• Fairy Tales, Dragons, Fears and Hope

    “…he will fill himself with the life-blood of everyone that dies, and swallow heavenly bodies, and spatter the sky and all heaven with blood.  Because of this the sun will… Read more

  • CONTENT – Betrayal

    Since I read a lot of history books, I’ve grown accustomed to having access to a ‘Table of Content’ page. In my Historical Fantasy book ‘The Crystal Crux – Betrayal’,… Read more

  • IT’S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU START…TRUST ME!

    Source: IT’S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU START…TRUST ME! Read more

  • FABBRO FAMILY

    I’m going to be honest about my writing style.  I don’t follow rules.  Some of it is because professional editing does cost a great deal, a great deal I don’t… Read more

  • Euphoric Soul

    A new dawn has arrived.  A particular heaven has stood above for so long and now it’s around me, beneath me.  I have attained.  I have conquered.  I look back… Read more

  • RELEASED 

    Finally, after years of work, the first book of the series is released. It is a book about learning to deal with betrayal. Pero of Penafiel’s life is shaken after… Read more

  • The Sappers

    “Follow the sapper is a timeless cry.”  – 1995 Throughout the history of warfare, there was a need for men willing to battle not the enemy themselves but the defenses… Read more

  • Summarizing the Crystal Crux

    Not saying this is final but this is what I’m working with.  What do you think? “We all second-guess ourselves.  For Pero of Penafiel, a Spanish caballero stationed in Italy… Read more

  • A Healthy Dose of Aphorism

    When writing a historical fantasy novel, your long hours of study reveal a great many healthy aphorisms spoken by real-life figures that can be adapted into the story.  These sayings… Read more

  • HAIR AR DUS – A Bad Guy?

    One of the most difficult challenges of writing a novel is creating realistic backstories for all your characters and then sustaining those backstories throughout the novel.  There is a great… Read more

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

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