From Fringe To Fright: The Dark Arts Experiment

Two months ago I finished an edit of Dark Arts: Rising, the first part of a potential horror serial that was based on the concept of a dark resurrection changing the world. It was a short, 15,000 word piece that presented a fantastic creative challenge. Horror.

Horror writing has always been my kryptonite. I'll confess: in my twenties I wrote two very bad, very long horror novels. I even tried writing one by hand to see if I could somehow change my style for the better by avoiding typing. I got a stack of double spaced hand written pages four hundred deep that will never see the light of day. A crime against Bic pens and ruled paper.

Dark Arts: Rising has more potential and I'm happy to announce that, for better or worse, it's available for free at Smashwords for every kind of eBook reader you could imagine and on its very own blog page. If you're noticing this story late, then you're sort of lucky. Everyone else had to read it piece by piece as I released it over the last seven weeks. Something about serializing this work in particular was a lot of fun.

The story is set in 1996 and begins with a dark resurrection conducted by one, Zachary Ellison. Maxwell, a grumpy British occultist, has been on his trail for years and is one of the last members of a secret society. He does his best to counter the damage Zachary has done to the barrier between the spirit and corporeal worlds while trying to lay the ground work for a re-ignition of the occultist secret society charged with protecting the general populace from what goes wailing and rending in the dark.

If you enjoy reading this ditty and want more, show your support by posting a review on Smashwords or donating whatever you think its worth. It was a blast and total change of pace to write and it didn't slow down work on Spinward Fringe much at all.

RL

[Dark Arts: Rising at Smashwords] [The Blog Page]

[Have you read Dark Arts Rising already? What did you think?]

Part 2 of the Dark Arts Rising Series Online!

Spinward Fringe Rogue Element is going extremely well but I won't be finished for some time, at least a few weeks.

In the meantime I'm releasing a short horror novella on the Dark Arts Blog one chapter at a time as a serial. The first part arrived on July 7 and can be seen here.

The second part is now available and is available right here. Things get a little darker and dawn is no where in sight.

The Dark Arts series is about the weakening of the barrier between the spirit and material worlds and the diminished secret society of guardians that were tasked to combat the darkness. It's written by Randolph Lalonde under the name L.S. Randolph and is free to read.

Go have a read and leave a comment! I'm looking forward to hearing more first impressions.

RL

A status update on Spinward Fringe Rogue Element is forthcoming, stay tuned!

Part 1 of the Dark Arts Rising Series Posted!

While I'm busy writing Spinward Fringe Rogue Element I'm releasing the first story in the Dark Arts series one chapter a week for free. You can view the first chapter on the Dark Arts blog or on Shortcovers.

The Dark Arts series is about the weakening of the barrier between the spirit and material worlds and the diminished secret society of guardians that were tasked to combat the darkness. It's written by Randolph Lalonde under the name L.S. Randolph and is free to read.

Go have a read and leave a comment or rating! I'll be over here working on Spinward Fringe Rogue Element...

RL

Dark Arts To Begin July 7, 2009

After getting the thumbs up from my editor and test readers, the Dark Arts series is set to begin on July 7, my birthday gift to myself. Dark Arts is a horror series that will be available here for free (later to appear in EBook formats).

The first installment, called simply RISING is divided into seven parts that will be released every Tuesday.

Here's a general description:

Dark Arts is a supernatural horror series that focuses on members of a mysterious society of occultists who use any means to maintain the divide between the spirit and material worlds.The Dark Arts series is written in distinct plot cycles and offered for free. The success and continuation of the Dark Arts series depends on donations from the readers.

RISING tells a story about two characters; Zachary who has been possessing one mortal after another as he seeks the secrets of true resurrection and Maxwell who bears the responsibility of destroying Zachary and preventing him from accomplishing his goals. The surly British occultist has been led to the place where Zachary was first killed as a mortal and has to take the opportunity to further the goals of the society while there is still time.

RISING is a complete plot cycle, adapted into prose from a concept for a television series. If enough readers demand more after finishing RISING I'll gladly provide.

What's happening with Spinward Fringe? I'm working on Spinward Fringe Rogue Element right now, actually, no worries!

RL

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