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o t h e r k i n i n g e n e r a l
Origins and Characteristics
A plain version of the famous Buck Young essay about fae in the world today, and a much more enchanting presentation (offsite link)
The Silver Elves' "Magical Elven Love Letter" on the Origins of otherkind
This catalogue of nonhuman communities does a very good job of describing the differences, similarities, and areas of overlap between furries, weres/therianthropes, otherkin, vampyres, dragons, multiples, and angelics. (offsite link)
Regarding "Majikal" abilities in otherkin
You Might Be Otherkin If... (humour)
A conversation between myself and Paradox about the concepts of "seelie" and "unseelie"
News/Magazine Articles
An article entitled "Elven Like Me" appeared in the New York publication The Village Voice in February of 2001. (offsite link)
Another outsider's perspective can be found in this essay on elves. (offsite link)
This article from Fate magazine was an early "inside job", that is, an article written by someon who is herself non-human, as opposed to a "reporter".
Historical Interest
Archives of a few old issues of TirNanOc, which was once one of the largest and busiest otherkin mailing lists. (offsite link)
A thread from the Usenet newsgroup alt.vampyres in 1996 regarding connections between fae and vampires. Alt.vampyres was one of the places "otherkin" conversation used to congregate before we had all the mailing lists, message boards and other stuff devoted specifically to the topic. (offsite link)
Miscellaneous
A response to the assertion that we are just pretending
My list of fey or otherkin-related books, movies, and music; Orion Sandstorrm's Otherkin-etc booklist (offsite link); and Wildmuse's Bibliography of Faerie. (offsite link)
Excerpts from two otherkin surveys I answered for a couple people: one, two
Other General-interest Websites (all of these are offsite links)
The big daddy: Otherkin.net
Kinhost.org's Otherkin FAQ
Rialian's site Synesthesia Symbiosis is another wealth of information and strangeness.
The Lostkin Project is for those who have no specific memories of other existences, and/or carry over no special abilities from other lives.
Realmscape has articles as well as some artwork, poetry, etc.
Otherkin pages on Witch's Cauldron
Otherkin/Therian articles at House Eclipse