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On Sale Now! Legends of Windemere: Prodigy of Rainbow Tower for .99 Cents!

The day has come, everyone!  Legends of Windemere: Prodigy of Rainbow Tower is live on Amazon.com!  See the adventure that Luke Callindor and his friends have found themselves in now.  Meet the hot-tempered, magic-hurling Nyx and her cunning rival Trinity … Continue reading

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Council of Mystical Creatures

Dragon:  I call this meeting of the Brotherhood of Monsters to order. Elf: Can we have a different name?  Some of us aren’t monsters any more. Orc:  Yeah! Dragon: Put in a petition later.  What do we have to discuss? … Continue reading

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Destroyer of His World

Fire in his wake As his tears fall Burning the world To its molten core With every care he razes Shredding the world around him Despising the screams From the bodies in his wake The ones he loves And hated … Continue reading

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Monstrous Favorites

When working in fantasy, you have a ton of monsters to choose from.  That’s not counting anything you make up.  Still, I wonder if every author has his or her own favorite fantasy monster.  That one monster that has to … Continue reading

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It’s Alive!!! (Monster Making.)

I’m sure this is a problem only for certain genres:  Your heroes (or victims) are traveling through their adventure and they’re attacked by a tentacled horror.  Wait!  Maybe it’s a flying grizzly bear.  I could go old-school with a chimera.  … Continue reading

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Monster Origins: Goblin

Here’s a fantasy scenario:  You and your adventuring friends come to a bridge where a group of goblins are crossing.  They have heavy packs and haven’t noticed you.  Do you: A.  Attack immediately. B.  Yell to them to see if … Continue reading

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I Remember When (A Monstrous Satire/Comedy)

My final writing course in college was on ‘Horror’ because the genre of the course changed every semester.  I was just thankful it wasn’t Romance.  Still, I didn’t have a good grasp of horror even with a Stephen King How-To … Continue reading

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The Banshee Bashs

Shadows stir Among the blackened trees As the sun is suffocated And buried By her pale-faced brother   A ghoulish howl Cuts wind and nerve A sign That the nightly terrors Have come to call   The first to arrive … Continue reading

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