It’s time to break my latest long silence.
Aside from my TYRANTSBANE novel cycle, I’ve been working on a Gnostic horror-fantasy zine. It’s at the point where I’d like to share a preview.
Part stylistic manifesto and part introduction to my setting, IMPENDING DOOM is a collection of short fiction and microfiction set within the IMPERIUM URIZEN. Each piece shows a glimpse into a doomed and dying world that persists in spite of its ailing Creator. You’ll hear of the partisans of Ial Caldra, the arcoliths of Ald Amanai, Imperial hegemony in Valisia, the treachery in Heaven, and more.
Before humanity’s spark can stand against the encroaching dark, we must savor the bitterness of our promised end. This zine focuses on that bleakness, yet the fires of hope smolder unseen in dark places, in deep places.
I’m looking towards a physical and digital release later in the year. If you’d like, you can subscribe to email updates below. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy this early look at IMPENDING DOOM.
That’s all I have for now, folks, but I’m hard at work on more. I’ll strive to post more updates and samples as TYRANTSBANE’s pre-production once more gives way to drafting.
CM Shigeta