Hey everybody, M. here,

It’s release day (or “Harvey Day” as the wonderful people over at Harvey Duckman Presents call book release day) for the Knot On Tree, Fire On Stone anthology! I’m thrilled to have my short cosmic horror story The Magician appear in this book alongside 14 other tales of dark pagan myth, magic, and mayhem.

My story takes place in the Julio-Claudian era of the Roman Empire (a favorite historical time period of mine ever since I first watched the 13-part BBC miniseries I, Claudius when I was 15). It is about Julianus, the one and only magician in the Roman province of Hispania. Celebrated and adored, he finds himself suddenly and inexplicably exiled when the prevailing mood throughout the empire shifts. Fending for himself out in the hinterlands of Pannonia, he comes into contact with forces of decay even more profound than the ones that drove him away; or perhaps a different shade of the same forces.

Maybe one of these days I’ll get a chance to talk about why I decided to write a period piece as I think that real-life tale is sort of an interesting one in and of itself. But for now, I’ll just encourage you to check out the story and the rest of the great tales in this volume. You can buy the book here in your preferred format.

Plenty more news to come, stay tuned. Take care everyone!
-M.