✦ Est. Year of the Amber Comet ✦
A real magical newspaper — delivered by post, fortnightly, to young readers across the world. Written by goblins. Illustrated by fairies. Edited with great personal dignity by Gormund Silt.
From $9.95/month USD · Two magical issues delivered to your door · Ships worldwide
G. Silt
Editor in Chief
400 years of
excellence
You are looking at the finest publication in any world, magical or otherwise. I say this not to impress you. I say it because it is simply and magnificently true.
The Galdur Gazette has been reporting the news of the magical realm for four hundred years. We have never missed a deadline. We have never printed a retraction. We have, on one occasion, accidentally enchanted our printing press, but this was resolved promptly and we do not speak of it further.
Each fortnight, a letter arrives in your post. Real paper. Real stamp. Real news from a world that is considerably more interesting than this one. Inside: dispatches from our reporters, a chapter of our ongoing serial adventure, a spell to try at home, and a puzzle to test your considerable intelligence.
Also: biscuit recipes. This was not my idea. My staff insisted. I have decided to allow it.
Yours in perpetual excellence,
G. Silt, Editor — The Galdur Gazette
Every fortnight. Real paper. Real stamp. Real magic.
Dispatches from across the magical realm. Troll diplomacy incidents. Potion competition upsets. Weather events that cannot be fully explained. Written by our rotating team of reporters — each with their own voice, beat, and level of enthusiasm Gormund did not ask for.
One chapter of the year-long adventure, every fortnight. Each year, a complete story. Each issue, a cliffhanger ending. Children have been known to carry these chapters to school. Gormund considers this the highest possible compliment.
One real trick, illusion, or experiment — framed as a spell from the Gazette's archives. Fooling your family at the dinner table is encouraged. Gormund calls this "practical magical education." It is also just excellent fun.
Riddles, codes, word puzzles, and challenges. Gormund claims to have invented all of them. He solved all of them immediately. He finds it deeply suspicious when young readers solve them too.
One reader's original spell, featured in their copy. Every subscriber submits a spell when they join. Once a year, near their birthday, it appears in print — with Gormund's personal commentary. He will not be enthusiastic about it. He will be secretly moved.
A recipe from someone on the editorial team. Usually Gormund's, which he will deny making. Occasionally Pip's, which will be adventurous. Once, memorably, Twix's, which required seventeen ingredients and was absolutely worth it.
🧙
Gormund Silt · Editor in Chief
🧚
Pip Fernwick · Field Reporter
🔍
Gristle · Investigative Reporter
🧝
Twix · Gossip Correspondent
Each fortnight, Gormund's editorial team selects one young reader's spell to feature in that issue's Community Cauldron. It could be yours.— The Galdur Gazette, Subscriber Information
When your child submits their spell, we keep it on file. Close to their birthday, it appears in their personal copy of the Gazette — with Gormund's commentary — as though selected by magical editorial instinct rather than deliberate planning.
As far as they need to know, this is entirely random. We suggest maintaining that position under questioning.
Not all reporters appear in every issue. It depends on what is happening in the magical world that fortnight.
Has never published a correction. Has never been wrong. These two facts are, he insists, entirely unrelated.
Covers festivals, creature sightings, and magical accidents. Her reports sometimes go sideways mid-sentence because something shiny happened.
Knows everyone. Has been everywhere. Deeply unreliable. Always right. Gormund finds this professionally frustrating.
Has sources everywhere. Won't say who. Has never, in twenty years, filed a story that wasn't true. Gormund both respects and fears this.
Writes in short sentences. Very short. Gets to the point. Occasionally forgets who won. Gormund has words about this regularly.
Files reports of extraordinary length about weather that could be summarised in six words. Gormund has told him this. Rhem continues.
Every subscriber gets their birthday moment. No lottery. No luck. Just a child seeing their name — and their spell — printed in a real magical newspaper, with a curmudgeonly goblin's commentary, arriving in the post near the day they were born.
Four steps. Then magic arrives in the post.
Choose a monthly plan or a gift option. Enter your child's name, birthday, and address. Ships to Australia and internationally.
First issue includes a formal acceptance letter from Gormund. He writes it as though you applied. You did not need to apply. He finds this distinction unimportant.
Each issue includes a unique QR code linking to your child's personal subscriber portal. They submit their spell there. We keep it on file for their birthday.
Every fortnight, an envelope. Aged parchment paper. A proper stamp. Their name on the front. Real news from a world that is considerably more interesting than this one.
Cancel anytime. Gift options available. Ships worldwide. Prices shown in your local currency.
Prices shown in USD, charged in your local currency at checkout · International shipping available · No hidden fees, ever — Gormund considers hidden fees "a journalistic integrity issue"
Primarily ages 6–12, though Gormund would like it noted that he has readers aged 7 to 74 and considers age "an irrelevant consideration for anyone with adequate taste in journalism."
Yes. The Gazette ships to Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and most of Europe. If you're somewhere unusual, contact us — we'll find a way. Gormund has been reaching readers in difficult locations for four hundred years.
When you subscribe, your child submits a spell via their unique QR code portal. We hold it on file. The issue closest to their birthday features their spell in the Community Cauldron section — personalised to their copy only, with Gormund's written commentary. Every single subscriber gets this. It is not random. Do not tell the children.
Yes — the 6-month and full-year options are both one-time payments, perfect for gifting. You enter the recipient's details, we handle the rest. A gift note from you (or from Gormund, if you prefer) can be included with the acceptance letter.
Back issues will be available for purchase. The serial story is designed so each chapter works as a standalone read, though the full experience rewards subscribers who collect every issue. Gormund calls missing an issue "a preventable tragedy."
Monthly subscribers can cancel anytime with no penalty. Gift subscriptions run for their full term. Gormund would prefer you didn't cancel, and has written several editorials he insists are not about this topic but clearly are.
