Jeff Mach Writes

December 25, 2019 / I assert reality

The Past Is Not What It Was

(An excerpt from my Steampunk Rock Opera, “Absinthe Heroes”. It begins with a dialogue between…

December 23, 2019 / dark lord

(This is from the introduction to my upcoming compilation of short stories, “Villains, Villainy &…

December 21, 2019 / Uncategorized

(The base text is from my novel, “There and Never, Ever Back Again” – with…

December 18, 2019 / Apocalypse

Why do so many readers haunt libraries, old bookstores, strange corners of the world of…

December 17, 2019 / Elves

(Dedicated to Padraig. He knows why.) Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale…

December 11, 2019 / I assert reality

We certainly do drink…wine. If one is going to spend centuries acquiring a stylish all-black…

December 10, 2019 / Apocalypse

It was after we had slain the last living Orc that we finally had a…

December 6, 2019 / I assert reality

Magic is real, and I hate it. I hate what this is doing to my…

December 3, 2019 / dark lord

Plausible Deniability (An Apology For Non-Accountability in Fantasy Poetry) There’s something about us fantasy writers…

December 2, 2019 / I assert reality

The answer was there; it’s been there for centuries. But like most of the truly…