Dominentur: City of the Derelict
There were people in the Derelict. The startling realization hit me like a thunderbolt. So many had disappeared within the Derelicts steel walls. Everyone had always assumed that they had died. But, what if...
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6 Natural Resources for Better Fantasy Series
In fiction, greed often motivates conflict. Whether the evil empire wants gold, silver, iron, or even just land, villains are often motivated by a desire for things. However, those previously mentioned resources are overused....
A Scar Upon the Earth – A Short Story
Julia lived in a rural town in the mountains. It was unassuming enough, small, quaint, and it didn’t receive many visitors. That was how the locals liked it. They didn’t want an influx of...
Brilliance in the Derelict
Lights weren’t uncommon in the Derelict. Though the sun was smog and mists permanently obscured, small lights littered the Derelict. Thousands of little colored lights abounded. But the light that Flint and I beheld...
5 Tips for Better Fight Scenes
Fight scenes are hard to write- in print media, especially so. When I read books, I usually only skim said fight scenes. In fight scenes, there is always so much going. So, it’s hard...
Lost in the Derelict
“I want to turn back.” The words kept tumbling around in my head. I’d led us here into the Derelict. Now, Flint and I had realized that it was the height of folly. Flint...
The Art of Saying Nothing
There is an art to saying nothing – in finely crafting your words so that they are devoid of any meaning. “When Holk, after two days of steady work, succeeded in eliminating meaningless statements,...
The Things I Don’t Know
“Hello, world,” I remember my first thoughts with the same precision with which I remember everything else. At the time, I didn’t quite know what the words meant or why I said them. Now...
Into the Derelict; Into the Ruin
The Derelict drew everyone’s eye. The Derelict was our open secret, a mess of metal and swamp that gathered people like moths to a candle. Many went in adventurers, conquerors, thrill-seekers, heroes, search parties....
My Undying Love for Appendices
Three of my favorite books have appendices, these books being The Lord of the Rings, Dune, and Mistborn. When reading these books, I remember flipping through to the back to look at the appendix....