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An Archetypal Bestiary
To me, the most mysterious and beautiful thing about writing is the process itself. This is an exploration into the Otherworld; like a hapless warrior in a medieval tale, I venture in with my sword and...
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The Spooky Forest: Awakening Gods
Welcome to Part Two of The Spooky Forest, a series dedicated to the stories in Wizards Woods and Gods: Tales of Integration. Awakening Gods Some say that everything we know is the dream of a god. I am...
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Water, Earth, and Shamanism
The process of writing a story has a way of revealing one’s knowledge or fascination in terms that extend beyond conscious understanding. A powerful lens into the nature of experience, metaphor conveys...
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The Gray Isles
Hemlock is a fisherman’s son with mysterious origins. Orphaned by the sea, he is sent to a conservatory in the far reaches of the Gray Isles to serve wizards, a fate that both fascinates and grieves...
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The War God Sleeps
The Temple of MathLoneliness and a quest for knowledge will drive a person to many things. Combine this with the vision of a shaman, and an age of ignorance ends on the edge of a sword. Excerpt...
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Kali the Ribbon Snake
I once kept a ribbon snake named Kali. She ate live goldfish. She would hover over the water bowl for some time as the fish swam around in there and then she would dive in a flurry of writhing,...
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The Rites of Hawthorn
A lovely hawthorn tree grows by my house, in the woods near a small pond. For most of the year it blends with the surroundings, a tangle of shadows and light. But when it blooms, it takes on an...
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Ealiron Glossary Terms: The Old One
Welcome to Ealiron Glossary Terms, a new series of posts in which I’ll discuss fantasy terms in Chronicles of Ealiron: Terms and Places, the online glossary for the series. Today’s term is Old One. Old...
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Weekly Excerpt: The War God Sleeps
The Temple of Math Today’s excerpt is from “The War God Sleeps”, a short story included in the ebook and print editions of Wizards, Woods and Gods. Excerpt Sethren crouched on a knoll north of his and...
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Book Post: The Gray Isles
The Gray Isles is the second book in the Chronicles of Ealiron, a heroic fantasy series that revolves around an assassin called Lorth of Ostarin. The main character in this tale is one Hemlock of...
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On the Windswept Tree
Hung was I on the windswept tree; Nine full nights I hung, Pierced by a spear, a pledge to the god, To Odin, myself to myself, On that tree which none can know the source From whence its...
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Water Dark, a Novella
Urien of Eyeroth, a Master of the Eye of the Order of Raven, hurried along the winding forest path beneath a sky shrouded in midnight. Restless wind stirred the trees, and the air smelled of rain and...
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Of Mice and Swordsmen
I live in the woods. Mice are a way of life, and while I’ve always had ferocious hunting cats, mice are very resourceful, especially in the fall when they’re looking for winter shelter. Who can blame...
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Shades of Instinct
In the wilds of Ostarin, folks have a saying: “Only wizards and hunters know the true meaning of darkness.” But one can sense a truth and not be able to explain it. Some things exist beyond the scope...
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The Gray Isles
Hemlock is a fisherman’s son with mysterious origins. Orphaned by the sea, he is sent to a conservatory in the far reaches of the Gray Isles to serve wizards, a fate that both fascinates and grieves...
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Wizards, Woods and Gods, Second Edition Ebook
The Second Edition of Wizards, Woods and Gods is now available as an ebook at all major outlets. Release Date: January 27, 2017. Pre-order now and get a discount. The Otherworld takes shape in this...
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The Spooky Forest
When I was a child, my grandparents lived on a golf course. It was a beautiful place, mysterious and sprawling with woods, lakes and paths. A good place to go fishing, only mind the snakes and snapping...
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Land of the Ice and Snow
In my eternal quest for mood-inducing music, I created a playlist on Spotify that attempts to capture the soul of the North, and I’d like to share. Norse tribal, dark ambient, folk, metal–I’m aiming...
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Demons at the Bar
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – C.G. Jung My life is falling apart. Sounds charming, put like that. Imagine if you will some poor bastard, drunk at a bar, ordering that...
View ArticleThe Wolf Lords Pre-order and Release
Samhain Greetings. Good things take time. Often enough, it’s the things we love the most that require the most time and energy. We’ll throw my next novel, The Wolf Lords, into that category. I wrote...
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