The Tower of the Night Sky (A Blog)

Welcome to the Tower…

Here you’ll find pieces of whimsy and whatnot. Varied snippets of world building, character portraits, and works of short fiction.

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How to Visit Harmony On Hudson (Part One)

Harmony on Hudson is a real place, although its not truly located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River “just north of Beacon and south of Cold Spring” as I have written. A look at a map will confirm that there is no such location; the directions are nonsense.

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Why In Middle-earth Would I Write Tolkienesque?

I’ve been told, more than once, that Tolkienesque is an odd thing to write. I suppose it is a fair question: Why would I write a humorous retelling of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien set in modern-day America—and in New York of all places?