The Final Hours

Dead Man’s Trigger is still holding its own at #2 in Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Fantasy – but we’d sure like to see it go back to #1 on the last day of its KDP Select promotion.   Have you read the reviews? 4.8 stars overall!   “The overall tension and speed of events cranked up […]

Try Before You Buy

Have a sample chapter from Raven’s Tears. Here’s one from Dead Man’s Trigger. The reviews have begun to come in, and they’re fabulous! There’s just about a day and a half left on the ebook giveaway. You’ve got that long to get your free copy of Dead Man’s Trigger from Amazon, and use the coupon code you’ll find inside to download a free […]

Uncommon Catalysts: Final Fantasy VI and the Female Protagonist

Metaphor Publications is pleased to present Uncommon Catalysts a series of guest articles sourced in the catalytic intersection between fantasy fiction and role playing games (RPG, or  RPG’s). Irregularly, we’ll be reaching out to irregular writers and gamers and getting their irregular perspectives on how fantasy/speculative fiction and RPG’s compare, contrast, overlap – and lead to new ways to enjoy both. […]

The ARC and the Covenant |

In our frantic search for replacement beta readers for Dead Man’s Trigger a few months ago, I was asked about making advance reader copies, or ARCs, available to a selected audience before publication. At the time – neck-deep in a troublesome manuscript edit that I wasn’t sure I could complete on schedule – it wasn’t a prospect I could entertain with any […]

Regreetings!

From Alesia: Hello, everyone! I’m sitting in a vacation rental with my bestie of 23 years, who is also a fantasy fiction writer and a role playing gamer. We’re in southern Oregon, on the Rogue River, enjoying our yearly retreat from our usual lives, wherein we stitch (avid counted cross-stitchers, both of us), talk, consume vast quantities of coffee, wine, […]

Uncommon Catalysts: Coherent Universes – Using RPGs for Consistency in Your Writing

Metaphor Publications is pleased to present Uncommon Catalysts a series of guest articles sourced in the catalytic intersection between fantasy fiction and role playing games (RPG, or  RPG’s). Irregularly, we’ll be reaching out to irregular writers and gamers and getting their irregular perspectives on how fantasy/speculative fiction and RPG’s compare, contrast, overlap – and lead to new ways to enjoy both. […]

ICYMI: The Monday Report

Here’s a quick round up of what’s been going on here at Metaphor Publications. Michael’s first novella from Menelon’s Great War, entitled Operation: Fire Mission 1: Bagedaan (see the right column) is on sale for the rest of this month for 99c. Alesia and Michael are interviewed by Kurtis Amueller at MFGCast and you’ll find a link to the iTunes […]

New Spotify Playlist feat. 48 Hours of Joseph Campbell’s Lectures – for Free [link]

PSA: Sapiosexual Boner Alert Storytellers in all media recognize the value of myth in their work, and to date, it would be difficult to find anyone who had done more work with mythology than the late Joseph Campbell. If you’ve been exposed to The Power of Myth series with Bill Moyers, you’ll already be aquiver with the delights that are […]