Category: Promo

Reminder: Patreon Livestream!

Hello there! This is just a friendly reminder that I am holding my inaugural Patreon Livestream at 2pm Central time, which is about two hours from the time this post goes up. I’ll be talking about vampire mythology with my friend Logan, who is an expert in World of Darkness lore. Topics may include Vampire: the Masquerade, Dracula, international vampire myths, the Mark of Cain, and Beowulf. You may even get to hear me read some Old English, which I haven’t done in years, so please only make fun of me gently.

You can get to my Patreon via this link. It’s only $3 a month to sign up and get the Secret YouTube Link to watch the livestream and join the conversation. You’ll also get access to new chapters a week early, future Patreon Livestreams, and some other fun bonus content that I am adding as I go.

Inaugural Patreon Livestream: This Saturday!

A copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the Collector's Library complete & unabridged version, lies on a wooden table with a scattering of 10-sided dice. An filter has been applied to the image to create an oil-paint-like effect.

My first Patreon livestream will be this Saturday, November 13, from 2:00 in the afternoon until around 4. I’ll be talking about vampire lore with my good friend Logan, who is an expert in the World of Darkness RPG system and an all-around cool guy. I’ll also be playing Vampire: the Masquerade–Bloodlines so you have something to look at while we chat besides my face. You’ll be able to join the conversation, maybe learn some cool mythology, and marvel at what we thought were good graphics in 2004.

The link will only be available on Patreon, so if you’re interested, click here. For less than the cost of a tube of the good toothpaste a month, you can have access to these livestreams and some other cool stuff.

I hope to see you on Saturday!

Shameless Self-Promotion Week: The Book of the New Moon Door

Closing out the week with my most recent project!

Berend was once a Son of Galaser, a member of the most prestigious mercenary company on the continent. Now, the Sons are no more, and only a handful of his former companions remain–one of whom was dismembered last night in what appears to be a demon-summoning ritual out of an old legend.

Isabel is a Sentinel of Ondir, the god of death. Armed with bell, book, and candle, her duty is to send restless spirits to the afterlife. Asking the ghost of an ex-mercenary if he saw his killer before he died is a routine task, but she soon finds that things will not be so easy: though everything Isabel knows says it must be impossible, it appears the soul has been damaged, torn asunder with magic that should not, cannot exist.

Together, they must hunt down a murderer with powers beyond imagination and discover terrible secrets of both magic and science in a city that is desperately trying to find a balance between the two.

Part One is now complete, and you can find it starting here.

Shameless Self-Promotion Week: Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea

A city in the desert, held in thrall by seven all-powerful tyrants.

A contest to win a sword that can kill a god.

A gentle healer whose dreams foretell the apocalypse.

A rider from the steppe, pursuing those who slew her people and scattered their remnants to the winds.

And a lonely wanderer from the North, running from his past and toward an uncertain future, caught in the middle of it all.

You can read Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea starting here!

Shameless Self-Promotion Week: Singer Lake

My modules don’t get as much traffic as my stories, so today I’m going to draw your attention to Singer Lake, a short (2-3 session) adventure for the New World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness system. It was designed to introduce new characters to the World of Darkness setting, and involves a rogue mage, a werewolf biker gang, and a detective with a secret.

If that sounds interesting to you, it’s only three posts long, and starts here.

If you have something you’re working on that you’re excited about, feel free to tell me about it in the comments 🙂

Shameless Self-Promotion Week: The Well Below the Valley

Did you know that in addition to the serial novels I’ve posted, I also write adventure modules for tabletop games? Today, I want to show you The Well Below the Valley, a campaign-length adventure for the Call of Cthulhu RPG system. It has puzzles, mysteries, historical intrigue, and eldritch horror for you and your players, and is beginner-friendly!

It also contains many elements of a good story, such as steam trains, magic spells, libraries, and manuscripts, such as this one, translated by the late Professor Ragnarsson:

“On the feast day of Mary Magdalene in the year of Our Lord 795, a party of Northmen descended upon us like wolves in the night. The heathens slew Brother Conn and Brother Faendelach and plundered all the gold from the altar and the scriptorium.

And I the unworthy Brother Bran begged the Northmen to spare us with the promise of greater riches to the north at the hollow island. They departed with their plunder and they will not return.

I fear I have done the unforgivable and I pray God might have mercy on our humble souls and on the souls of the heathens.”

Intrigued? Start from the beginning here.

It’s Shameless Self-Promotion Week! Tell me what you’re working on in the comments! Links and excerpts are encouraged.