Murphy’s Widow
An excerpt from a work long in progress. Chapter Zero: Your call will be answered in the order in which it is received Life, they say, was simple once. When Man first appeared, none of the older and...
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I have just spent an hour or two going into the etymology of the name Håkar, given to two characters in the Octopus, one ancient and heroic, one modern and rather ambivalent. It is of course a...
View ArticleInterview with the Oldest Member
This passed on by Sherwood Smith in one of her Bittercon posts: Elves are glamorous. They’re tall, cooler than people, dress well, have great taste in music, and are all-round athletes, as well as...
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Lord Talon’s Revenge
A man with no name, no country, no face, has one simple desire: revenge on the tyrant who robbed him of all else. Just a few small obstacles stand in his way. . . . Greed: Sagrendus the Golden,...
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The End of Earth and Sky
The Eye of the Maker Book One THE END OF EARTH AND SKY Now available exclusively from Amazon Young Calin Lowford sees his best friend slain by a creature not seen in the land since the ancient...
View ArticleThe summons
(An introductory epistle to my serial in progress, Where Angels Die. Comments are most welcome.) Hannon, first Baron Vail, Lord and Chatelain of Angel Keep, Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 1
A preview of my new serial, now in progress. I posted a teaser (call it that, rather than a prologue) earlier. Chapter 1 The Taken The first snow fell on the fourth day out from Suranaya, just...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 2
A preview of my serial in progress. The story so far: The Summons Chapter 1: The Taken Chapter 2 A Battle of Souls Jandi pressed the dagger harder against the Taken’s throat, drawing a drop of...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 3
Thanks to my 3.6 Loyal Readers for your kind remarks. Comments, as always, are more than welcome. The story so far: The Summons Chapter 1: The Taken Chapter 2: A Battle of Souls Chapter 3 The Food...
View ArticleDroll’s audition
From time to time, characters from my stories turn up unbidden in my mind, and perform scenes for me that they think I may wish to include in my books; or new characters turn up for the first time, and...
View ArticleA case of vengeance
A silly squib. The idea has been kicking round in my head for years, and this seems as good a time as any to flush it out. ‘—Not exactly a ghost story,’ said the Middle Management Devil, between...
View ArticleFox and Lory
Some of my ‘auditions’ are not full stories or even full scenes, but tableaux, flashes of action, bits of dialogue. Sometimes they run together until they actually make up a scene. This bit, if it fits...
View ArticleKundenschmerz
For the Director of Music. A lafferty. Selah. [Sender’s address redacted] 14 November 20xx Customer Service Dept. Leibniz Ideenfabrik AG Herrenhäuser Straße 4 30419 Hannover Germany Gentlemen: This...
View ArticleMagic’s Pawnshop
I had stopped to window-shop, then come in to price a bit of cheap jewellery. The proprietor must have liked the look of me, for he trusted me enough to take a display box of rings and gewgaws out from...
View ArticleThe Worm of the Ages
A myth of Färinor, taken from The Tower of Vargon. The Loring poked the fire vigorously with a stick, making the flames leap on high and sparks climb dizzily into the night. His bald head seemed to...
View ArticleThe summons
(An introductory epistle to my serial in progress, Where Angels Die. Comments are most welcome.) Hannon, first Baron Vail, Lord and Chatelain of Angel Keep, Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 1
A preview of my new serial, now in progress. I posted a teaser (call it that, rather than a prologue) earlier. Chapter 1 The Taken The first snow fell on the fourth day out from Suranaya, just...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 2
A preview of my serial in progress. The story so far: The Summons Chapter 1: The Taken Chapter 2 A Battle of Souls Jandi pressed the dagger harder against the Taken’s throat, drawing a drop of...
View ArticleWhere Angels Die: Episode 1, chapter 3
Thanks to my 3.6 Loyal Readers for your kind remarks. Comments, as always, are more than welcome. The story so far: The Summons Chapter 1: The Taken Chapter 2: A Battle of Souls Chapter 3 The Food...
View ArticleDroll’s audition
From time to time, characters from my stories turn up unbidden in my mind, and perform scenes for me that they think I may wish to include in my books; or new characters turn up for the first time, and...
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