BASED ANIME (HELSING); THE VICTORIAN CLOTHING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS SAMPLE PIECE TO BE USED FOR A PHOTOSHOOT COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF FIRST TIME CREATIVES. IBRAIMOH LOOKS TO MERGE THESE TWO WORLDS TO CREATE ON HIS OWN TERMS TO CREATE THE NEXT WAVE OF HIGH FASHION PIECES.

DESIGNER: RAPHEAL IBRAIMOH (@AIRONWA) MODEL: LEONIE EVA BURTON-BLAKE & TIGER JARVIS-JACOBS (@LEONIEEVABB) (@TXII.GRR) PHOTOGRAPHER: NIGEL “SENSEI SAND” SANDRIDGE (@SENSEI_SAND) (@NOMARGINS_MEDIA) CAMERA ASST: ERATO KALKLINI (@KKOOMR) MAKEUP - ALICJA BACZKOWICZ (@B_ALICJA8888) BTS: SADAAT KAYANI (@SADAATKAYANI.2)

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rEALM OF THE MACABRE RAVEN OF NEVERMORE WORDS BY SHELLEY NOVOTNY, SHAKTI ART WEBSITE: WWW.SHELLEYNOVOTNY.COM PHOTOSHOOT CREDITS: SHAKTI ARTIST, DESIGNER, INTUITIVE STYLIST OF SHAKTI ART: SHELLEY NOVOTNY HTTPS://WWW.SHELLEYNOVOTNY.COM/ @SHELLEYNOVOTNYSHAKTIART PHOTOGRAPHER, AMANDA ANDERSON CREATIVE: AMANDA ANDERSON, WWW.AMANDAANDERSONCREATIVE.COM @AMANDAANDERSONCREATIVE MODEL, CREATIVE FLOW, MAECYLIUM MOMENTOS: EMILYMAE KING-RYDEN, WWW.MAECYLIUMMOMENTOS.COM @MAECYLIUM_MOMENTOS MODEL, MAKE-UP ENTHUSIAST, FACES BY CHRISTINA: CHRISTINA BAYER WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FACESBYCHRISTINA715 @SUBLIME_CMB

The Macabre Raven was no ordinary bird. She embodied the intelligence of centuries-old wisdom and the power to traverse the realms between the living and the dead. Her feathers gleamed with a dark beauty that was both captivating and unsettling, and her every move was as graceful as a moonlit flight.

The forest transformed around them, becoming a dream-scape of shadows and ethereal whispers.

The Macabre Raven took on an even more mystical aspect, her feathers shimmering with sorceress energy. She revealed her true form—a raven with feathers as dark as the night, and eyes that held the secrets of the universe.

In the ancient forest, she was regarded as a queen—a Raven Queen, to be precise. Her regal presence commanded respect from all the creatures that dwelled in her domain. Yet, she was a trickster at heart, often challenging the norms and expectations of the forest’s inhabitants.

“You have entered the realm of the Macabre Raven of Nevermore,” she said, her voice echoing with power. “I can offer you what you seek, but you must be willing to embrace the darkness and the unknown.”

One fateful night, a lost and grieving wanderer ventured into her territory. The sorrow in her heart echoed the themes of loss and longing that had drawn the Macabre Raven to their place long ago.

She wandered deeper into the forest, following the ethereal whispers that seemed to beckon her.

As he reached the heart of the forest, she beheld the enigmatic figure of the Macabre Raven. She perched upon a gnarled branch, her feathered veil hiding much of her visage. Her eyes, however, gleamed with the knowledge of centuries, and the moonlight cast an eerie glow upon her regal form.

“Who are you, and what do you seek in these shadowed woods?” the Macabre Raven asked, her voice a melodic whisper that held the secrets of the night.

With a nod, the wanderer agreed, and the Macabre Raven granted her the power of transformation. She became a raven like her, and together they soared through the night, dancing with the shadows and whispering the secrets of the universe.

In their moonlit flight, they traversed the boundaries between life and death, between the known and the mysterious. The Macabre Raven, in her role as a mystical messenger, had offered the wanderer a chance to find solace and transformation in the darkest corners of her heart.

And so, the Macabre Raven of Nevermore continued to reign over her forest, a dark and enigmatic enchantress who wove her spells in the night’s embrace, forever embodying the essence of “nevermore” and the eternal mysteries of the raven.

The wanderer, her heart heavy with grief, recounted her story of loss and despair, hoping that the raven could offer solace. The Macabre Raven listened, her feathers seeming to absorb the essence of her pain.

Then, with a wave of her wing, she conjured a spell that enveloped the wanderer in a dark enchantment.

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Impatiently waiting PHOTOGRAPHER/RETOUCHER: JACKIE MANSI IG: @CRACKERJAXS FEMALE MODEL: RACHAEL MCCULLOUGH IG: @SECRETLY_FROM_THE_1940S

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soul soul raven raven PHOTOGRAPHER:MIKE DARZI IG:@MIKEDARZI @MIKEDARZI.ART MODEL: KAMILA SALKOVA IG: @KAMILA_SALKOVA DRESS: NATALI BOYCHUK IG: @NATALIBOYCHUKFASHION

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FEMALE MODEL: MARIA PODDUBNAYA @MODEL AGENCY DIANA IG: @MARIA_PODDUBNAYA2007 HAIR STYLIST: LYUDMILA BAITEMIROVA IG:@COLORIST.LUDMILA MAKEUP ARTIST: LARISA PODDUBNAYA IG: @LORA_LL PHOTOGRAPHER: ANGELA KUZMINA PHOTOGRAPHY IG: @ANGELA_KY3MINA

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Her Eyes Are The Weapon To Kill PHOTOGRAPHER: MAURICE SPARROW IG:@SPARROWFOTO FEMALE MODEL: MADHURI CHOUDHARY IG:@RUNWAY.VOGUISH

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Shakti Artist, Designer, Intuitive Stylist of Shakti Art: Shelley Novotny www.shelleynovotny.com, IG @shelleynovotnyshaktiart Photographer, Amanda Anderson Creative: Amanda Anderson, WWW.amandaandersoncreative.com, IG @amandaandersoncreative Model, Creative Flow, Maecylium Momentos: Emilymae King-Ryden, WWW.maecyliummomentos.com, IG @maecylium_momentos Model, Make-up Enthusiast, Faces by Christina: Christina Bayer www.facebook.com/Facesbychristina715, IG @sublime_cmb

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