This 30 second read will save you $$$ in our shop!

Published on July 11, 2025July 10, 2025 by Micheline RyckmanLeave a comment

Our last newsletter was a doozy, so we wanted to make sure no one missed out on our Christmas in July Sale!

Nearly everything in the shop is on sale. Even our clearance section is discounted, so take advantage of our second biggest sale of the year. Use code JULY25 for 30% off your entire cart! But hurry! This sale ends July 16th!

The Fine Print
*Preorders are not discounted
+All orders will be shipped once the sale ends. Fine art prints are printed on demand, and the turnaround time is listed in the item description.

Plus, this sale is helping us liquidate some stock. Once we sell out of our on-hand stock, we will switch to print-on-demand ordering, which means your books will be shipped directly to you.^ So snag what’s on hand now at a major discount!

^ We are still unable to ship to the EU at this time.

So Many Updates, A Giveaway, And A New Preorder for Spooky Season!

Published on July 8, 2025 by Micheline RyckmanLeave a comment

Independence Day is over, and you know what that means? The next major holiday is Halloween! And we have JUST the spooky season book for you!

Did you miss Primrose and Grim? Because we sure did! But they’ll be back, along with Swan and all her siblings!

Available for preorder NOW is A Child of the Changeling, book 3 in the Numina Parables by McKenzie Catron. Read on for all the details!

If you’re a physical book person, we’ve got our Whimsical exclusive edition and a standard paperback available on our website. Ebook readers, your preorder is available from Amazon. And if you’re an audiobook listener, it’s in the works! Stay tuned to our Instagram for updates.

On the left is Whimsical’s exclusive dust jacketed edition, which includes a fully illustrated design on the hardcase, interior illustrations, and bonus material from the author.

Only three witches remain, and they are desperate to survive.

A decade has passed since The Numina were released from The Between. And despite all efforts, the lands are not only crawling with mutated bogies, but also a mysterious, witch-borne illness called the Stygian Brume. If these problems were not enough, an unexpected darkness enters the glade, one that tears Sparrow and Rush’s family apart. Now, confronted with unspeakable loss, their eldest children are forced to retrace not only the steps of their parents before them, but their aunts as well.

Join the changeling trio, Swan, Kestrel, and Starling, as they revisit old ghosts and open older wounds, by unraveling a new prophecy—one that could predict the worst betrayal—all in the hopes of saving their family and ridding the world of the last witches once and for all.

A haunting journey. A race against time. A prophecy fulfilled.

A Child of the Changeling, the third book in McKenzie Catron’s, A Numina Parable series, brings back all your favorite characters from the first two books, and more. Dive into a perilous, autumn quest that features disability, mental health, and chronic illness representation, heartfelt and heart-wrenching sibling relationships, monsters, and magic. This new, all-or-nothing fantasy adventure is reminiscent of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales and European folklore.

And don’t forget the preorder goodies!! The first 45 preorders will receive all the goodies shown here (three art print postcards and one double-sided bookmark). All copies preordered from our website will come with a signed bookplate! And since the bookplate was designed to match all three Numina books, there will be extras for purchase if you want some to match the two previous books.

new coloring book

We’re also delighted to share that Micheline’s trilogy of coloring books is complete! The third and final installment, Fairy & Fairytales, is available for purchase now! You can snag copies of all three coloring books, each with 50 unique single-sided images to color, either here or on Amazon.

If you color any of Micheline’s creations, be sure to tag her on Instagram! She would love to see how you brought her illustrations to life!

You know what time of the year it is? Time for a SALE!

In fact, it’s our second biggest sale of the year! Nearly everything in the shop is on sale. Even our clearance section is discounted, so take advantage of our second biggest sale of the year. And as our newsletter subscribers, you’re getting access three days earlier than the general public!

Use code JULY25 for 30% off your entire cart! But hurry! This sale ends July 16th!

The Fine Print
*Preorders are not discounted
+All orders will be shipped once the sale ends. Fine art prints are printed on demand, and the turnaround time is listed in the item description.

Important Shop Update!

We are changing how our books are shipped!

If you’ve been with us for a while, you know we value our customers and see you all as so much more than just an order number. However, we have been blessed to have grown so much over the past few years, and with growth must come changes. One of those changes is that our continuously growing inventory can’t continue to sit at our shop manager’s house waiting to be purchased.

In order to best serve our faithful customers, all books will now be printed to order and shipped directly to you from the printer.

So what about preorders? Not to worry – you’ll still receive your preorder goodies. They’ll just be packed and sent separately by our shop manager.

But that means moving forward, signed bookplates will only be free with the purchase of a preorder. After the book’s publication date, bookplates will be available for purchase from our website, if stock remains.

As always, we are so grateful to you, our Whimsies, because without you, none of this would exist.

Don’t forget we have a raffle going on!

All the details, including a list of prizes and how to enter, can be found here. Raffle ends on July 11th, so get your entries in!

PHEW!! That was a long one!

But if you made it this far, not only are we sooo grateful, but we want to reward you with a little giveaway! Click HERE to enter to win a full hardcover set of the Maiden Ship trilogy!

Okay, one more of McKenzie’s complete series… Don’t they look AMAZING together? We cannot wait to have the trilogy side-by-side on the shelf!

Mark your Calendars for…

Sept. 6th – Micheline’s Birthday Sale
Sept. 16th – A Churn in the (Virtual) Society Release Date
Sept. 30th – Preorder Launch for the next Jane Austen novel

Huge Bookish Raffle to Help McKenzie! (Over a Dozen Prizes!)

Published on June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 by Micheline RyckmanLeave a comment

Whimsies, we need your help!

For those of you who may not know, Whimsical’s beloved McKenzie Catron (author of The Numina Parables) is chronically ill – which in and of itself is enough of a struggle – but recently she has been enduring significant, unexpected problems with the home she and her husband purchased (including structural damage and mold).

On top of that, McKenize and her service dog Grimm were victims of a terrible dog attack that has caused severe trauma and injury, resulting in additional expenses for vet and medical bills.

For more details about their ongoing hardships, you can read about their hardships on a GoFundMe set up by her husband, Kyle.

We are beyond blessed and in more than a little awe to have had so many amazing small bookish businesses and indie authors want to help out by donating prizes, allowing Whimsical to host a raffle to support McKenzie and Kyle in raising some of the money needed to recover and heal.

All the details, including a list of prizes and how to enter, can be found here.

The book community, at its core, is a group of people who love reading, and it touches our hearts to see so many members of this community coming together to help one of its own.

If you’re unable to donate or the prizes don’t interest you, we completely understand. We simply ask that every person who sees this shares it – you never know who it may reach. Whether it’s by forwarding this email or sharing our Instagram post, we will be so grateful for your help!

Everyone who donates, whether they are the winners of a prize or not, will receive a coupon code to use in Whimsical’s shop. And please do follow our prize donors – we couldn’t have done this without them!

Are You Ready for A Churn in the (Virtual) Society?

Published on June 10, 2025November 3, 2025 by Micheline RyckmanLeave a comment

You thought we were done!?

Not quite yet! Grab your goggs, Belroy Boys and Babes, because we’re back to fill you in on what Micah was up to during Ezren and Foster’s adventures!

Virtual Society is blowing up. (Figuratively.)

When Micah Belanger saw the word “disputed” pop up after her beloved Belethea Race Royale team won the biggest race in ’verse, all of VSoc heard her shriek. Add in four attempted murders, and she’s on a (virtual) warpath to set the record straight—as any true fangirl would.

Lowell Coppen, of The Royaler Review, is also concerned with the murderous rumors behind the latest BRR, especially with warnings of a system-wide war rippling through VSoc. Determined to shed light on the truth, Lowell, a self-proclaimed objective voice, forges a begrudging alliance with Belethea’s most manic fangirl. If their secret arrangement comes to light, it’ll ruin them both, but if they don’t get the story right, the lies could bring Belethea to its knees.

And falling in love isn’t helping at all.

This Into the Churn novella will be released on September 16, 2025.

The first 40 pre-orders from our website will come with a complimentary art print postcard and signed bookplate from the author. (Kindle ebook version is available via Amazon)

This will be the last story planned from our beloved Casolla system… but we never say never. Hayley could always get a spark of an idea for another story someday. But for now, look at how amazing the full spread looks together!