A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden
I had read one of Oden’s works of historical fiction before, so I knew I was in for quality. I bought A Gathering of Ravens when it launched, but got so caught up in other projects I didn’t make time…
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
With her debut novel, Tan combines lyrical prose evoking Madeline Miller with a reimagining of the beloved Chinese myth of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess. As a mortal, Chang’e steals the elixir of immortality that was a gift for her husband.…
A Sorrow Named Joy by Sarah Chorn
In lyrical, metaphor-laden prose, Chorn muses on what it means to be human and space between contentment and deeper happiness. She asks the question, if we define ourselves solely in regards to another person, are we really anyone at all?…
Career Revivifaction
In 2016 I rebooted my author career. While I was originally referring to this as my 2.0 phase, given that my company is Incandescent Phoenix Books, the phrase revivification (“to impart with new life”) seemed more apt. I’ve been telling…
Eschaton Inception
I have occasionally heard from readers under misapprehension that I created the Eschaton Cycle as an expansion of my Gods of the Ragnarok Era series. This led me to want to clear up the genesis of some of these ideas. I mentioned previously…
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
There is something strangely compelling about supernatural horror. A paradox of attraction that has sparked whole books intended to explain and examine. Thus, no surprise I find myself with an enduring fascination with such horror, especially where it intersects with…
Hellmouth by Giles Kristian
Giles Kristian had been on my radar for a while, but I tend to drift to fantasy over historical fiction most of the time, so I hadn’t read any of his work until I saw this. Almost from the first…
Eternal Recurrence and the Kalachakra
The very name of my universe, the Eschaton Cycle, implies a cycle of recurring apocalypses over different time periods. Each of these time periods I call an era. I think anyone who’s read more than a bit of my Eschaton…
Sigurd and the Dragon
Lots of us are stuck at home. Why not be stuck at home with a dragon? Here’s a sample of the forthcoming audiobook for The Radiance of Alfheim, complete with awesome performance by Ulf Bjorklund.
The Conjunction of Myth and Fantasy
When I was a very small kid, my Dad read The Hobbit to me. Very soon, I was reading it, and The Lord of the Rings with him. Dad wasn’t a huge fantasy nut like me, but he liked Tolkien.…