Skip to content

In progress · Writing

The Mantle

In the settlements along the dark ways, the Law has held back the Madness for a thousand years, and the Marshal who carries the Mantle has never once shown mercy. A story in four parts.

1 of 4 published

Start at part 1 Follow this series

01 The Mantle – Part 1 of 4 The Marshal is on the road from Farlight. In Stillwater, that means a judgment. Everyone already knows how that will end. Nov 9
02 The Mantle – Part 2 of 4 Dec 14
03 The Mantle – Part 3 of 4 Jan 11, 2027
04 The Mantle – Part 4 of 4 Feb 8, 2027

Other series

Advent of Evil Richard Drake has always caught the edges of other people's thoughts. Then something in the dark starts reaching back. When his wife Mary is murdered, a detective friend who believes him and an occultist who'd rather not get involved help him chase her killers, while a thing he can only call IT grows stronger in his own head. Written in a month for NaNoWriMo and published here in ten weekly parts from November 2009 to January 2010, about 51,000 words in all. Novella · horror 10 chapters Complete