Tag: high fantasy
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Free Stuff: Preview from Echo of the High Kings, Part 3
A third installment from Echo of the High Kings. The section covers a skirmish between Lady Katarina’s followers and some of Duke Hector’s men. Aerion set his back against the tree and took a deep breath. Through the trees, the squeal of pigs and the rumble of wagons carried. He listened to that sound, and…
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Free stuff: Preview from Echo of the High Kings, part 2
And, to continue sections from Echo of the High Kings, here we have a brief piece with Katarina, daughter to Duke Peter of the Duchy of Masov. This section comes a year after the events of the first preview section. Katarina moved with quiet feet down the dusty passage. She hiked up her dress as much…
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Free Stuff: Preview from Echo of the High Kings
I’m travelling for the next week, but in the meantime, here’s a section from Echo of the High Kings, my upcoming Epic Fantasy. I’ll post a few sections here over the next few weeks, once a week. These sections are not consectutive, but will cover a fair portion of the overall story. This section is…
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The Evolution of Fantasy
Fantasy as a genre has its origins in the myths and legends of ancient times. These myths are often seen as primitive man’s attempts to explain the unexplainable. Yet in modern times, we have explainations for almost everything… so why the interest in such things? Personally, I think it is some attempt by us to…
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Kal’s Writing Worlds
Now that the insanity of Dragon*Con is past, I think it’s time to tell you all a bit about what I’m writing, what I’m working on, and most importantly, what I’ve got in the chute. Currently, I’m actively writing in four universes. Two are space opera, one is straight military science fiction, and the last…
Kal Spriggs 