My little team had no name initially, although our commanders began to call us the Foolish Fires. We went out into the area through which our enemies would approach and filled it with inexplicable phenomena. The sillier the better, in some ways. We did rains of fish, talking scarecrows, ghosts, dreams leading to treasure, black…
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I knew the war was turning our way when my father handed me a necklace, from which depended ten tiny pearls. Its presence seemed so incongruous I asked him “What is this?” “It is Imaginem vis.” he answered. “The War Council thought you could make the best use of it.” Then he dropped it into my…
Read MoreA quick note on a Kickstarter
So, I’m in as a backer for the new version of Chill. Chill is epically fantastic. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playattentiongames/chill-3rd-edition-a-horror-roleplaying-game/widget/video.html
Read MoreMirarion Chapter 13
Durenmar remains. It did not fall, or move. The Diedne fundamentally misunderstood the distraction of the Order’s researchers for military ineptitude. House Bonisagus, early in the War, was politically divided, lacked trained soldiers, and had no logistical chain. That meant they could not project force. At that time, Hermetic generals thought of war as a series of…
Read MoreMirarion Chapter 12
It was not a glorious day. My Housemates do not seek glory, but the people asking me to tell this story usually like it. I’ve formed the habit of telling people, in advance, that it was not a heroic test of strength. I killed Incendia, and in a way she would have considered unfair, and…
Read MoreThe Bishop’s New Stockings, or The Dangers of Love Magic
A little medieval love magic, to test reblogging
Read MoreMirarion : Chapter 11
At nightfall we were called into the courtyard, and the chief Guernicus present had us sit before her. We were surrounded by a crowd of gawkers. “Are each of you adamant that this continue? This War is irregular, and it is my House’s opinion that our standards should not fall short just because we face…
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Between Sand and Sea Announced
My newest book has been announced. Check it out here: http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG0310.php That clears the deck for Egypt.
Read MoreMirarion : Chapter 10
Let me tell you about an illusion called the thimblerig. It’s not a spell: it’s a piece of con artistry done on fairgrounds. A group of men pretend to have a gambling game going, and they entice others to part with money by moving around thimbles with a pea supposedly hidden under one. In truth,…
Read MoreMirarion : Chapter 9
Scipia found me before dawn. She saw my new leg, but didn’t realize it was permanent. She was waiting for the day, for my wound to open. I told her that I’d been healed. She looked surprised, then dropped to one knee and at the point where my stump joined my smooth, mottled, new flesh. “Come quickly.”…
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