• Old Vesuvius

    Excited, her heart racing madly, Anthea Manikos clenched a wet rail on the starboard side of the Seppioline, a large merchant ship breasting through strange blue waters. She leaned precariously… Read more

  • Climbing Picu Urriellu

    At the beginning of The Crystal Crux – Cold Knight, Pero de Alava has fallen off a mountain and is in crisis, unsure if he is badly injured and hallucinating… Read more

  • A New Blog Theme

    I’ve no real skill at this but I worked much of last night on changing the theme of this blog site. I’ve been hosting this page since the end of… Read more

  • Betrayal And The Siege Of Capua

    Francis led Guidus and Ven down the narrow circular stairwell, steps wide enough for only one man to pass. When they arrived on the next landing below. Francis froze. Guidus… Read more

  • Blue Grotto Is Alive

    The 2nd Edition of The Crystal Crux – Blue Grotto is now available in Kindle (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback and Hardcover. If you enjoyed the first edition, I’m sure you will… Read more

  • Blue Grotto Second Edition

    Back in 2016, I officially became a self-published author with the release of my first book, The Crystal Crux – Betrayal. I started writing The Crystal Crux when I was… Read more

  • 2023 First Announcement

    My goal to publish in 2022 did not go as planned. A lot of that had to do with a knee injury that left me in a great deal of… Read more

  • Reality Sets In

    I have arrived at a most difficult place. Apparently, as hard as I try, the next book, the 5th and final book in The Crystal Crux epic fantasy book series,… Read more

  • What’s The Hold Up?

    Why is it taking so long? Where is the new book? I hear you. It’s not easy waiting. I’m anxious to finish the last book in The Crystal Crux series… Read more

  • I Wish I Could Share …

    “We are not alone in here.”A creature snarled and lashed out, scratching her arm.Gisele screamed at the top of her lungs as another crackle of lightning destroyed what was left… Read more

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I’m Allen, the self-published author of several fantasy fiction stories and novels.

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