Author Archives: Pat Bowne

We had a three-day week at work but we packed a semester’s worth of angst, meetings, and general academic brouhaha into it. So I am  feeling rather crabby in spite of a very nice walk in the woods with a … Continue reading →

I sold two stories to an anthology of scandinavian-inspired folk tales, but one of them was obviously set in a non-scandinavian region – not surprising, since in my fantasy world there is no scandinavia at all, nor any other real-life … Continue reading →

This summer’s sales are moving closer to actual publication. Great Light’s Daughters, a creation tale from my work in progress, will appear in the Abbreviated Epics anthology from Third Flatiron anthologies in November. You can wait for hard copies, or … Continue reading →

Years after writing A Lovesome Thing, I’ve finally realized it’s about the internet. How did I miss it at the time?  A magical land where you can build anything you want, be anything you want … where nothing has real-world … Continue reading →

Once again, Double Dragon has issued a book way faster than I expected.  Swept and Garnished, the third Royal Academy novel, is now available at their website . What you’ll find in it: After barely surviving the semester at the … Continue reading →

I’m reading a book about a vampire hunter.  At least, for the first 48% of it I believed it was about a vampire hunter.  But I have come to suspect that it is about competence. It’s hard to write a … Continue reading →