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Serpentspawn Depredations
SERPENTSPAWN DEPREDATIONS ~ The Pacification of the Ohio Continues ~ Cahokia. Good men and true in the service of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR THOMAS PENN, are murdered! Honest men have died with their throats cut in their sleep!! their … Continue reading
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Tagged The Emperor Thomas Penn, The Pacification of the Ohio, Witchy Eye
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Witchy Eye: Calvin Was a Corn Reader
“Cal’s already had a ministry of sorts,” Sarah said. “No I ain’t.” “Now you’re jest bein’ modest.” Sarah turned to the monk to explain. “Calvin here was a corn reader.” “Was,” Cal said immediately. “Was a corn reader. I got … Continue reading
Witchy Eye: Iron Andy’s Reputation
“I ain’t afraid. I jest don’t relish gittin’ my tongue cut out, and havin’ my fingernails torn off, and bein’ hung from a tree by my own guts. They say he crucified people in the Ohio Forks War. They say … Continue reading
Witchy Eye: Real-World Christian Grimoires
One of the fun things about writing my epic blackpowder fantasy WITCHY EYE (Baen, forthcoming) and now its first sequel (WITCHY WINTER) has been exploring real-world ideas about magic. It turns out, for instance, that right into the nineteenth century … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Christian Magic, Francis Barrett, Grimoires, Johann George Hohman, The Long-Lost Friend, The Magus, Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter
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Witchy Eye: Roots of the Setting
My blackpowder fantasy novel Witchy Eye: Flight of the Serpent’s Daughter has been acquired by Toni Weisskopf at Baen. I’m excited about it, and am going to start sharing some of the book’s roots from time to time. I was … Continue reading
A Game of Okwe
Obadiah grabbed four stones and spread them out around the rectangular board counterclockwise, one stone per scooped-out hole. He tried to do it quickly, like the Iggy bastard across the board from him did, but … Continue reading
Fair
Google+ Writing Circle Project Word: Fair Genre: Blackpowder Fantasy SERPENTSPAWN DEPREDATIONS ~ The Pacification of the Ohio Continues ~ Cahokia. Good men and true in the service of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR THOMAS PENN, are murdered! Honest men have … Continue reading
Crows and Sheep
Cal shook his head. “Well, then what is it? I mean, if Luther’s wrong, then what is the ‘burst of energy’ that pops outta the Firstborn when they die?” Thalanes shrugged. “I don’t know. … Continue reading
Base Twelve
“Well, that explains all the crazy acorn nonsense,” Andy mused in his antsy way. “I always heard the Kings of Cahokia was wizards, and they don’t know how to count to eleven.” “Thirteen, you mean,” … Continue reading
A Vision of Death
The worm succumbed first, shriveling and fallen from the apple to be lost on the garden floor. As the worm died, the apple was already rotting away, and Ezekiel thought he could actually smell the … Continue reading
