Tag Archives: demons

Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Family of the Tri-Rune’

This is the fourth volume of Legends of Windemere and one where I felt like I had to do a lot of clean up.  Not in terms of handling sloppy writing, but I had to make a few plot points come … Continue reading

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Legends of Windemere Series & Quest of the Brokenhearted Available on Amazon!

For this month, I’m going to use Tuesdays to do a promo for the paperbacks.  There are still eBooks though.  Fingers crossed that I get a few sales of both during the start of this year. First up, we have … Continue reading

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Difference Between Ghosts and Demons

This feels like a weird topic to end the week on, but I stumbled onto some short videos that brought it up.  Ghosts and demons are both able to possess mortals, which makes this a shared ability.  Many authors use … Continue reading

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When Characters Can See Spirits

The ability to see spirits is fairly common in fantasy and horror.  Though, each genre uses such a power for different effects.  Horror is almost exclusively creepy and eerie while fantasy can have it be information gathering or simply a … Continue reading

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Monster Month: Kurage-No-Hinotama

I debated giving a day to this monster, but I really liked the concept.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find much in the way of lore.  It definitely stems from Japanese mythology and seems to be a yokai.  Yet, I found more … Continue reading

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Monster Month: Kawuso

This creature comes from Japan and it is what they call river otters.  These fall into the category of yokai, which are Japanese demons.  Known to be tricksters, they are similar in habits to kitsune (foxes) and tanuki (coming on … Continue reading

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Quest of the Brokenhearted on Paperback and eBook!

It was fun writing this off-shoot of Legends of Windemere.  Kira Grasdon became one of my favorite characters to write.  Giving her a solo adventure was always on the list and making it a loose homage to Castlevania helped lock in … Continue reading

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Monster Month: Kasa-Obake

I’ve seen this show up in so many anime that I had to put it on the blog.  Doesn’t matter that there isn’t a lot of info out there. The kasa-obake/karakasa-obake/kasa-bake/karakasa kozo . . . It has a lot of … Continue reading

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Happy National Library Workers Day! (Celebrate with a $2.99 Adventure!)

What better way to enjoy a holiday about libraries than to buy a book like Legends of Windemere: Curse of the Dark Wind!

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Does Windemere Have Angels?

Long ago, I began to wonder something about Windemere.  I know that’s strange since I created the place, so I should have an answer.  Still, this was a headscratcher due to other fantasy series where demons, dragons, deities, and a … Continue reading

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