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Ravenloft: Black Crusade<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Notes:<\/strong> Black Crusade<\/strong><\/em> was originally written to be one of the first of the Ravenloft: Dominion<\/em> line of novels from Wizards of the Coast. \u201cRavenloft\u201d is the name of a gothic horror\/fantasy setting. Although Ravenloft was created for the Dungeons and Dragons<\/em> game, the Dominion line was meant to give it a new flavor\u2013specifically, rather than drawing characters and domains from various D&D worlds, it would draw them from various periods of real-world history. In the case of Black Crusade<\/strong><\/em>, that period was the First Crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alas, Black Crusade<\/strong><\/em> was pushed back on the schedule for marketing reasons, and thus became a victim when the line was canceled. The novel was done, however, and Wizards decided to make it available in electronic format. It was initially released chapter-by-chapter as a weekly serial, but it\u2019s now available in completed form. While I\u2019m disappointed that it won\u2019t see print, I\u2019m delighted that you folks are able to see it in some form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book is, perhaps, a tad more raw than I\u2019d like. I\u2019ve learned a lot in writing my subsequent novels, and I\u2019d probably do things a little differently on Black Crusade<\/em><\/strong> (including changing the title) if I had to go back and do it again. But I\u2019m still quite proud of it, overall, and I hope you all enjoy reading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Available in electronic format only<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Pyre<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\"\"\/\u201cPyre<\/a>\u201d was published online as part of WotC\u2019s Digital Initiatve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits:<\/strong> Sole author<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Best Served Cold<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cBest Served Cold\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is now available in its entirety on the\u00a0Paizo web site<\/a>, as part of their Pathfinder Tales line. It\u2019s set in Golarion, the setting of the Pathfinder RPG, but I think you should pretty easily grok most of it even if you\u2019re not familiar with that world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Hell or High Water<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cHell or High Water\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is now available in its entirety on the\u00a0Paizo web site<\/a>, as part of their Pathfinder Tales line. It\u2019s set in Golarion, the setting of the Pathfinder RPG, but I think you should pretty easily grok most of it even if you\u2019re not familiar with that world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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Ogre’s Pride<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\"\"The Ogre\u2019s Pride<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was published in\u00a0Sp<\/a>ectra Pulse<\/a>, the e-newsletter for Random House\u2019s Spectra imprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits:\u00a0<\/strong>Sole authorNotes:<\/strong>\u00a0This story was written as a tie-in to my novel\u00a0The<\/em><\/a> Conqueror\u2019s Shadow<\/a><\/em>.<\/a> However, you needn\u2019t have read one to enjoy the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story is no longer available from the Pulse website\u2013it is, after all, a monthly e-zine, and April is over\u2013but I\u2019ve made the story available here. (The link takes you directly to the PDF.) Although it says \u201cContinued from Spectra Pulse\u201d in the document, don\u2019t worry; what\u2019s in the document is the entirety of the story.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n