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10 Years of Muirwood

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 7:59 pm | 11Comments

Ten years ago this week, 47North released The Legends of Muirwood as a trilogy all on the same day. That's not a typical thing for a publishing company to do. It wasn't a typical thing for me to do either when I self-published the trilogy all at once myself. I could... Read More

Tales from Kingfountain, Muirwood, and Beyond

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 2:00 pm | 3Comments

The very first short story I published for Deep Magic was in the June 2002 issue. Because that issue also included an excerpt from my fantasy novel LANDMOOR, I decided to publish the short story under the pen-name JT Slane. That story "Wizard Auditions" is now almost... Read More

Cover Reveal – Grave Kingdom Book 2 (Buried World)

Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 8:11 pm | 1Comments

The cover art for the Grave Kingdom series is truly epic. Shasti O'Leary Soudant, who did my Kingfountain world, has also done this one. So even though you haven't seen the first book yet, it's time to reveal the cover for Book 2 of the series - The Buried World.... Read More

Maia

Monday, December 11th, 2006 @ 4:35 pm | Comments Off

Well, you found the right page, but the story you were looking for isn't here anymore. This is not a Jedi mind trick. You are probably here because you learned about "Maia" from the author's notes of the Muirwood Trilogy and did a Google search for it. I had posted... Read More

The Ravenmaster

Saturday, May 6th, 2006 @ 5:40 pm | Comments Off

The inspiration for this story came from a friend of mine named Sam Andrus. He had returned from a trip to London and had purchased me a postcard from the famous Tower of London. The postcard came in a brown wrapper that described the legend of the ravens there. I... Read More

Podcast of “The Wishing Lantern”

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 3:48 pm | Comments Off

This is the first story that I wrote that was ever published. Though it was many years ago, it has always been a favorite. A few months ago I downloaded the free podcasting software Audacity, bought a cheap USB microphone (because the mic on my laptop picked up the whirring... Read More