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Stefan is a purveyor of grimdark LitRPG adventures, plunging readers into the harsh realities of a System Apocalypse where survival is a brutal grind and the line between human and monster blurs with every level gained.

With a background steeped in tabletop role-playing – including co-creating the post-apocalyptic LodlanD RPG system – Stefan brings over 25 years of gaming experience to his fast-paced, character-driven stories. Expect relentless exploration, desperate survival, and a darkly humorous take on the progression fantasy genre.

If you’re looking for a LitRPG experience that doesn’t shy away from the gritty side of leveling up, Stefan’s books will transport you to a world where every stat point counts and every choice carries a heavy
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Relaunch of book 1 is live

When I first started, I did what s not of people who can't draw do - I used an ai image generator.

But I never really liked it. And with the second cover, or became clear that it's impossible to keep a consistent style that way.

I've found an artist to do the drawing for the third book, and now I've spent some money to have her redraw the first two covers.

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“People believe things they know ain't true every day of the week and twice on Sunday.”
Walter Goodwater, The Liar of Red Valley

Martha Wells
“I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”
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“No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract.”
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In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
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Susan's Reviews Happy Belated Birthday, my comrade in bookish arms! I just saw by your profile that your birthday was on the 21st! Hope you had a great day and celebrated and partied hearty!!!




Stefan Bogdanski Wanda wrote: "Happy New Year, Bogi! Nice to make your acquaintance here."

And a happy New Year to you, Wanda! I'm curious about this year in terms of books - there are quite some interesting books being published in the next few months.


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Wanda Pedersen Happy New Year, Bogi! Nice to make your acquaintance here.


Susan's Reviews Your interviews on our partnered Blog are wonderful! GR readers should check them out. Some of the authors were really into the groove with you and you had a great rapport with them. One of them was a bit monosyllabic, except when HE wanted to say something specific. You did an excellent job, Bogi! You missed your calling, but I suppose review writing is not a high paying job. I'm thankful you are a computer genius, otherwise, my portion of the blog would just be a wish and a prayer still!


Susan's Reviews Congrats on your recent string of author interviews (and the direct gift from one author!!!) The questions were spot on and they tempted me to want to read the books! Great job, Bogi!


Susan's Reviews Hey Bogi! Love the Martha Wells quotes - and is that the Hulk towering over the author?
Just wanted to thank you for all your hard work in setting up our partnered blog, Crossing the Pond Reviews.
https://crossingthepond.reviews/
You did a beautiful job: love the clean lines and how easy it is to access the various reviews. I promise to be a bit more present once my workload eases!
Love the ideas about changing the logo. I sent you some links to our major tourist attraction, Niagara Falls. Some moose and beavers mixed in the links too. Aren't your Mercedes cars famous? We could have a Moose reading a book, with a Mercedes covered in books? Too cliché?
I have faith in you: you always come up with something great and original! So glad we decided to partner on this blog - I;m very proud of it!


Stefan Bogdanski Trish wrote:
Heck, yes! And thanks for the friend-invite. Die korrekte Antwort auf meine Frage ist übrigens, da..."


Well, thank you for accepting!

Oh, kennst du den Zusammenhang zwischen Pampelmuse, Mandarine und Orange? Das fand ich faszinierend.

Pampelmuse + Mandarine = Orange
Pampelmuse + Orange = Grapefruit
Pampelmuse + Grapefruit = Pomelo

Und dann wird teils mit Mandarine zurückgekreuzt. Es ist verrückt!


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Trish And by the way: true vampires don't glitter or sparkle. They're hard bastards, just ask Joe Pitt.

Heck, yes! And thanks for the friend-invite. Die korrekte Antwort auf meine Frage ist übrigens, dass sie alle dieselbe Pflanze sind - wir haben lediglich verschiedene Varianten gezüchtet. Wirklich interessant ist, dass ich einige liebe und andere hasse (Rosenkohl).


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