Tag Archives: the bitterwood bible and other recountings
Blackwater
As always art by Kathleen Jennings coz wolves and candlesticks and pouffy skirts …
So, I spent most of last year and the first few months of this year working on a novel called Blackwater. It’s a gothic fantasy set in the same
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New Novel
So, I’ve started writing a new novel, Morwood.
Like Blackwater it’s a gothic fantasy set in the Sourdough/Bitterwood world, and I’m at the stage where I love it. It’s new and pretty and we’re in our honeymoon period.
Here’s a first draft sample (no
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Halloween #3: (Vaguely) Witchy Things I’ve Written That You Can Read for Free
Artwork by Kathleen Jennings for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings
Right, so some more Samhain love: links to (Vaguely) Witchy Things I’ve Written That You Can Read for Free.
Thank you to all the wonderful publishers who’ve loved these stories and sent them
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Bitterwood
Re-stocked The Bitterwood Bible cards today, and remembered how much I love the cover of the book. Kathleen Jennings’ artwork always seems to be drawn straight from my head.
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Heading back into …
… the lands of the Sourdough/Bitterwood world …
“Books were in the blood of the Briars; Sandor, great-great-great-grandfather of the clan, was a collector (less frequently a bookseller for he could hardly bear to part with the things), especially of tomes and fragments
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I’m Not Crying, YOU’RE Crying!
I just opened my birthday present from my Best Brain, Sister-Brain, Frequent Collaborator and Conspirator, Lisa L. Hannett.
Sure, it’s a month late, but Best Brains care not for such trivialities of time and space, for we are Immortal (or have detailed plans
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Meanwhile, over at Gamut …
Luke Spooner
… my vampire story, “The Night Stair” (from the World Fantasy Award-winning The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings), is being reprinted in four parts. First part is up today, so if you’re a subscriber or would like
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Patreon
Banner courtesy of Kathleen Jennings
Well, I’ve finally bitten the bullet and set up a Patreon page – ably assisted by Kathleen Jennings and Peter M. Ball who managed not to grit their teeth for much of
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Revisiting old tales
Art by Kathleen Jennings
“Terrible As An Army With Banners” was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever had to write (and can never, ever read it out loud) … now I need to find that voice
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Working on …
… getting The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales finished by the end of January before I start on the third and final Verity Fassbinder book, Restoration.
Here’s a sample from one of the The Tallow-Wife tales, “Embers and Ash”. Keen-eyed readers will notice the
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