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I just found a 3D version of the Hades Nebula!


If you know your nebulas, you know there’s no ‘Hades Nebula’, but this one is pretty darn close to the one I imagined in Fate’s Fables. Here’s the excerpt: Where the sky had deepened to indigo, she could just make out the sickly green and clotted red of the Hades Nebula and the smoldering, molten

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Glimpse inside the mind of a master monster maker


Anyone who’s a del Toro fan knows about his famous sketchbooks filled with notes and drawings for his fantasy films. Guillermo’s imagination never ceases to surprise me, which is why he’s been one of my strongest influences on thinking outside the box when I’m creating unusual creatures. When I was imagining my monsters for Fate’s Fables, I asked

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Do you like steampunk?


I loved this image from the moment I saw it.  Parts had inspired Brune. Who’s Brune? You’ll have to read Fate’s Fables to find out 😉 If you go to Amazon Kindle, you can read the first few chapters for free! * By the way, I couldn’t find the name of the artist who painted

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