Catch up on the adventures of the young Squire Roche here. You wouldn't see me excited over the prospect of becoming part of the Guild of Assassins. Just because Prince Kholin got himself into trouble doesn't mean I sho--oh, who am I kidding, if I don't go along with His Highness, he'll end up in... Continue Reading →
Ten Things I’d do if I were a royal squire
There's a few things a near-bankrupt nobleman hates more than a fourth son. I'm that son. Guess who got the boot, with only twenty pieces of silver and a letter to the royals' far-off court. That's right, this here lad. On the road, I -- displaying the uncanny luck of the Roche family -- get... Continue Reading →
Sunday Flirt Vol. 04
Another Sunday passes as the hour of exam judgement falls ever nearer. On that note...Sundays are for avoiding responsibility! Avoiding responsibility and flirting with fantasy characters! And here's this week of fun fantasy pick-up lines'n'banter. "You're complicated AND extremely thick, aren't you?" *This works best for books, but also for...* "Honey, don't say that...This spell... Continue Reading →
Thursday Spotlight: Martin Eden
I haven't read many books about writers, but amongst the ones that I have...this one is my favorite. It tells the story of a simple young man who, having saved a member of the upper class' live, is introduced to a young, well-educated lady. He, of course, falls in love with her immediately and realizes... Continue Reading →
The Unintentionally Helpful Villain, Vol. 04 – Here Comes the Sun
Diary Entry #0110 Ten days of warring within thine splendid walls of blackness, my capital, my glorious Fulcrum. Blood - demonic and human and other, besides - clogs tiles of soulstone. Even more than is normal, in fact! Mine annoyance knows no bounds. If only I could find the body of my esteemed generals...they would... Continue Reading →
Writing Advice: The Basics of Sci-Fi
To take some liberty with a quote by the great Philip K. Dick, fantasy is about things that are conceivably impossible, whereas science fictions is all about the conceivably possible. Both genres are about writing, discovering and experiencing new things, but science fiction takes on these three objectives with a different toolset; it is ideas... Continue Reading →
If I were an occultist in a Lovecraftian world…(Ten Things, part 1)
Today's post is written in celebration of the release of the Darkest Dungeon's DLC - The Crimson Court. Brilliant game, narrated by the wonderful Wayne June (perhaps the most atmospheric narrator of Lovecraft's works). In seeking knowledge, I enrolled into that most prestigious of places for higher learning...the Miskatonic University. Though this repository of knowledge has... Continue Reading →
Sunday Flirt, Vol. 03
Sundays are for...wandering through an abandoned metro and shooting at Nazis and Reds; They are for solving thirty-fifty corporate finance problems; Sundays are also great for stuffing yourself full of pizza. When in Italy... and you might as well watch the season finale of American Gods while you do that. Gods, I'll miss that show.... Continue Reading →
Ten Things I would NOT do if I were reborn as a demonic slave
Movement's difficult with so many arms. You wouldn't think it was by looking at all those naked statues of four-handed sex goddesses, but it is. It really is. I wouldn't be doing much of it at all; not properly, anyway. I WILL NOT give the fat demon lord massages. No, I do not care how... Continue Reading →
Thursday Spotlight: Sins of Empire
Sins of Empire is one hell of a ride. Never had I touched a Brian McCllelan book before this one, although his Powder Mage universe has received critical and fan acclaim alike--enough of both, anyway, even for someone like me, still too bloody busy reading classic works of fantasy (like the wonderful Black Company series. I'm not certain... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 