You know I brought both of you boys into this world, and the world was better for it. “I see in your eyes that you haven’t come to visit Medwyna the Midwife to hear her moan about her younger days, long gone by. Readers of the main series will recognize the structure of the narrator introducing the story. I’ll post a more substantial excerpt in a few days, but meanwhile here is a little tease. Because you can’t have a murder mystery without a map.

Last but not least, I have to find someone to draw a map of Lorseth and environs. Then it still needs to be edited and I have to find a suitable cover. Readers for whom this story is their first venture into the World of Anaxantis and who go on to read the main series, may be horrified to discover the not-so-cozy narrative of those books.Īnd I’m sure Murder in Lorseth will upset some Cozy Mystery fans as well. Readers of the main series will miss the epic content, and the male-on-male action is limited as well, though implicitly very present. Although it is set in the World of Anaxantis it isn’t Epic Fantasy. Murder in Lorseth could confuse some readers. As such it contains some spoilers for those who haven’t read the first trilogy, The Invisible Chains. The story runs parallel to the main action of Book IV, The Invisible Hands - Part I: Gambit. Murder in Lorseth (working title) is sort of a cozy mystery with two unlikely sleuths, set in the world of Anaxantis, a few months after the Battle of the Zinchara. In this post I’ll lift a tip of the veil of the last one.

Murder in Lorseth (working title), a short novel: finished, but needs at least two rounds of revision and then editing.The Conqueror, a short novella: finished, but needs to be revised and edited.The Man by the Lake, a short story: finished, final version & edited.

Stories on the Go by Andrew Ashling