Tag Archives: fantasy

Revisit: No Magic Pasties of Protection! And How to Avoid Rusty Blades.

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

First, happy Labor Day weekend . . . Second, I need a time machine in order to smack myself for that nightmarish post title.  This went live on July 19, 2013 and somebody should have told me to rename the … Continue reading →

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Revisit: Weapon? Who Needs a Weapon?

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Debuting on July 31, 2013, I finally brought any end to the weapon posts.  Not saying they were bad, but I didn’t stick to my schedule at all.  Looking at the dates, I hadn’t even been blogging for a year … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Should There Always Be Racism in Fantasy?

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is an excerpt from one of the World parts in Do I Need to Use a Dragon?  I would even say it could be one of the topics that gets the biggest reaction.  Though, I can’t say I’m surprised.

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Revisited: Pointy End Goes Into The Other

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Posted on July 17, 2013 . . . I have no idea why I didn’t note that this was part of the ‘weapons in fiction’ series.  Took me 5 minutes to figure out where everything was after gun post.  I … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Monster vs Monster

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a minor scene from War of Nytefall: Eradication, but it’s an exciting one.  I don’t use the Weapon Dragons as often as I used to, which is a shame.  Part of it being what their role was in Legends … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Summer Break Trip

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

By the time this post goes live, I should be on the road for a father/son trip.  We aren’t going too far, but it should be fun.  A nice change of scenery, a fun museum trip, and just time to … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Bad Luck?

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we have a piece from The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks.  Short stories are definitely harder to get excerpts from unless you want to spoil the whole thing.  Enjoy!

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Teaser Tuesday: Return to the Tribe

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a short excerpt from Tribe of the Snow Tiger.  There really isn’t much to say about it since it’s all exposition.  I was trying to create a specific mood of turmoil since the heroes were walking into a dangerous … Continue reading →

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Revisit: Religion . . . in Fantasy

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Originally posted on March 6, 2013 . . . Well, it was definitely something.  A true precursor to when I started to real story-crafting posts.  Looking at how I was posting multiple times a day with poems, random stuff, book … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: The Scrumptious Siren Tavern

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

The Scrumptious Siren is probably one of my favorite settings.  I’ve made plenty of cities, dungeons, wildernesses, ruins, and more, but this place was always fun.  Chastity Sullivan always brought a positive energy to a scene, so I had her … Continue reading →

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