Jeff Mach Writes

June 8, 2020 / Chosen Ones

The Very Bad Magic School

[This is a standalone story. It’s a bit of a cheat, in that it intentionally…

June 7, 2020 / Jeff's Writing

The Catskills Devil spends an inordinate amount of time online disproving the existence of the…

June 6, 2020 / Apocalypse

[And I have just finished the second and almost-final draft of “I Hate Your Prophecy”.…

June 5, 2020 / Jeff's Writing

(This is a piece from my Steampunk rock opera, “Absinthe Heroes.” Note that it’s sung…

June 4, 2020 / barbarians

[Almost all of the standalone stories from my upcoming novel, “I Despise Your Prophecy”, are…

June 3, 2020 / Curses

And I, in both public and private incarnation, am reflecting on my life. I’ve fought…

June 1, 2020 / Bards

This is the poem that almost rhymes, It almost rhymes so many times, but just…

May 31, 2020 / Curses

Once there was a spy who was very, very afraid. Much of what she feared…

May 30, 2020 / Coyote

Lycanthropes, werewolves in particular, lived alongside humankind for a long time; not peacefully, never peacefully,…

May 29, 2020 / Chosen Ones

(I tend to work with multiple imaginary worlds, but there are a few commonalities. If…