Author Archives: Joe

New Releases: Dungeon Age novel and novella!

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Joe

I’m very excited and proud to announce the release of not one but two new books in my new Dungeon Age series. The first title is Beneath the Dying Land, a sword-and-sorcery adventure novel inspired by all my favorite classics … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: We need a title and cover

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our story is nearly complete so we need to decide what to title it and what sort of art to use on the … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age: A list of magic tattoos

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Joe

The following D&D (5e) game content can be found in the adventure Dungeon Age: Acid Metal Howl. If you seek wealth, power, or knowledge in the dead city of Yumar, you may discover the tattooing paraphernalia of the people who still … Continue reading →

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Review: The God Engines by John Scalzi

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Joe

This 2009 short novel by science fiction writer John Scalzi does a fair job of blurring genre lines. It’s about space ships and a galactic empire! But it’s also about living gods, faith, magic, and monsters. As a short book, … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: The Field of Tears

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our hero has left the towers of the witch-lords and crossed the deadlands to find the battlefield known as the Field of Tears. … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age: A list of mutations

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Joe

The following D&D (5e) game content can be found in the adventure Dungeon Age: Acid Metal Howl. If you find yourself in the dead city of Yumar, don’t wake the green lady. And if you do wake her, stay away. Do … Continue reading →

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Review: The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Joe

This series of short stories and fix-up novels by Jack Vance spanning the 1950s to 1980s is one of my favorite works of fantasy. It’s about morally gray characters just trying to survive, it’s about a dying world where people … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: The search for answers

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our hero and his companions have discovered that the judge who sent him into the underworld was once a feared witch-lord. A terrible … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age: A list of nightmares

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Joe

The following D&D (5e) game content can be found in the adventure Dungeon Age: Acid Metal Howl. Don’t sleep too close to the strange metal sphere in the center of the dead city of Yumar, or you will have a … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Joe

This novel (and animated film) by Peter S. Beagle was written in 1968, and remains one of my favorite fantasy works, in part for its lyrical fairy tale language and for its piercingly honest and often sad journey into loneliness, … Continue reading →

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