The Great War dramatically changed almost everything and everyone on Menelon. That is no secret. What is not generally known is what those changes were, and how they affected each culture. The war spanned three continents and an unknown number of islands. For a rare few, the major impact of the war was the presence of a military port or […]
Fantasy sailing ships are the front line war machine of The Great War. In the first Fire Mission story, the crew arrives in Bagédaan on a leaky old tub, but leaves on a fine naval schooner. In the fantasy and fiction world, there are several definitions of the "schooner," but in the 18th century, a schooner was defined as a […]
One of the things that used to drive me crazy was finding, or figuring out, believable prices for stuff. If you're a scifi/fantasy author, gamer, or game designer, you can probably sympathize. Historical price lists are hard to find, and when you do find one, its either based in the wrong historical period or culture, or it just doesn't have the item. […]
For those of us who really like a bit of science fiction with our fantasy (and vice versa), all 17, 500+ entries in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd ed, are now free, and searchable, online. The first edition of this tome was published in 1979 — in paper — and it won a Hugo award for best nonfiction work […]
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 […]
