“But wurum poison,” said one of the women with books and donkeys, “it’s not easy to cleanse.” “I don’t know about poisons,” said Caewen, “but we know how to hurry.” She climbed up into Dapple’s saddle so fast that she almost slipped off the other side, then steadying herself, she turned to Keri and said,…
Fair Upon the Tor #09 (updates Mondays)
In the aftermath, it felt as if the world had slowed down. Time crawled through a few halting and fractured seconds, before urgency and noise and movement all fell back into place. The sister threw a cross sort of look at her brother and said, “What were you playing at? You stepped left when you should…
Fair Upon the Tor #08 (updates Mondays)
All around the upturned wagon, ruin and confusion stumbled and scattered itself everywhere. The cage had toppled directly onto several travellers, crushing them dead without a chance. Caewen tried not to look too closely, but it seemed to have been the procession with the dragon-armoured man and his taggers-along in robes. Two or three of…
Old Dark Things: Freebee Promotion
Currently free until the 15th at Amazon… or, at least I think until the 15th… you might want to grab it sooner rather than later, as I’m still getting used to how the Amazon free promotion system works. I will, however, be re-running the promotion as regularly as possible. Also, feel free to email me…
Fair Upon the Tor #07 (updates Mondays)
“First,” he said, “Aslaug the Vainglorious has left his lair for the first time for four hundred years. Don’t know why. Don’t know what’s prodded him into action. But he’s up and about, and looking for trouble, I dare say.” “Aslaug the…?” “Vainglorious,” said Twit. “A dragon. A fire-drake of the ancient days of yore….
Old Dark Things
Well, it’s done. At about 150k words, Old Dark Things is a dark, folkloric stand-alone fantasy set in Clay-o-the-Green, the same world as The Winter King. My plan is to run it through Kindle Select for a while to start off with, so that I can make the book available as a free product over at least a couple…
Fair Upon the Tor #06 (updates Mondays)
With oddly jolting, sudden motions he waved a hand at the forest and said, “You came out of the Crow Hall. I saw you. Blimey. That is something. I mean, not many people are willing to walk through there. Herself of the Deathly might take an interest in you.” And then he looked at Dapplegrim…
New Years Thoughts
Well, it has been an interesting, odd and difficult year. Personally, 2016 was full of both wonderful life events and a lot of hard trials. I have come through it, and although I am perhaps not unscathed, I am feeling positive about the future. Yes, it has been a somewhat bleak year for me in many respects….
Fair Upon the Tor #05 (updates Mondays)
They rode for an hour, twisting and winding out of the woods. They saw no one else, either in the woods, or back on the road when they found it. The half-dead woman, if she was about, was keeping herself well concealed. No other travellers seemed to have taken the road through the woods at…
Fair Upon the Tor #04 (updates Mondays)
“I see.” She looked at the door to the outside. Trees and fallen leaves were visible through the gap. “Are we still in the woods with the crow roosts? Near Sorcery Tor?” “Crow Hall Woods, yes, yes. What of it?” “Then Dapple will find me sooner or later.” She turned to the man. “I swear…