BAD FAIRY
Jeff WhittyBAD FAIRY chronicles the adventures of Ariel: a drug-dealing, middle-aged rent boy who lives in New Orleans with his menagerie of friends, lovers, family and unsavory others. With art by Mr. Whitty. (c) 2025 Jeff Whitty ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Happy New Year from Ariel and Friends!
Dear Reader,
To ring in 2024 (and to catch my breath after quite the 2023) Bad Fairy is taking a two-week holiday. Paid subscriptions are paused for the hiatus.
When we resume, Chapter 24 offers a rollicking clash of worldviews as Gage’s...
Chapter 23: An Unexpected Closing
“Just say something, Ariel,” Betty pleaded after a silent quarter-hour.
When Ariel didn’t respond, Betty folded her arms and counted sixty seconds.
“I know you’re mad.”
Ariel snorted without looking up from his phone.
“Can you at least...
Chapter 22: The Second Line
Five years ago almost to the day, the love of Wesley’s life beseeched him to let her go and move on when she passed. Weak as she was, Sarah still pretended to get crabby in her funny way, even as Wesley wept that she was his only in this li...
Chapter 21: Hobo Betty
Plank Public Library
Plank, WA
March 1984
“Lookin’ for Ladies’ Home Journal?” O’Neill sneered behind Ariel’s back.
Ariel returned the copy of Newsweek to the rack and faced the ferret-eyed bully. “You’re the one lookin’ at ladies’ sw...
Chapter 20: Lend Me Your Ear
The French Quarter
Governor Nicholls Street at Dauphine
“Pardon me in advance if I sound judgmental,” Larry stammered to the drug addict who led him through the Quarter. “But has my son been living with others in your, um, ‘unfortunate p...
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