Author: MadWriter
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Where I Get My Ideas
I’ve been asked a number of times where I get my story ideas, and the best answer I can come up with is mythology.
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Witch of the Defiled
Buro Durkierna set in motion the destruction of the world, inadvertently summoning the all-consuming Possessed Realm, ruled by the terrible Witch of the Defiled, Jazael. Now he seeks death as redemption. Unbeknownst to him, however, other forces seek him also, some to destroy him, others to save him. For it is only the hand that…
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We Were Good, Once
An eyewitness account of the last days of a dying world, told from the view of a young man in an alien galaxy who sees his life unraveling, and his entire society, after strange signs begin appearing in the night sky, which act as harbingers for what is to come.
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The Werewolf Myth
What modern audiences, living sheltered lives, preoccupied with escapist entertainment, and only capable of relieving boredom through sexuality and the grotesque, fail to understand about the origins of both the werewolf and vampire myths is that these were never projections of desire but of fear.
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About Vampires
A few days ago, I got to talking with some friends about vampires; namely, about how they are portrayed in modern fiction. What really stood out–at least to how we were seeing it–was how the vampire went from pure monster to Romantic Sexual Hero as belief in it waned.
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Some Thoughts on Morality
Morality is rules of behavior within a social organization that in a metaphysical sense does not necessarily have to correspond to good and evil.
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Supernatural Writing
When writing supernatural fiction, I have always found it far more fascinating to focus on what people at one time actually believed, even when dealing with icons such as werewolves and vampires.
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Supernatural Worlds
When I write supernatural stories, I do so based on a backdrop of a supernatural world, which I call the Demon World.
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True Truth Truthfully
I believe truth not to be a thing but an attitude born out of an emotional reaction. One of the most painful experiences in life is being lied to, more specifically, being duped.
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