{"id":9375,"date":"2026-01-12T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:54:02","slug":"episode-440-stacy-kellam-talks-romantasy-books-and-fantasy-inspired-costumes-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/episode-440-stacy-kellam-talks-romantasy-books-and-fantasy-inspired-costumes-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 440: Stacy Kellam talks Romantasy Books and Fantasy inspired costumes &amp; photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I stumbled across Stacy on Threads back in early 2025 when she posted about who she was hoping the algorithim would bring to her account. I followed Stacy for awhile and then realized &#8220;I bet she has an Instagram page&#8221; and followed her work there too. One of my favorite things about Stacy is that she wants to build and engage with those who do follow her on her platforms. I love that, and it&#8217;s one of the things I enjoyed as I got to know her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-libsyn wp-block-embed-libsyn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/oembed.libsyn.com\/embed?item_id=39688105\">Episode 440: Stacy Kellam talks Romantasy Books and Fantasy inspired costumes &amp; photography<\/a><\/h4><p>I stumbled across Stacy on Threads back in early 2025 when she posted about who she was hoping the algorithim would bring to her account. I followed Stacy for awhile and then realized &#8220;I bet she has an Instagram page&#8221; and followed her work there too.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode is split in half! The first half we&#8217;re talking about Fantasy and Romantasy books. Stacy talks about what she looks for in a book, and what she&#8217;s drawn to in the Romantasy sphere. We cover a number of different books including Cruel Prince, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and more. Stacy&#8217;s full list of recommended titles is at the bottom of the show notes including links to purchase!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second half of the episode features Stacy talking about what she creates! From her fantasy inspired costumes to the photography that goes along with it &#8211; including great behind the scenes stories on some of her iconic shots from her instagram. Stacy gives us the inside scoop and I am absolutely here for it. We also talk about renaissance faires and fantasy balls, including Stacy&#8217;s upcoming appearance at FrostFire Ball by Storybook Soirees (link in the notes for ticket info!)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books that Stacy recommended are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cruel Prince by Holly Black &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LkH4gd\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LkH4gd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qNzFoG\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qNzFoG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/454cG0d\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/454cG0d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Assassin&#8217;s Blade novella by Sarah J. Maas &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LumYQH\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LumYQH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rogue King by Abigail Owen &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4svVQS5\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4svVQS5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sz7UC1\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sz7UC1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quicksilver by Callie Hart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4jxcX1C\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4jxcX1C<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more info about FrostFire Ball at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storybooksoirees.com\/frostfire-ball\">https:\/\/www.storybooksoirees.com\/frostfire-ball<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Stacy at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stacylkellam\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stacylkellam\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@stacylkellam\">https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@stacylkellam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@stacylkellam\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@stacylkellam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-linktree wp-block-embed-linktree\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/stacylkellam\">stacylkellam | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree<\/a><\/h4><p>\u2728 Fantasy Content Creator \u2728<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across Stacy on Threads back in early 2025 when she posted about who she was hoping the algorithim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talesfromthefandom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_20250103-142719-e1768150306873.png?fit=1439%2C786&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zDtl-2rd","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9377,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions\/9377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}