Sixteen minutes before the mark was scheduled to arrive. Why had she agreed to take on this ill-conceived fiasco of a job? The money: a thousand silver drachms divided three ways. She needed the money. She always needed the money. “Deyva, what are you doing?” Sami dropped her fabricator’s wands and grabbed Deyva’s fingers to…
The Annual Gold Bullion Hunt One of the most delightful and whimsical annual events in Cheyne Heath is the Spanish Gold Bullion Hunt that happens every summer solstice on the heath. In the late 1800s, Robert Louis Stevenson made reference in a letter to an acquaintance of a substantial sum in gold bullion stolen from…
When creating a dynamic character to carry your story, it’s important that they be strongly motivated to drive the plot forward. It makes them more interesting, and the story a lot more fun. When I was writing the first novel in The Witch of Cheyne Heath series, Waking the Witch, I was researching psychological models…
One of my favorite comic strips of all time was Calvin & Hobbes. I have all the collected editions of the strips and have re-read them many times. I remember being a kid and having my own version of Hobbes, a stuffed Snoopy, who accompanied me on my adventures in the back yard. This fascinating…
The Library of the Damned For the witch that loves a stroll through a museum or art gallery, Cheyne Heath has a few excellent options. Foremost among them is the delightfully-named Library of the Damned. Tucked away among the mansions of Gore Street, this magnificent specimen of Georgian architecture houses the foremost collection of Chaos-Kissed…
The Spheres of Influence and the lords and ladies that rule them.