{"id":1060,"date":"2015-06-08T01:03:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T01:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2015-06-08T03:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:02:41","slug":"tales-of-magic-and-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/tales-of-magic-and-misery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Magic and Misery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tales-Magic-Misery-Collection-Marquitz-ebook\/dp\/B00Z47D6MS\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1433725276&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Tales+of+Magic+and+Misery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mand-M-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mand M\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mand-M-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mand-M.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>Awhile back, I had the privilege in announcing I&#8217;d signed on with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ragnarokpub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ragnarok Publications<\/a>\u00a0Who want to publish my Arcana Chronicles series (Once I finish book 2, that is). Co-owner, editor-in-chief and all around great guy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmarquitz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Marquitz<\/a> himself signed me on.<\/p>\n<p>Tim, along with his already full plate, is also an author&#8211;and a damn fine one at that. \u00a0He writes the critically acclaimed\u00a0<em>Demon Squad<\/em> series, wrote the\u00a0<em>Blood War Trilogy,\u00a0<\/em>is co-author of the\u00a0<em>Dead West<\/em> series and has numerous anthology and standalone novels to his credit.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, he has released a collection of his short stories called\u00a0<em>Tales of Magic and Misery<\/em>. Along with his collection, he has also inclined short stories by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vermintime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C.L. Werner<\/a>, Armand Rosamilia, Nathaniel Connors, Adrian Collins, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, N.X. Sharps, Daniel Weaver, Amanda Shore, Glenn Hefley, Chris Garrett, GR Matthews, and J. Cameron McClain.<\/p>\n<p>Oh. \u00a0And a short by me.<\/p>\n<p><em>Portents<\/em> is a prequel to my novel\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Prodigals-Foole-Arcana-Chronicles-Book-ebook\/dp\/B007UILD92\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1433725121&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Prodigal%27s+Foole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Prodigal&#8217;s Foole<\/a>, <\/em>and takes place in Dublin, Ireland five years before Symon Bryson&#8217;s fateful return to Boston.<\/p>\n<p>If you like Dark Fantasy and Horror, you really should pick this one up. \u00a0It&#8217;s a ghoulish tome chock full of goodies to keep you going for days.<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant stuff, Tim, et al. \u00a0Thanks for including me in your collection.<\/p>\n<p>Pick up\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tales-Magic-Misery-Collection-Marquitz-ebook\/dp\/B00Z47D6MS\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1433725276&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Tales+of+Magic+and+Misery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales of Magic and Misery<\/a><\/em> now available at Amazon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awhile back, I had the privilege in announcing I&#8217;d signed on with Ragnarok Publications\u00a0Who want to publish my Arcana Chronicles series (Once I finish book 2, that is). 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