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A Sorrow Named Joy by Sarah Chorn

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

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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

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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

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

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…

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.