The Warmlands

I wrote this as a teenager in the 1980s. I found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance, particularly Dying Earth. The Chronicles of the Bitter Stars “In the waning centuries before the Deluge, when the heavens themselves warred and the Immutable […]

The Vanquished Cavalier

I wrote this as a teenager in the 1980s. I found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance, particularly Dying Earth. The Vanquished Cavalier I Acts of bravery did they wonderfully excel, Our Francish souls will fully swell, When we know in the […]

The Constraints of Honour

I wrote this in the 80s as a teenager. Found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance. Set in the Traveller RPG universe. The Constraints of Honour Domagnon of the Third Bastion dreamed of war. His narrow cot quivered beneath a bombardment of […]

The Deed, Concluded

I wrote this in the 80s as a teenager. Found a copy on my PC along with other stories I wrote. I was heavily influenced by Jack Vance. The Deed, Concluded The matter is finished at last — and with uncommon finesse, I dare boast. The Warrior sprawls, quite dead, upon the flagstones of my […]