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Dungeon Age short story: “Ghost”

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Joe

(This is the third story in the series. Previous: “Dusteater“. Next: “Paladin“.) Jude floated above his skull. He always floated above his skull, unable to drift more than an arm’s length from the brown, spotted bone. Not that he had … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age short story: “Dusteater”

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Joe

(This is the second story in the series. Previous: “Wizard“. Next: “Ghost“.) “A wizard comes.” The rasping voice faded into the throbbing shadows as Damaris glided forward into the endless night. The soft vapors of creation churned around her ethereal … Continue reading →

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Review: The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Joe

This series of short stories and fix-up novels by Jack Vance spanning the 1950s to 1980s is one of my favorite works of fantasy. It’s about morally gray characters just trying to survive, it’s about a dying world where people … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: In the tower of the witch-lord

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our hero and his companions have taken shelter in the haunted tower of a long-dead sorcerer-king, where they discover a shocking truth! Will … Continue reading →

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Review: The Black Company by Glen Cook

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Joe

This novel by Glen Cook was written in 1984, and from what I hear it was an influential fantasy book in that era, particularly as it uniquely combined a cast of low-fantasy anti-hero mercenaries with a high-fantasy world of magic … Continue reading →

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