What I have below is the introduction to An Ogre’s Story…
Did I achieve spookiness, or merely incomprehensibility?
“TURNING and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned…”
“…And what rough beast, its hour come [...]
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Here are some of the original stories I’ve been working on:
The Deal – contemporary fantasy set in the midwest. This is probably the closest thing I have to a publishable original novel. Still trying to get a publisher interested. I may just suck at writing summaries … the whole process seems … immodest, somehow. Yes, I’m aware of [...]
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William hefted his shield and ducked down as the axe descended. He was well-braced and kept his footing as the weapon glanced off the irregular pentagon of layered wood strapped to his left forearm. Before his opponent could recover, he straightened his upper body and lunged forward, sword arm uncoiling like a whip.
His sword lashed [...]
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