MPF 2.07 – Norris Tilney and the Docks of Dover

New story time!

This one's been kicking around for some time. Last year, Scott Roche and I co-wrote a novellette we called "The Battle of Wildspitze". I've been trying to decide how to explain that world to people, and I think I have a concise way of summing it up.

Harry Potter.
But everyone knows about magic.
And it's 1910.

And that's basically it in a nutshell. One of us had come up with an idea for a short story regarding dragon-riding pirates raiding airships, and we started writing. I had originally thought that this would be a parallel world, no really recognizable people in it, until Scott introduced Baron Richtoffen as one of the pirates. That single character nailed the setting, the attitude, and the timeline for me.

I'm still working on a cover, and some people are sending me ideas for graphics, but the story itself is up and available for free right now on the current Free Story page. I hope you enjoy it. It'll be there until I get the next story written and posted, and then it'll be up at Amazon, BN.com, and anyplace else I can throw it.

Enjoy!