I don’t read enough fantasy. Actually, I avoid it like ebola. The problem is, I write fantasy, and I also edit it. A lot of it. As with Sherlock Holmes, my mind is a cardboard box filled with whatever I happen to be working on, and there is simply no room for anything else. But…
Snaith’s image of Tey forced its way to the surface once more. His still-point amid the chaos. So perfect it could have been mistaken for the woman sitting across the tumulus from him. Yet it was a false image. He’d never even suspected there was anything but virgin skin beneath her black dress and shawl.…
THE CODEX OF HER SCARS (MOONSHINE AND HARROW BOOK 1) DEREK PRIOR SUFFERING IS THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH DEMONS ENTER Centuries ago, the Isle of Branikdür was mysteriously abandoned by the ruling Hèlum Empire. Ever since, rival clans have battled for supremacy at the bidding of their sacred sorcerers. During the once-a-year armistice for the…
Here’s a brief excerpt from The Codex of Her Scars. No release date set at the moment, but as soon as I hear anything I’ll announce it here. A pinprick of crimson winked out of the darkness. Tey watched it, mesmerized. Such a tiny light, yet it consumed all her attention. Nothing else existed. She…
My Sojourn in the Abyss (As the bards of yore might have told it–or indeed any modern-day hack with a well-thumbed thesaurus) It was a big demon. The biggest Otto had seen by far, but size wasn’t everything. He wasn’t so big himself, after being burned at the stake and cast into the Abyss.…
The Codex of Her Scars is finished and out with publishers. Hopefully it will be released this year. Here’s the blurb: Suffering is the door through which demons enter… On the Isle of Branikdür rival clans make perpetual war, manipulated by a cabal of sorcerers whose only real power is deception and sleight of hand. Tey…
Steven Kelliher’s debut novel, Valley of Embers, has been getting some good reviews. I critiqued the first chapter a while back after corresponding with Steven when I was Reddit Fantasy Author of the Day. Using the same discipline that turned him into a successful martial artist, Steven made a thorough revision of his work and…
Translations: Ward of the Philosopher has now been translated into German (Der Zögling des Philosophen). A German translation of Husk is also underway. Carnifex is being translated into Portuguese and Spanish. This brings the translation tally to twenty books and growing. So far, the best sales have come from France and Spain. Audiobooks: Carnifex audiobook,…
