She awakened with a gasp, cold, wet and naked. Scrambling to stand in the shower stall, she tripped over the woman’s corpse strangled at her feet. Sprayed by water long since drained of warmth, a melancholy face —empty of life— was the only witness to her christening. A scream and the sound of shattering glass... Continue Reading →
The goblin encampment was in flames, but the party of saboteurs hadn’t planned on finding an angry ogre in their midst. “Me Thragg! Me crush hoo-mans!” Meg watched her fellow scouts flee, hiding behind a tent with a twisted ankle. Mighty Thragg thundering close, she uncorked the Ogresweat potion. “If a sip fooled the goblin... Continue Reading →
Seeing his opponent, the musclebound northman leaned back laughing. “My breakfast was bigger than you!” Clad only in a loincloth, every inch of his pale freckled frame was on display as the colosseum crowd joined in mocking the scrawny redhead. Compared to mighty Burkka, he seemed like an underfed child, unsure of how to hold... Continue Reading →
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The extremely talented Paul Matthis composed and preformed this wonderful pirate sea shanty as part of a contest, with it's a cappella lyrics directly inspired by The Brynesmark! Here is how Paul first introduced his composition: "Ahoy! This here be an old'n but a good'n, sung 'round these parts fer, ach, bugger all if anyone... Continue Reading →
New story! I've only been talking about Out to Pasture and working on it since February, so it's high time that I finally got that story released so that you can read it! I posted the first part of it on Aethereal Engines Saturday. It’s 8,500 words long in total, so I divided the story... Continue Reading →
This is so cool! Artist David Tenorio did this fantastic illustration, pro bono, of my original character Moannette! You can see more of David's amazing work on his website davidtenorio.com! Moannette is a villain who figures prominently in several of the Burusian Tales that I am currently writing, including my upcoming story Out to Pasture.... Continue Reading →
It’s been a good week! I finished my first major round of editing with Out to Pasture on Saturday and was happy with the additions and changes I had made. Then I sent off the new draft to the folks who were kind enough to lend their eyes and time to critique it, just to... Continue Reading →
Calliope walked past the waiting room of the Volkswagen dealership and immediately felt the eyes of the other customers on her. She ignored them and grabbed a K cup of green tea for the Keurig. With only a handful of exers living in Maine, she rightfully assumed that they had never seen anyone like her... Continue Reading →
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