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This year, I’ll be focusing on Merakor 2, the sequel to Khalla’s Play. My target is December 2018. However, while I’m chugging through that, I’m please to announce that I’ll be releasing short stories on ForsakenIsles.com and my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/forsakenisles The short stories, as they are completed will be archived on FI and sent to newsletter subscribers in PDF and MOBI format for free. At the same time, they will be released on Amazon at $0.99. Some of these are co-published works with my editors and beta readers. Readers mean the world to me… and if you think you have the chops to do a short story with me, hit me on FI’s contact form. I’d love to see a writing sample and sort out some details with well-qualified candidates! When they are all completed, they will be released as an anthology on Amazon and in paperback as well. Then, we’ll tackle the other Nexus Gates.
These short stories are between 10k and 20k words, which would be about a 30 page book. If you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of “novellas” for sale on Amazon that are right in this range. Nope, these are short stories.
So, what’s up first? The Nexus of Creation, aka Heaven, aka the Seven Heavens, aka Pha Rann, aka the Sun. All of the “good” gods reside in proximity to the enigmatic god of all that is – Pha Rann, who is essentially the Gate/Nexus of Creation. Pha Rann is not alone and shares the Nexus’ power with all. Cultures variously describe Pha Rann as male, female, other… but most have adopted some symbol representative of the Daystar or a star or a warm fire. Gods in this pantheon have different dominions and their worshippers have dynamic and varied lives in their faith. However, what makes Creation so powerful is a focus on perfect design, an obsession with sharing in the power of Creation, and a focus on returning the Universe to the perfect design that existed and, depending on the doctrine of the god, can still be reclaimed through Pha Rann.
Like most of my writing, the stories are spread across the timeline of Merakor’s fall 5,000 years ago to current times, where Malcor is king in 1800 DAR. Here are some of the stories…
Pha Rannic Literalists vs the Golden Serpent. How would a Literalist battle priest handle worshippers of Geryon the Viper? Set 5 years after Bomoki’s Gate, join the battle priest Jerranic and some of his fellow team mates as they explore the beautiful world of Geryon’s Cult. Driven by drug addiction, most of Geryon’s worshippers do not understand they are worshipping a Hell Lord. Massively suppressed to near extermination on the Forsaken Isles, Geryon’s Cult thrives on other continents.
Cuthberics Backup Plan vs Orcus. If you’ve read Bomoki’s Gate, you may have wondered about Golcir’s plan. This story shows the Cuthberic leader’s back up plan to ensure Orcus dies and to thwart Tania’s plans for Orcus’ dominion.
The Nameless Priest of Braden. Braden is the God of Healing… and not just divine or magical healing. Braden is the god of healing processes, growth, maturation, and movement towards the perfect design where insanity, evil, and bad attitudes are in and of themselves a curable condition. Join the Nameless One in the twilight of Merakor and Vel Pajor’s spite, when the Exodus to the Forsaken Isles was just barely being set in motion. Meet a much younger Daryx and Invri, scions of the Drow, and see how the slaads contributed to Merakor’s fall. The All Father is introduced in this story as well, sort of.
Imperius, the Lord of Angels. Introduced in Malcor’s Story, the Imperics – those who worship Imperius – should be recognizable as a Japanese kind of samurai culture with a strong focus on martial arts, honor, and bushido. However, not told there is that Imperius is the Lord of Angels. Classic concepts of mercy, justice, joy, love, charity, selflessness, and self-sacrifice the core tenets of Imperius, and he holds dominion over the Angels of Creation’s Gate. Join an up and coming Lady Paladin in Haven right before the events in Bomoki’s Gate.
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