Music · 18. August 2025
It’s been ages since I posted anything about music. It’s a part of my life I’ve left behind. But as I was going through old files a while back, I came across some recordings which I had half-forgotten existed.
Fiction · 09. May 2025
I decided, at the outset of writing my high fantasy novel MÆJ, that I was going to throw in literally everything I liked or was interested in. (The book ended up long.) One idea that struck me was to try to replicate, in Hwoamish (the faux-Tudor English / mashup conlang of the novel), the four-character compounds called yoji jukugo (四字熟語) in Japanese.
Fiction · 21. December 2024
Here’s another round of recommendations for anyone who has finished Maej and is looking for their next read.
Fiction · 19. December 2024
For those of you who’ve finished Maej and are looking for your next read, I’ve put together a roundup of books you will surely want to check out. I’ll be posting this in two parts. Here’s the first:
Fiction · 05. November 2024
Maej is a hefty book, a “chonky boi” in the latest slang. I have been reliably informed by more than one reader that the book has made them cry, specifically when they’ve dropped the paperback on their toes. It is from such enlightening anecdotes that I here draw inspiration to offer Ten Ways to Use Your Print Copy of MÆJ After Reading It.
Fiction · 04. November 2024
Unlike most of the jibber-jabber I post to this blog, this time I have information which will, I hope, come in handy.
Fiction · 21. October 2024
Today tRaum Books (a punishingly cool micropress based in Munich) published my debut high fantasy novel Maej. But if you subscribe to my newsletter, you knew that already.
Fiction · 06. October 2024
People have asked me if I will ever release audiobook versions of some of my work. The short answer is no.
Fiction · 25. September 2024
Here’s a quick bit of news. The paperback edition of my 2022 collection Melancholic Parables is now for sale at the Free Flash Fiction online bookshop.