Follow
Books by D.J. Butler
Tag Archives: Witchy Eye
Plane: Dystopian
Google+ Writing CirclePlane: Dystopian Crookshanks Harry leaned into his tool, urging his whole body softly against the knot in the wood. “Wot’s it gonna be, then?” he asked. He had imagined the Lord Protector as a towering, imposing figure. Instead, … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Sample
Tagged Google+ Writing Circle Project, Oliver Cromwell, Prequel, Witchy Eye
Leave a comment
Witchy Lovecraft
The gods of this New World are very real. Our priests, and some of the Firstborn, will tell you that they are but the angels and devils of our own Bible. I have heard the Pueblo, though, and old secret … Continue reading
Witchy Mencken
The Swords of Wisdom are rather like the Knights Templar, except that where the latter pinion their founding aspirations to the architectural handiwork of an old Hebrew philanderer, the former dream of a mysterious snake in the woods. Still, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Sample
Tagged Chapter Headings, In-World Documents, Mencken, Using Real People in Fiction, Witchy Eye
Leave a comment
Writing to the Punchline (Bonuses: Horror and Dialect!)
The thing had eyes now, one in its forehead and one in its cheek, each formed by a dull silver Pennsylvania shilling and each spluttering and emitting a foul yellow smoke as the silver burned its way into the clay … Continue reading
Posted in How to Write, Writing Sample
Tagged Clay Monsters, Dialect, Horror, Witchy Eye, Writing Visually
Leave a comment
