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July 10, 2014
Be As the Dead for the Dead Man’s Sake #talktothehand
Dead Man’s Knock - (An OTS Series Short) – Audrey Brice
In this OTS short, magician Elizabeth Tanner finds a curious magickal item in an antique store that later brings her visitors in the night. When her boyfriend falls under a dark spell and she’s left to fend for herself, will she be able to save a friend and break the spell before it’s too late?
This short story is offered as an introduction to the Ordo Templi Serpentis mystery series.
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July 6, 2014
July Update
It occurred to me I haven’t updated in about ten days so I figured I should jump in here and let everyone know where we’re at.
So first thing’s first. Black Lily is running late. There are a combination of factors at fault here. First – I have rewritten complete sections of the book. Still writing! My editor was supposed to get chapters this weekend but that didn’t happen and I’ll explain why in a minute. Second – my calendar has been packed since May. Between graduations, weddings, a 5K, gath...
June 25, 2014
Flash Fiction: Missionaries
He could see them. Door to door they went wearing their crisp white shirts and black dress pants. Each of them wore a black backpack. They didn’t stay at any house for too long because people turned them away quickly or didn’t answer their doors.
Every time he saw them it brought back memories of his own church-going daysas a child. It hadn’t been a wholly unpleasant experience. There was always hot cocoa and doughnuts in the social room after the services. That alone made it worth sitting thr...
June 24, 2014
The State of the Muse Address
Now folks, it’s time for a State of the Muse Address.
The muse, donning skin tight jeansand a flogger steps back to reveal my metaphoricbare backside, now marred with raised red welts from where the flogger came down against myemotional flesh.
“Where are we?” he asks.
“Yellow,” I tell him, fighting back a whimper.
He lifts an eyebrow, knowing I’m rather masochistic, so when I say yellow, I’m on the verge of collapsing, breaking down, and using my safe-word.
“Why yellow?” It’s the habit of Doms to...
June 20, 2014
The Powers of the Sphinx
This week I was reminded how important an ingredient passion is to any project. Obviously I’m not talking about sexual passion, but real passion. Possessed, fervent, painful, I-have-to-get-this-out onto paper passion. Inspired passion.
Some of my bestselling books and novels were the most passionate. Training Amy, SINcerely, Megan, Nice Girls Don’t — all written, edited and published in four months time. *That* kind of passion. Necromantic Sacraments, written in two weeks. Nuctemeron Gates, wr...
June 11, 2014
Daemonic Divine – Daemonic Devour
As most of my readers know, I’ve made working with Divine Intelligence (Daemons) my spiritual life’s work. This has come with a lot of wonderful things, but also at the expense of that blissful ignorance so many people seem to have while going about their daily lives.
People often ask me what I “gain” from my work with the Daemonic. A lot actually. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it weren’t for my relationship with the Daemonic Divine.
Yes, working with the Daemonic has brought me great...
June 5, 2014
To the Interwebs!
Sometimes I feel a bit out of touch with the modern world despite the fact that I consider myself technologically “progressive”. I grew up with a Commodor Vic 20 and an Atari 2600 in the house. My favorite game on the latter was Q*bert. I grew up around the time disco died, hair bands were king, and electronic music was all the rage, and back when MTV actually showed music videos. I was also here for the advent of the internet, back before it had a graphical user interface. Who else remembers...
May 30, 2014
Drawing Down Belial
Drawing Down Belial – Now Available!
Being a manual of Daemonic Divination, Ascension and Channeling for Daemonolater mediums and seers who wish to learn how to communicate and divine with the Daemonic. For the experienced, the text will help fine tune the practitioner’s senses, honing better communication skills with the Daemonic Divine. This book includes methods to prepare divination devices as well as tips and exercises to facilitate strong communication, as well as rituals to charge and d...
May 29, 2014
Execration Magick Workshop + More!
I am teaching a ton of online workshops, classes, and hosting a handful of online meditation sessions and a few online public rituals starting June 8th. All of this will be running until the end of the year. I am also doing another online seminar, webinar I guess, for SOMA (Society of Magical Artists) on August 23 about Daemonic Blood Magick. So I am going to be a busy, busy Hekau Lector Priestess for the rest of the year. Working out that schedule was a beast, believe me. We’re talking 3 wor...
May 22, 2014
I Love Productive Days
Overall today was a veryproductive writing day. I put down1,000 on one book, 3,000 on another, and a scant but workable 1,000 on Lily.
I’m getting some of these lingering projects that I’ve been working on forever off of my plate so I can moveforward.
In case anyone missed the announcement, I have a new Daemonolatry book coming out called Drawing Down Belial. The release date is June 6. It’s a book about Daemonic Divination, Ascension and Channeling. Yes, there is a reason it’s called Drawing D...
