Category: Hollow
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Spurred on by a Dragon
I narrowly escape with my life when an angry dragon nearly roasts me. What possibly could have provoked the dreadful creature?
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Demons, Hollow Worlds and Suns
I’m lying awake in bed, unable to get to sleep. It’s those graveyard hours, the wee hours after midnight when the veil between worlds grows thin. Sharp, blood-encrusted claws of demons are scratching at the window and a long, pale arm, bony fingers tipped with cracked, yellow nails, reaches out from under my bed. Cold…
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Magic – Mundane or Mysterious?
When I’m writing stories in my Hollow series, I try to make some of the magic used in Hollow pretty much run of the mill as far as the locals are concerned. It’s kind of like we are today with electricity. We take it for granted that we can plug in a lamp, or a…
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How Low Can You Go?
When I was planning Flight of the Gazebo, the first book in the Hollow series, I wondered how the villagers of Amblesby would react when their entire village was magically relocated to a strange hollow world. Surely everyone would pull together, join forces to overcome the terrible situation in which they found themselves? I pondered this point…
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How do you Measure Up?
One of those things we probably don’t think too hard about when we’re reading a fantasy book is what measurement systems are used in the world created by the author. There are exceptions, but many, if not most, high fantasies are set in worlds where the technology peaks at horses, carts and swords, so we’re…
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A Taste of Steel
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The Persistence of Poison
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Dangerous Ideals
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Flight of the Gazebo
