The Cab Driver of Oz
A cab driver from Queens gets dropped into Oz by a tornado and spends three years driving a Toyota Camry on the Yellow Brick Road, discovering that fairy tales have terrible infrastructure.
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AmbiguityThe Prophet of Broken Clocks
Every clock in Aurelio Vega's Montevideo shop is broken, and every one tells the correct time. People come to him not for repairs but for answers that only stopped clocks can give
AmbiguityCassandra’s Last Vision
Cursed by Apollo to speak true prophecy that no one believes, Cassandra watches Troy fall exactly as she predicted — and sees, in her final moment, every truth-teller who will follow her.
AmbiguityDinner with the Devil’s Lawyer
A bored contracts lawyer is invited to dinner by a dying woman who represents clients with supernatural contracts — deals signed with entities that aren't human and don't forgive breach of terms.
Artistic ObsessionThe Boy Who Owned the Wind
Born with the ability to command the wind, Idris protects his village until a merchant prince conscripts his gift for commerce — and the wind begins to forget him.
AmbiguityThe Girl Who Hated Miracles
Rosalind can heal anyone she touches, but every miracle ages her body by years. When a school fire traps twenty-three children, she faces the cost of the only gift she never wanted.
Book ReviewsInfinity on Fire
The second book in Bonnie Dillabough's Dimensional Alliance, where the multiverse and its stakes come into full view. If the first book opened the door, this is where Jenny realizes how much is on the other side, and how much…
EconomicsFantasy World Building: How to Create Worlds That Work
A magic system with no rules is just a plot convenience; a kingdom with no economy has no stakes; a culture with no history is a theme park. World building is the foundation everything else stands on, not set dressing.…
Character DevelopmentThe Hard Parts of Writing Fantasy Nobody Warns You About
Every other genre borrows the real world; fantasy builds its world from nothing, which means you are always doing two jobs at once, telling the story and constructing the place it happens. Most fantasy novels die where those jobs collide.…
Book CoachingWriting Fantasy Fiction: What 45 Years of World-Building Actually Taught Me
I have spent forty-five years writing one fantasy series, Peacekeeper, longer than I have done almost anything else. It taught me more about world-building and magic systems than any craft book could. Here is what nearly half a century inside…
Fantasy FictionMoorcock’s Eternal Champion: The Greatest Multiverse in Fiction
I own all fifteen White Wolf limited editions of the Eternal Champion, and Moorcock justified every dollar: a multiverse so interconnected that reading it feels like grasping a cosmology instead of finishing a series. You jump between Elric, Corum, and…
AmbiguityThe Dragon on Her Arm
A first date takes an unexpected turn when Marcus discovers his date's tattoo moves, breathes, and judges character better than any background check.