Welcome to the Tavern: The Living Crossroads

Hello, fellow travelers!

Today marks an important moment for me as a writer: the first book in The Living Crossroads series has officially launched.

This book is the result of nearly two years of work, from the earliest drafts through editing, translation, and final proofreading.

In this saga, the Tavern of Realms comes to life through Alice, Leo, and their unusual band of cosmic travelers. If you enjoy fantasy, adventure, family dynamics, and a touch of magic, you’ve come to the right place.

The journey begins in The Key at Closing Time, where Alice, a single mother and barista at a small café, is pulled from her everyday life and thrown into the mysterious Tavern of Realms alongside her seven-year-old son, Leo. There, she discovers that the balance of the multiverse depends on more than power. It demands resilience, trust, and the willingness to keep going when everything begins to fall apart.

Along the way, she joins forces with characters like Ivor, an orc chef, and Nerissa, an elven illusionist, while traveling through strange and dangerous realms, from the star-filled skies of Astraelion to the unforgiving deserts of Veynthar.

So, how did this multiverse begin?

It started with something much smaller: a casual drawing of a magical key made by my eldest daughter. She has always loved creating stories and inventing sagas of her own. While looking at that drawing, we began imagining what kind of story could exist around it. She would ask questions like, “What if the lady at the coffee shop had a magic key?” or “What if spider-robots threw a party inside a magical tavern?”

Those little ideas kept growing. I started turning them into bedtime stories, and one night she asked me a simple question:

“What’s her name?” We stopped to think about it, and then the answer came naturally.

“What if we call her Alice?” Alice is the name of my youngest daughter.

From there, we suddenly had a heroine, a plot, and a world that wanted to keep expanding. Before long, Alice became a mother trading espresso shots for cosmic battles, trying to protect her son while learning that courage is not always about being fearless. Sometimes it is simply about continuing forward when you have no idea what comes next.

The Tavern eventually became the beating heart of the story, filled with glowing magical lanterns, Ivor’s starroot stews, strange travelers from distant realms, and little spider-bots that may or may not unionize someday. Leo is convinced they are planning something.

Every realm in this multiverse grew from my love for worlds that feel alive, places with their own cultures, dangers, mysteries, histories, and rules. And now, I’d like to invite you to become part of that universe.

This site is your gateway into The Living Crossroads.

There is much more to come, more realms, more mysteries, more characters, and plenty of strange things hiding between worlds. I can’t wait to share them with you.

So tell me: which realm is your favorite so far?

The starry skies of Astraelion?

The frozen plains of Glacidia?

Or the cozy chaos of the Tavern?

The multiverse is unraveling, but together, we’ll keep its magic alive.

Till the next rift,

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