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Lich, Please 76: Terrible Lizard

Chapter 76

Terrible Lizard

I wind my way slowly along the woodland paths, giving myself time to adjust to the feeling of the forest...

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New Twilight Kingdom cover for the forthcoming Amazon release

Candle is not abandoned, merely recovering emotionally in a cave for the meantime, I promise.

The artist is Jeremy Adams. 

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Lich Please 75: Night Flowering Jasmine (attempt 2)

Chapter 75

Night Flowering Jasmine


There are two things I have to do before I can reclaim Fairhaven and wipe the floor w...

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Author Note: Rewriting and Audiobook News

Sorry for the late release! I wrote two chapters, 76 and 77 and I was not happy with them. My plan was to write the liching of Jenkins next but I realised this is an important event that might need...

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Lich, Please 74: The Lich’s Guide to Defensive Gardening

Chapter 74

The Lich’s Guide to Defensive Gardening

The clerics are delighted. The Wavewalker Friar and the Bright Sister send wor...

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Lich, Please 73: Witching and Liching

Chapter 73

Liching and Witching

Once the acolytes have gone it is soon settled. Friar Julian will accompany me to Downing, and the ...

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Lich, Please 72: Nun of That

Chapter 72

Nun of That

Racing through the cathedral city of Barrowmere with a stolen priestess of the Bright One over my shoulder i...

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Lich, Please 71: Bottles of Sunshine

Chapter 71

Bottles of Sunshine


I smile my friendliest smile but then remember she can’t see me beneath the veil. Or no...

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Lich, Please 70: The Cathedral City

>Still feeling ill, but can write again! Yay :D 


Chapter 70

The Cathedral City

Leaving my busybodies to th...

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Author Note: Apologies

Sorry no chapter today - been feeling ill the last few days. Will try to make it up by the weekend.  Cross fingers its not covid. 

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Lich, Please 69: The Rivers of Life

Chapter 69

The Rivers of Life


I retrieve the necromancer-chicken from his cage in the castle kitchen. He squawks all the...

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Lich, Please 68: The Grimoire

Chapter 68 


The Grimoire

It takes me all night to make sure the forest is empty of the abominations, and most of ...

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Lich, Please 67: Maud vs Undead Plague

Chapter 67

Maud vs Undead Plague


It is a still, clear night. The moon rises high, reflecting off powdery snow as I trudg...

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Lich, Please 66: The Lich in the Broom Cupboard

Chapter 66

The Lich in the Broom Cupboard


I sit in the darkness of the small broom cupboard, my needle darting in and ou...

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Lich, Please 65: A Torch In the Darkness

Chapter 65

A Torch In the Darkness

Wind hissed over the soft, powdery snow at the edge of the clearing. Frost fingers pricked up and ...

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Liching Hour Cover

I received the cover for book 2 which I'm hoping to get edited and ready to publish sometime in Feb.

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Author Note

A Note About Chapter 61

If you joined recently, don’t worry about this announcement (and welcome)

After some feedback and lots and lots of thinking about age...

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Liches Get Stitches

So I can finally tell you all what I have been up too. I wrote a book called Liches Get Stitches for the Inkfort Publishing Derby (which had conditions of anonymity) . It ...

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Dawn Watch 26: The Tempest Rose

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The Tempest Rose

Ezra left Audric to his experiments and walked through the midnight camp. For once, things were peaceful, which h...

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Dawn Watch 25: Ezra

25

Ezra

The Sky Lion landed back at the camp with a gentle thump. Ezra slipped and slid down the rope ladder, wrestling to c...

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Dawn Watch 24: Ancestors Own

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Ancestors Own

The room was small, sparsely and practically furnished. Two bobbing witch-lights hung suspended in the air behind th...

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Author Note

Hey all. I'm doing really well creatively with something new I'm working on. 

Unfortunately I can't share it until October/November, but as you have probably noticed my output on Dawn Wa...

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Dawn Watch 23: Broken Jaws

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Broken Jaws

Ansel and Kjell set off in the Sky Cub as the sun crossed its zenith, sailing south-east towards the savage v...

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Dawn Watch 22: Valley of Dying Stars

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Valley of Dying Stars

“If I paint the hull blue,” said Ansel, thoughtfully, looking up at the tiny airship bobbing overhead, ...

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RS 45: The Chasm

Chapter 45

The Chasm

Fred and company sank into the deep darkness, watching the walls of the chasm rise ominously on either side. Soon the sun was just...

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Dawn Watch 21: Wind in Dry Grass

21

Wind in Dry Grass

Ansel squinted into the sun, steering the little airship as close to the wind as he dared. If the ship tipped no...

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RS 44: The Beautiful Briny Sea

Chapter 44

The Beautiful Briny Sea


Fred blinked.


[Ding! Congratulations! You have become one with the ocean! View Post

Dawn Watch 20 - Stillness the Dancing

20

Stillness the Dancing


Ansel swore and ran after her, but it was too late.

Talcott hurtled through the crowd, push...

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RS 43: Ship in a Bottle

Chapter 43

Ship in a Bottle

They all gathered around the bottle.

It lay on the sand glinting innocently as the sun hit the glass.

“What i...

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Dawn Watch 19 - Fire with Fire

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Fire with Fire

Ansel dreamed that he woke in the night. There was a shadow sitting at the end of his cot and he could feel the wei...

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