Christmas with the ANGELUS KEY
Why I Wrote Snowfall on Miracles & Ghosts For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved Christmas. Not the […]
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Dion Fortune & The Sea Priestess
In The Sea Priestess, Dion Fortune evokes the elemental power of shore-cliffs, moon-lit tides and damp caves as the staging
From the Cuts: The Ogre, the Monk, and the Girl Who Wanted More (Eiger · Mönch · Jungfrau)
This one came out of a footnote I tried to tuck beneath a Switzerland chapter in The Angelus Key. It
From the Cuts: Koldo Iturriaga and the Art of Bleeding on Your Own Altar
This is one of those footnotes that hurt to cut. I did cut it with the resolve of a Civil
From the Cuts: A (Very) Brief Secret History of the Owls — Founders, Fortune… and a Dark Chapter
This footnote kept auditioning for “full chapter” while I was trying to run a thriller. I cut it for pace
From the Cuts: Tenure, the Aegis, and Other Mythical Shields (Ask Dunlop)
Some trims are easy—adverbs, dangling metaphors, my fondness for commas. Others fight back. This one hissed like a mother goat.
From the Cuts: The Collins Rose (and the Demon with Main-Character Energy)
Those of you who have read The Angelus Key know how much I enjoy a good footnote. Unfortunately, I needed
Ghost Hunters, William James, and the Struggle Between Science and the Unknown
Every once in a while, I stumble across a book that doesn’t just inform—it resonates. Deborah Blum’s Ghost Hunters: William
The Occult War: Dion Fortune, Secret Societies, and How They Still Haunt Fiction
Dion Fortune’s occult war, secret societies, and how magicians still shape fiction—from Jonathan Strange to The Angelus Key.