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A New Kingdom by Thomas M. Watt

Unlike many authors narrating stories with a strong element of religion, Watt neither ignores other religions nor consigns them to falsehoods and evil magics. Instead he posits a world in which the benefits of any honest faith are the benefits … Continue reading →

Horror is the Removal of Masks

Chunk Wendig is currently running an awkward author photograph contest. As entrants are limited to a single photograph, I had to make some hard choices. However, as I make the rules here, I decided to share three of the photographs … Continue reading →

Not Overwhelmed by the Tribe

We are all equal. However, some people still experience considerable unfair discrimination. While it is easy to respond to this with an attempt to forcibly rebalance the world, this will only be counter-productive. Instead we must live the diversity we … Continue reading →

Fauxpocalypse – A Sale!

Originally posted on Paws4Thought:
This weekend only Fauxpocalypse will be is on sale for just 99 cents on Amazon US and 99p on Amazon UK. My story in Fauxpocalypse, Vodka and Watermelons, was inspired by my time in Israel…

Midrealm by Garrett Robinson and Z.C. Bolger

While this fantasy part-work is clearly written for a young adult audience, Robinson and Bolger have not fallen into the trap of focusing solely on the unfairness of being young. Collecting the first six episodes and season finale in the … Continue reading →

A Placid Island of Ignorance in the midst of Black Seas of Infinity

For the last couple of months I have been re-reading my Cthulhu Mythos collection. After I finished the works penned by Lovecraft, I moved onto Brian Lumley’s Mythos Omnibuses. I found myself mildly disappointed by them. In the manner of … Continue reading →

Feeding the Mind

Today is World Literacy Day. If you follow my blog, you already benefit from this powerful skill. And if you are anything like me, you are looking for works upon which to use it, so I thought I would share … Continue reading →

Kill School by Gregory Lynn

Skilfully balancing an inhuman morality with all too human frustrations, Lynn creates a protagonist who is sympathetic without being a man in a rubber suit. Hobbes the goblin lives a brutish yet bearable life working in the mines. Hated for … Continue reading →

The Government is Us

Following my article on voluntarily limiting our use of rights and liberties for the good of the whole, I was asked what I thought the purpose of government is. Clearly there are many highly specific answers to that question dependant … Continue reading →

Beyond the Frontiers of the Million Word Challenge

Today is a post of two, interconnected, halves: it is the first post of the month, so it is time for an update on the Million Word Challenge; and I just published another book, which you can get free, and … Continue reading →