Category Archives: Fiction Friday

Fiction Friday 8: Conifer Rosin

photo by robert young The following is an excerpt from an early draft of Daughters of Oyr, my fantasy novel-in-progress. The world around him moved at a crawling pace. The crowd of people were nearly still, save for a slight sway, like blades of grass pushed by the slightest breeze. One serving woman eased through

Fiction Friday 7: Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld‘s newest book, the Leviathan looks like a truly amazing experience. Littered with steampunk artwork like the above, with a tight, intelligent prose, it is definitely on my holiday lists. I’m getting it for my book-worm cousin, hopefully someone feels the same way about me. From Westerfeld’s website: Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the

Fiction Friday 7: Compelling Evil

photo by geir Men who believe themselves to be good, who do not search their own souls, most often commit the worst atrocities. A man who sees himself as evil will restrain himself. It is only when we do evil in the belief that we do good that we pursue it wholeheartedly. -Gaborn’s Days from