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M D Boncher

 Interview with M D BoncherAuthor of Tales From the Dream Nebula, Akiniwazisaga, and more 

Cursed Ruins Finale

We had a weekend back at the manor house to battle the green horde and other adversaries. I took the picture above on the ride home. Note I said "ride" rather than "drive." I had to retrieve the steel steed on wheels and take the long way home while my bride, after having breakfast in American, returned in the carriage via the freeway. My route took longer, but I missed the torrential downpour

Alice Ivinya

 Interview with Alice IvinyaAuthor ofThe Kingdom of Birds and Beasts Trilogy Please tellme a little about your current work in progress.My current work inprogress is The Widow and The Beast, which I'm hoping to get back from my copyeditor next week.The book is burstingwith folklore, especially Scottish and Norse. Some of the creatures I'veincluded are seriously freaking me out!

Feudal

This weekend found us back at the manor engaged in the battle with the green horde threatening the estate. After major battles with the assailants of both the chemical and mechanical nature, I found time for two other battles with one of Les Freres Corses. Before I address those difficult conflicts, I need to engage in some thoughts of a vain, presumptuous, and solipsistic nature. Raconteur

Thomas Kast

 Interview with Thomas KastAuthor ofThe Great Convergence 

Willow

 We had a re-watch of Willow (1988, Directed by Ron Howard, staring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and others, including Billy Barty) last week. The movie has some weaknesses but it has a certain charm, it's writer (George Lucas) borrowing from his Star Wars trilogy and blending in Arthurian and Tolkien elements.In short, the story begins with a baby cast upon the

Napoleon at Jaffa

 Fun Fact:After subjugating Egypt, Napoleon led his small army toward Syria in February of 1799. The army of 13,000 was divided into four divisions under Generals Kleber, Reynier, Bon, and Lannes. The latter would go eventually become a Marshal of the Epire and die in 1809 following the battle of Aspern-Essling in which he was struck by a cannonball and had a leg amputated. Bonaparte

Cursed Ruins Restart

 Les Freres Corses were at it again -- the "it" in question being miniatures, dice, and the Cursed Ruins. One may recall that their first attempt at imposing their will on the denizens of the place ended rather poorly for their characters: Gratell and Charo Lefrevre. "Poorly" being, of course, a euphemism for irretrievably clenched in the jaws of defeat, despair, and certain death. The full

Wyrd Warfare

  Here's the cover of the latest anthology in which one of my stories is featured. The editor had this to say in the introduction about my story: "[Wheeler] demonstrates the gallantry and the butchery of the Napoleonic Wars amplified to 'eleven.' He also wrote the best exchange of dialogue in a book filled with great exchanges."* The story is "Seventh Hussar and Aide to the Mage." You

The Men Who Lost America

 I finally finished The Men who Lost America by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy. I've already posted a few fun facts based on some chapters. I plan to post more. Rather than a narrative of the war, TMWLA looks at the major players on the British side, from George III, Lord North, the Howe brothers, Burgoyne, Clinton, Cornwallis, Admiral Rodney, and the Earl of Sandwich, and their roles in