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SIEGE OF ARMATHAIN STRONGHOLD PART I

Armathain Stronghold is a two or three part (I haven't decided yet) story about two noblemen who are enemies as were there relations. This is a fued with a long history and with war always simmering over the fire. And it's over a fire that war may once again confront House Armathain and House Portmas.

Siege of Armathain Stronghold, Part I

“Why does Lord …

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MURDER OF CROWS

Murder of Crows is another short story I’m working on. Ultimately, I would like to do four short stories and publish them together in one book. But first things first—I am still working on the second book with a working title of “Kingdom Rules Volume II—The Lord of the Seas.” My aim is to have it completed before Christmas 2025.

This is the bones of the Murder of …

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ISGUAT MONSTER II

Please forgive the delay in releasing this blog. I recently had a medical procedure performed and it took longer than I expected to bounce back. The fun of aging...

The following excerpt is from a rather long chapter I wrote for Kingdom Rules when it was in its infancy. It added nothing to the story—it was a standalone chapter, if you could call it that. Later, I …

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THE ROD, STAFF AND HEAD

The two priests stood in the shadows of Rougemont Fortress, a once mighty bastion of strength reduced to charred stone. Inside the inner walls of the fortress, fires burned, and the keep bellowed smoke into the sky, creating a plume that could be seen for miles around. Flames leapt from the windows of the Great Hall, reducing the vestiges of the once proud hall to ash.
The outer …

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Nobody’s Fool

When we think of a jester, it conjures up a man dressed up in a ridiculous outfit of gaudy colors and a funny hat, with bells atop three points sticking out of it. Visions of a smallish man running around and acting, well, like a fool, pop up in our minds. But there was so much more to the life and duties of a court jester than we think. Let’s take a quick look at what the …

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