Mission, ownership, and accountability
About The Grimoire
A reader-first publication for independent fantasy, craft, criticism, maker stories, and the practical work of building immersive reading experiences.
Owned and published by Everlore Hollow. Final approval belongs to Travis DiPerna.
What this publication is for
The Grimoire helps fantasy readers make informed choices, find worthwhile independent work, understand how stories and editions are made, and see the evidence behind a judgment. It is not a disguised storefront feed, a paid-link directory, or a machine for producing thin search pages.
Everlore Hollow’s ownership is a material relationship, so it is stated plainly. House stories can be candid and useful, but they are not represented as independent reviews. A commercial interest cannot purchase a conclusion, rating, link, correction outcome, or exception to the publication’s controls.
Masthead
Two people. One unambiguous approval line.
Travis DiPerna
Founder, publisher, and sole final editorial approver
Owns publication strategy, final approval, publishing, corrections, technical health, accessibility, discovery, and commercial disclosure. Travis may accept or reject a piece after writing review; nobody else can publish it.
Cheyenne Skye
Co-founder, contributor, and writing reviewer
May create and submit her own articles, read unpublished writing, and leave craft and clarity comments. Cheyenne does not approve publication and does not hold administrative, recovery, or final-review authority.
Public record
Standards you can inspect before trusting the work.
Editorial standards
How The Grimoire selects, edits, verifies, labels, approves, and updates its work.
Rating methodology
The rules that keep a Grimoire score reproducible, edition-aware, conflict-aware, and separate from commerce.
Corrections and updates
How to report an error and how we distinguish a correction, clarification, material update, and withdrawal.
Ethics and conflicts
The separation rules for coverage, reviews, ownership, gifts, access, and personal relationships.
Affiliate links and sponsorship
How commercial relationships are labeled and kept out of editorial conclusions.
Accessibility
The reading and publishing standard for keyboard, screen-reader, zoom, reflow, motion, media, and support access.
Grimoire privacy
What the publication reads without collecting, what future submissions would require, and where the full site policy lives.
AI-use policy
Where automation may assist and what human authors, reviewers, and approvers must still own.
Contact The Grimoire
One accountable route for corrections, accessibility barriers, rights questions, disclosures, and editorial correspondence.
Prospective contributors can read the complete scope, process, payment, rights, disclosure, and anti-SEO rules on the pitch guidelines. Guidance is public even while intake remains closed.