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Karavansara the Blog

@KaravansaraBlog

A blog about adventure, fiction, history, the Orient and the pulps.

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Screaming Statues on Amazon karavansara.live/2023/05/13/…
Screaming Statues on Amazon

Screaming Statues on Amazon

If you are so inclined, you can now get a copy of my latest novella through Mr Bezos’ general emporium.There can be a delay because Amazon has a queue thing – but no more tan a few days…

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The Island of Screaming Statues karavansara.live/2023/05/03/…
The Island of the Screaming Statues

The Island of the Screaming Statues

I am pleased to announce that my new novella, The Island of the Screaming Statues, has just hit the shelves on Lulu.com.It goes for 4.99, but you can get a 15% discount, for a very limited time, by…

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Kickstarting The Consultation of Sherlock Holmes karavansara.live/2023/05/01/…
Kickstarting The Consultation of Sherlock Holmes

Kickstarting The Consultation of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes used to introduce himself as a “consulting detective” – one to which other detectives and police officers could go to for, yeah, a consultation, during their own i…

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#StoryADayMay 2023 karavansara.live/2023/04/30/…
#StoryADayMay 2023

#StoryADayMay 2023

This year too I’ll be taking part in StoryADay May, A month-long short-story challenge in which writers write (finish) a short story every day In May. Why, you ask.Because it’s free.Bec…

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Princesses in Pulp is out! karavansara.live/2023/03/28/…
Princesses in Pulp is out!

Princesses in Pulp is out!

ProSe Press’ latest anthology is out, and it can be acquired in both paperback and ebook via Amazon.It is called Princesses in Pulp, it features a killer cover by Antonino Lo Iacono, and it i…

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The return of Valerie Trelawney karavansara.live/2023/02/28/…
The return of Valerie Trelawney

The return of Valerie Trelawney

I created Valerie Trelawney in 1985, give or take a few months, typing two of her stories on my mother’s old Olivetti Lettera. They were not particularly good stories – derived in the w…

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Across a sea of stars – Leiji Matsumoto, 1938-2023 karavansara.live/2023/02/20/…
Across a sea of stars – Leiji Matsumoto, 1938-2023

Across a sea of stars – Leiji Matsumoto, 1938-2023

Japanese animation hit Italy hard, starting on evening in April 1978, when Go Nagai’s Grandizer – in our country known as Goldrake – was first broadcast by our national television…

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Algorithms karavansara.live/2023/01/13/…
Algorithms

Algorithms

Do you get emails from Amazon?I do.About once a week, I find in m y mailbox a mail that says, more or less… Greetings, Consumer!based on your previous purchases, we think you might also like&…

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Real Writers and Rumours karavansara.live/2023/01/09/…
Real Writers and Rumours

Real Writers and Rumours

This morning I was told I am not “a real writer” because my last works published had been tie-ins, works that are part of other properties. The Raiders of Bloodwood is part of the Desce…

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The first book of the year: Understanding Chinese Fantasy Genres karavansara.live/2023/01/04/…
The first book of the year: Understanding Chinese Fantasy Genres

The first book of the year: Understanding Chinese Fantasy Genres

Two days back I finished a big translation job I was eager to get out of the way to clear my desk for the upcoming novel writing job I will be doing these next two months (more details soon).To cel…

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Damask without Damascus: Duncan, Howard, Eddison and another style of world building karavansara.live/2022/12/31/…
Damask without Damascus: Duncan, Howard, Eddison and another style of world building

Damask without Damascus: Duncan, Howard, Eddison and another style of world building

Last post of the year, and somewhat unexpected – I am suffering from a bout of insomnia, and about one hour ago, while exchanging new years greetings, I suggested to my friend Marina Dave Dun…

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A Bloodless Origin karavansara.live/2022/12/26/…
A Bloodless Origin

A Bloodless Origin

It’s the Christmas weekend, the countryside is silent and dreary under a blanket of cold mist, and there is very little to do but eat (in moderation), read (an old Warhammer Fantasy novel) an…

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Happy Holidays! karavansara.live/2022/12/22/…
Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

It’s that time of the year again.I wish you guys a warm, happy Christmas time with your family.Or with your friends.Or alone.Whatever suits you best.

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Belated Review: Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Issue #1 karavansara.live/2022/12/18/…
Belated Review: Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Issue #1

Belated Review: Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Issue #1

I am definitely late at the party, but recently the Bundle of Holding did a quick deal offering the digital “Starter Collection” for The Tales from the Magician’s Skull, for a ver…

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Dreams of Fire karavansara.live/2022/12/16/…
Dreams of Fire

Dreams of Fire

I am finally free to share the news that my new novel for the Descent, Legends of the Dark line will be available next summer through Aconythe Books.It’s called Dreams of Fire, and it’s…

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The Conan Re-Read 4: Red Nails karavansara.live/2022/12/10/…
The Conan Re-Read 4: Red Nails

The Conan Re-Read 4: Red Nails

It felt right to end our overview of Robert E. Howard’s Conan with the final Conan story, and the one that gave our podcast its name: Red Nails, published between July and October 1936 in Wei…

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The Conan Re-read 3: The People of the Black Circle karavansara.live/2022/12/09/…
The Conan Re-read 3: The People of the Black Circle

The Conan Re-read 3: The People of the Black Circle

My second story choice was a no-brainer from the beginning: The People of the Black Circle, from September-October 1934 Weird Tales, is the first Robert E. Howard story I ever read, forty years ago…

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Varified on Mastodon karavansara.live/2022/12/08/…
Varified on Mastodon

Varified on Mastodon

This is a placeholder post to allow the verification of this blog on Mastodon.

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The Conan Re-Read 2: Shadows in the Moonlight karavansara.live/2022/12/08/…
The Conan Re-Read 2: Shadows in the Moonlight

The Conan Re-Read 2: Shadows in the Moonlight

I was somewhat surprised when my friend Germano chose Shadows in The Moonlight, published originally in Weird Tales in the April 1934 issue, as the first of his two Robert E. Howard re-read stories…

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The Conan Re-read 1: The Tower of the Elephant karavansara.live/2022/12/07/…
The Conan Re-read 1: The Tower of the Elephant

The Conan Re-read 1: The Tower of the Elephant

Robert E. Howard’s The Tower of the Elephant was published in the March 1933 issue of Weird Tale Magazine, and is the first of the two stories I selected for the forthcoming “Four from …

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