G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 937
January 16, 2014
Marc Simonetti
Medieval, Schloss Drachenburg, Germany
photo via deborah
Astronomical Clock, Prague, Czech Republic
photo via kelley
Fortunino Matania - The opening of the London season,...


Fortunino Matania - The opening of the London season, 1905
Matania had only just come to London when he captured this scene of Piccadilly Circus at theatre-time. It was originally published as a black-and-white drawing in The Sphere. Nearly fifty years later, Matania created the colour version seen above which was published in the April 1949 issue of The Strand.
January 15, 2014
The Ouroboros Cycle A paranormal adventure series by G. D....
The Ouroboros Cycle
A paranormal adventure series by G. D. Falksen
Get the first book "The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 1: A Monster’s Coming of Age Story" here in ebook and print format:
Or wherever else books are sold online, etc.
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book 1: A Monster’s Coming of Age Story
How far would you go to avenge the one you love? Would you go beyond death? Born into the stifling confines of French upper society, Babette Varanus never thought that she would have to answer that question. Surrounded by wealth yet ostracized by her peers, Babette had little interest in love until she met Korbinian, a scandalous German baron with the audacity to regard her as his equal. But when the intrigues of her grandfather’s enemies conspire to tear them apart, Varanus will embark upon a journey of vengeance, love, and redemption that will take her beyond the limitations of mortality and reveal to her the dark forces that command humanity from the shadows. Faced with madness, murder, hidden cults, and erudite vampires, does she have the strength to withstand the storm that rises against her? “
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book Two “A Cautionary Tale For Young Vampires” is due out later this month.
For updates on the series please follow http://www.gdfalksen.com/
Credits for this fantastic book trailer as follows:
*Voice Over by the fantastic Yuri Lowenthal
*Art by the talented Lawrence Gullo and Fyodor Pavlov
*Music by Spiky you can pick up the wonderful soundtrack he made for the series on CD Baby and Amazon
*The amazing Motion Graphics Artist who edited this whole thing together is the one and only Jake Akuna
So one year ago today the first Ouroboros Cycle book was...

So one year ago today the first Ouroboros Cycle book was released. Now I can tell you that when an author or artist releases something that they’ve spent ten years making, there’s a great deal of suspense and uncertainty about whether it will be well received. When you’ve put so much of yourself into a project, you’re always terrified that no one will like it.
Little did I know then the incredible response that The Ouroboros Cycle, Book One: A Monster’s Coming Of Age Story was to receive. Over the course of the past year an incredible fandom seems to have developed around the series, and I am both humbled and honored by it. The "Sassassins" as the fans have taken to calling themselves (because they, like the characters in the book, have “sass”) are some of the most enthusiastic, friendly, and clever fans I have ever seen. They have tea parties and online hang-outs, marvelous inside jokes, and are some of the most welcoming people you’ve ever met. They encourage each other, they invite new fans to join them, and are just generally awesome.
I cannot describe how much it means to me to have a fandom such as this forming around my work. It’s wonderful to think that my writing has affected people in this way, and I hope that it continues to move people and bring them together like this.
I want to thank everyone for their enthusiastic support for the book. I’m humbled and delighted and I am incredibly grateful.
So happy Sass Day to one and all!
(By the way, I did not coin the term “Sass Day”. That Sassassins did, and I love them for it.)
Royal finger rings from anglo-saxon England belonging to King...

Royal finger rings from anglo-saxon England belonging to King Ethelwulf and his daughter Queen Ethelswith 828-858 A.D.
Art Deco Vogue Cover Poster - Woman on White Peacock 1918

Art Deco Vogue Cover Poster - Woman on White Peacock 1918