Escape Artists - The Drift

Romantasy at the End of the World

Escape Artists - The Drift Issue 16 | November 14, 2025 Image by Emma Kumer Issue 16 | November 14, 2025 Issue 16 | November 14, 2025 Escape Artists ​ | Romantasy at the End of the World Daniel Yadin T he women’s names glow like eyes in the dark, staring out at us from the ruins of myth. Feyre Archeron, Celaena Sardothien, Violet Sorrengail, Galadriel Higgins, Phèdre nó Delaunay. Penellaphe “Poppy” Da’Neer, née Balfour, of Castle Teerman. Oraya, plain and simple, like Rihanna or Madonna. These are heroic appellations drawing on a range of Irish, French, Norse, Welsh, Latin, Arthurian, Hellenic

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