Although the family feared trouble and planned a special burial, anarchists got the body of George Pullman before the earth did.
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A piece for the working man.
Tag: Historical Fiction
“Mokele-mbembe”
65 million years allow for more than cloning.
“I didn’t leave Lubumbashi to chase shadows!” the hunter shouted. “Where is mokele-mbembe? Where is this Congolese dinosaur?”
“Our Undead Auxiliaries”
The Romans recycled almost everything.
And anything.
Pinned by Vandal hordes, the Romans sought any advantage.
“Move the undead soldiers to the front lines!”
“The Vampire Hunter’s Apprentice: The Count of Coal Country”
“Railroad passes?”
“Check.”
Although he worried he may lose his nerve, he disembarked at Howesville and walked the last six miles to Kingwood.
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A Homemade Map for “The Snowman of Bishops Fell”
A map of the Norse “Eastern Settlement” in Greenland.
I drew this map of the Eastern Settlement (one of two communities in Norse Greenland, existing from roughly 985-1450) back in 2013 for an unrelated project. While not whatsoever perfect (or accurate!), someone reading “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” may at least get an idea as to the location of the action.
You’ll notice a cross labeled “Gardar” just above the separation between the images. This was the location of St. Nikolaus Cathedral (and the residence of the bishop). You may also imagine that one of the three mountainous triangles immediately to the right of that location is Bishops Fell.
Coming Soon: “The Snowman of Bishops Fell”
Set in Norse Greenland during the 15th century, “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” concerns a band of Norse Greenlanders sent into the mountainous wastelands east of the settlement to destroy an outlaw who seems to have harnessed supernatural powers.
I wrote the first draft of “The Snowman of Bishops Fell” in either late 2016 or early 2017. Continue reading “Coming Soon: “The Snowman of Bishops Fell””
“Saintly Haunting”
There is a new bishop in town. And a new ghost.
Eager for sainthood, the bishop faked his death. He hoped to watch his own canonization from afar.
“Pass Me the Cooking Pot”
“I sure am getting hungry.”
The wagon train raced through the pass, hoping to beat the snows.
“Cursed Locomotive”
“Let that devil die right on the tracks.”
“The only way to stop that locomotive is to destroy the bridge over the Youghiogheny River!”
“Montcalm”
Shot while rallying his troops during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Montcalm is dead.
Battered and shelled church
A Visit to the Idea Factory 