Interview with M D BoncherAuthor of Tales From the Dream Nebula, Akiniwazisaga, and more <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...

Gaily bedight,         A gallant knight,       In sunshine and in shadow,         Had journeyed long,    ...

We had a weekend back at the manor house to battle the green horde and other adversaries. I took the picture above on the ride home. Note I said "ride" rather than "drive." I had to retrieve the steel steed on wheels and take the...

 Interview with Alice IvinyaAuthor ofThe Kingdom of Birds and Beasts Trilogy Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. My current work in progress is The Widow and The Beast, which I'm hoping to get back from my...

Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight,   Alone and palely loitering?The sedge is withered from the lake,   And no birds sing....I saw their starved lips in the gloam,   With horrid warning gaped wide,And I...

This weekend found us back at the manor engaged in the battle with the green horde threatening the estate. After major battles with the assailants of both the chemical and mechanical nature, I found time for two other battles with one of Les Freres C...

 Interview with Thomas KastAuthor ofThe Great Convergence <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false X-NONE X-NONE...

They never fail who die  In a great cause. The block may soak their gore;  Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs  Be strung to city gates and castle walls;  But still their spirit walks abroad. &n...

 We had a re-watch of Willow (1988, Directed by Ron Howard, staring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and others, including Billy Barty) last week. The movie has some weaknesses but it has a certain charm, its writer (Ge...

 Fun Fact:After subjugating Egypt, Napoleon led his small army toward Syria in February of 1799. The army of 13,000 was divided into four divisions under Generals Kleber, Reynier, Bon, and Lannes. The latter would go eventually become a Mars...

A Whirl-Blast from behind the hillRushed o'er the wood with startling sound;Then—all at once the air was still,And showers of hailstones pattered round.--From "A Whirl-Blast From Behind the Hill" - William WordsworthThe whirl-blast that took me from...

 Les Freres Corses were at it again -- the "it" in question being miniatures, dice, and the Cursed Ruins. One may recall that their first attempt at imposing their will on the denizens of the place ended rather poorly for their cha...

  Here's the cover of the latest anthology in which one of my stories is featured. The editor had this to say in the introduction about my story: "[Wheeler] demonstrates the gallantry and the butchery of the Napoleonic Wars amp...

 I finally finished The Men who Lost America by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy. I've already posted a few fun facts based on some chapters. I plan to post more. Rather than a narrative of the war, TMWLA looks at the major players on t...

ONCE more the storm is howling, and half hidUnder this cradle-hood and coverlidMy child sleeps on. There is no obstacleBut Gregory's wood and one bare hillWhereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind.Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed;And for...