I'm a firm believer in the idea that, part of my job as a #horror writer, is to convince some part of your mind that what I'm writing about could be real. That's part of what I like about the #HardScifi / #HardFantasy subgenres, where we try to ground our #fiction in #science fact.

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I like it when my mages use phrase, "The magic which corrupts our world works by subverting the natural law with its own laws." It really helps to drive home that this is a #DarkFantasy and #HardFantasy setting, and that there is something both unnatural and inherently destructive yet objectively knowable about the #magic they're using.

Building a Magic System

What is magic, and how does it work? Is magic something done by wizards with wands and pointed hats, or is it the mystical force you encounter in the fae realm? Magic systems are an essential element of most fantasy wo

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