Nymphs in the forest – Paul François Quinsac
Month: March 2014
I have some confessions to make.
I’m not a member of the “typical” tumblr age-group. I grew up in the 80s. Yes, I’m that old.
Confession two, I love 80s action movies. Especially ones where the action is way over the fucking top, like Die Hard. The more impossible the better. You see, a long time ago me and my friends came to the conclusion that John McClane, Martin Riggs, Snake Plissken—all those guys were wizards. No, not the “Do as Thou Wilt,” Aleister Crowley, type of wizards. The Jedi, movie Merlin, Kung-Fu action type of wizards.
Add in a dose of James Bond and you have, Christopher Yan, and my new book Chasing the Wyrm.
So, for the sake of an old 80s guy, give it a look. It’s only $2.99 at Amazon until March 22nd.
And please re-blog!
Chasing the Wyrm: Christopher Yan – Office of Arcane Affairs
To protect its interests, the U.S. government projects its power militarily, economically, and magically. It leaves the last to the Office of Arcane Affairs.
Christopher Yan didn’t ask for the job. A wizard born with the power to warp reality, the OAA calls on him to neutralize all arcane threats. Part spy, part fixer, part assassin, Topher searches for a way to make his unique gift serve both his country and his principles. When he makes an enemy of a rogue wizard serving a dying insurgency, he learns the limits his conscience can bear.
happy Ides of March all y’all plebeians
REMIND ME TO REBLOG THIS EVERY MARCH 15TH UNTIL I DIE
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
Carl Jung (via 366quotes)
Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood, featuring Damon Albarn, Dan the Automator and Snoop Dogg.
This is a song about magick. But what else would you expect from a guy who wrote an opera about John Dee?
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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$2.99 all this week no matter where you buy.
Chasing the Wyrm – Christopher Yan, Office of Arcane Affairs
To protect its interests, the U.S. government projects its power militarily, economically, and magically. It leaves the last to the Office of Arcane Affairs.
Christopher Yan didn’t ask for the job. A wizard born with the power to warp reality, the OAA calls on him to neutralize all arcane threats. Part spy, part fixer, part assassin, Topher searches for a way to make his unique gift serve both his country and his principles. When he makes an enemy of a rogue wizard serving a dying insurgency, he learns the limits his conscience can bear.
From the afterword of Chasing the Wyrm
Last Words
This story does not belong to me.No matter what U.S. copyright law says, stories don’t belong to anyone. Since we began talking, humans have told stories and passed them along—embellishing, improving, summarizing. Sometimes they change the name or how the hero looks. But the stories are the same.
This story belongs to you now.
And we are giving it to you. Officially.
If you think the OAA is a cool idea. If you like the idea of wizards that use guns as well as magic. If you think action-movie spies are sweet, and they can only be better with demons and werewolves and magic swords and shit. If you think you have a great idea for an OAA story. Show us.
Just like some computer software, we are publishing this book as “open source,” sometimes called “copy-left.” You have our permission to write your own OAA stories using all of the background in this book. You can publish it. Make money on it. Call it your own.
There are just a few simple rules.
One, you must include the open source license in your publication. Anything you add to the OAA mythology immediately becomes open source and other writers can build on it.
Two, you can’t make a feature film or television series based on the OAA. If you are going to do that, we want cash.
Three, you can’t represent the characters Christopher Yan or Michael Smith in your story. They are ours. We will be telling their tales. You can mention them. You can have them do a walk-on. But you can’t have them doing stuff in your book.
Wait, you say, I need to write a chapter that involves dialog with Topher. Don’t sweat it. If you email me at james at jameslwilber.com and ask permission, I’ll probably let you. All the other characters—Johnny, Eddie, Jimmy, Nooria, Vromm—are free to use.
To help you out, we are building a wiki page at arcaneaffairs.net.
Why not Michael Smith you ask? Because fellow Mid-World writer, Shade OfRoses, is currently working on Archangel, Michael Smith’s first book.
So, go share this story, and make up some of your own. Don’t worry, Topher will be back, and he might actually learn something.
James L. Wilber
March 14th, 2014
Chasing the Wyrm: Christopher Yan, Office of Arcane Affairs
To protect its interests, the U.S. government projects its power militarily, economically, and magically. It leaves the last to the Office of Arcane Affairs.
Christopher Yan didn’t ask for the job. A wizard born with the power to warp reality, the OAA calls on him to neutralize all arcane threats. Part spy, part fixer, part assassin, Topher searches for a way to make his unique gift serve both his country and his principles. When he makes an enemy of a rogue wizard serving a dying insurgency, he learns the limits his conscience can bear.
“Developing an ego is like building a castle against reality. It provides some defense and sense of purpose, but the larger it is, the more it invites attack, and, ultimately, it must crumble. There is a further problem. All fortresses are also prisons. Because our beliefs imply a rejection of their opposites they severely restrict our freedom”.
PSYCHONAUT (The Demon Choronzon) – Peter J. Carroll (via radvvulf)