My favourite short story 😊 egretia.com/short-stories/

Occasionally I write an in-depth article about research into daily life in Ancient Rome, as the background for my Fantasy world. I mean, a what's the equivalent to a gumshoe for Paranormal Detective facing Occult beings and curses? 😁🤣 egretia.com/2021/06/30/f...

Short version: It’s a fun read, both entertaining and educational and recommended for those who love military history :) egretia.com/2026/07/08/b...

First you must decipher the trailing chicken scratching, then you must ponder the meaning 😵‍💫

Awww, the time we resurrected Crowley to get a book review 🧟😂 Seriously people, leave a review so we don't have to resort to necromancy...

Too true

Lucky bastard has an agent 😜

What's common for ancient Roman cheese and the Australian rabbit plague? Hint - me 😜 Two new stories in our latest anthology: Feast or Famine? Read the sneak peeks here: egretia.substack.com/p/sneak-peek...

Agreed 😅

I write historical fiction. I wrote a chapter about fermented fish sauce to torment my protagonist with the stench. He once complained about living above "the street of evil smells" (aka street of the cheese makers). Guess what Felix's latest adventure involves... 😜

This was a fun one to edit. So many different takes on how food is important to our lives. #scifi #fantasy #antholody #food

Funnily enough, we got an answer for that. And it's not what you think... Check out our latest anthology, for some spectacular (and spectacularly provocative) dished. Food for the mind.

Damn you Ea-Nasir!

Tonight's protagonist interview - talking about running a festival of cheese and dead bodies ;-) theprotagonistspeaks.com/2026/05/29/l...

Short version: The series is still good, even though it long transitioned from private wizard to epic fantasy (and jumped the shark in doing so). I particularly find the ‘smaller’ novels like this one, the more intimate ones, a more appealing read. egretia.com/2026/05/27/b...

Short version: Recommended if you like urban fantasy/paranormal romance and want something light that doesn’t require exercising your brain-cells. I suggest starting with the free novelette (via StoryOrigin), to see if you like it. egretia.com/2026/04/29/s...

One of those days. The anthology even contains a story about the madness of custard.

Care for something to eat? How about food for the mind, the soul? Our latest spec-fic anthology explores humanity's relation with food, or the lack thereof. purpletoga.com/2026/04/18/p...

Lunch on me! Food for a curious mind in this new speculative fiction anthology, with several entries by me (with my usual blend of history and fantasy, applied to some inventive recipes 😉) Full deets at: egretia.substack.com/p/can-i-take...

An educational romp through history - jumping from subject to subject, but fun to explore. egretia.com/2026/04/15/t...

The Rest Is History (Book and Podcast) US edition, to those more used to the red logo and book cover I mentioned The Rest Is History previously (being responsible to my ever-growing TBR list, where A Natural History of Ghosts and An Instance of the Fingerpost have made it to reviews here).…

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Writing objective #1: entertain myself 😁

That was a fun story to write - I might have gone a bit wild with pop culture references (if you can call Coleridge pop culture 🤣). Free novella, if you haven't read it.

I have a Gilded Age Gothic story, "On the Life of the Cinderella Who Lost Her Princes and Other Musings" set in Thousand Islands region, New York in this cute anthology with SFF stories about food. Coming out on May 11, 2026. @purpletoga.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHMCMKVZ

Chester LaRue (of Dear AI, I Killed Her, by Kirill Khrestinin) Dear readers, tonight with us is a serial killer. He's here to speak about his crimes and about the AI to whom he confessed everything, until things started to change. Tell us a little about where you grew up. What was it like there? I…

The most shocking writing news I have had to deliver! 😱 egretia.com/2026/04/01/a...

Coming soon from Purple Toga: a new spec-fic anthology on a very human subject 😋🤤

10 years ago! (Well, 10 years since the new cover - the first 6 months were a learning curve 😅)

This pun is so bad it hurts 🤣

Tonight's protagonist interview :-) theprotagonistspeaks.com/2026/03/13/b...

So true 🤣

Short version: An excellent psychological thriller, with an unreliable narrator (not her fault) and a grey morality that’s much truer to the modern world. egretia.com/2026/03/04/b...

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Two book reviews about AI and the damage it's causing. Also recommended to those who like history (because the similarity to previous cycles is staggering): egretia.com/2026/02/18/j...

It's funny because it's true 🤣🤣

Looking at some hilarious and some dramatic crime shows from around Oz, as fun research for my current WIP 😉👻 egretia.com/2026/02/04/a...

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For those not in the know, @assaph.bsky.social runs many awesome blogs, including one based on interviews with characters from your novels. Only fair for Deborah, one of my debut's antagonists, to speak. Come take a peek inside the mind of a Keeper. #WritingCommunity 🪐📚 💙📚 #AmWriting #WriteSky

Fun times 😀👻🗡️🏛️

That was a fun story to write - I might have gone a bit wild with pop culture references (if you can call Coleridge pop culture 🤣). Free novella, if you haven't read it.

Still funny 🤣🤣 Also, still buy my books 😉

Fun fact: when I need to (re)build writing habits (happens far too often as I get distracted 😅) I make myself write one sentence every day. For me, it's the act of doing something daily that opens up the gates to more writing and faster progress.

Too much buzz recently on something that's not worth the mental anguish: egretia.com/2026/01/07/a...

I haven't been hanging around Bluesky much for a while, and my pinned post was wildly out of date! The Nexus Season One: Unseen World is COMPLETE now!! And the full season "binge box" is on preorder now! storyoriginapp.com/universalboo...

I got to write that story! Well, close enough 😉 Our next anthology will feature Felix dealing with cursed cheese... 🧀🤣

Looking back on 2025 egretia.com/2025/12/31/2...

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