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Updating weekly on Tuesdays, A Nail From Which to Hang the Heavens is Kristina Tracer’s writing blog. You’ll find novel-length fantasy and science fiction, as well as the occasional shorter work, available for free!
To observe a particular constellation, make a selection from the list below. Or feel free to simply see what’s been discovered lately!
- Child of Man
- Alex Demont dreamed of being something more than human, but he never imagined a chance to pursue his wish. When an industrial accident puts the life of a Child of Wolf at risk, the shaman Watcher has no choice but to find someone from outside their tiny world who can help him identify the poison threatening to kill one of his own. Unfortunately, his efforts bring Alex to the attention of another shadowy group, one dedicated on protecting humanity from the Children of Nature. Now Alex has little choice but to confront hard truths, in his own life and others’, to help save Shadowdance’s life, and his own.
- Beautiful World
- When Johnathan Dart, digital artist and world-builder, falls in love with a digital sapience living inside Irokai, the virtual world created by the Tadashiissei Corporation, his friends are skeptical of his intention to upload himself into their system. Adam doubts that the soul can survive a destructive copy, and Julia doubts that Tadashiissei’s corporate policies are anything close to user-friendly. Johnathan does what he can to assure his friends that all will be well, but in the heart of the corporation that owns Irokai and everything within it, a storm is brewing. A group of revolutionaries seeking independence for Irokai from its corporate creators is mounting an ever-escalating series of attacks on the system, and Tadashiissei’s management is proving they may be willing to destroy Irokai to save it. Can John and his digital lover, Mitsuko, find a way to stop the hackers from deleting their home without convincing Tadashiissei to delete them?
- Bonds of Silver, Bonds of Gold
- Jedrik of barony Jazinsk dies in the middle of a harsh winter, prompting his son Stannis to make the ultimate sacrifice: selling himself into slavery to feed his family. After he’s sold to a pleasure-house, an envoy from neighboring Barony Deterikh buys Stannis as a diversion for his head of state, and thus puts the young rabbit into the middle of a coming war. Baronies Jazinsk and Deterikh have been at peace for twenty years, but rumors of dark alchemy and hints of betrayal have put that fragile peace at risk, and Stannis’ arrival at the Deterikh court threatens to tip that delicate balance. With drums beating on the horizon, can a lowly pleasure-slave manipulate his new owner into preserving peace, and Stannis resist the call of freedom to stop a war between his old home and newfound love?
- De Magia, with Cube Lutris
- Subtitled Treatises on Crystals, Crystal Studies, and why Epistemic Magosophy has little to do with either, De Magia is a look at what exactly it means to be a mage working for one of the great charters, from the eyes of one who actually does so. Carissa Deursis is at turns cynical, satirical, and insightful, as she casts a dour eye on the nature of her job as compared to what she believed it would be like from the days she pursued a certificate in Crystal Studies at the academy. All Carissa really wants is to do her job, but an ever-expanding calvacade of situations seem intent on preventing her from getting it done.
You might find the occasional bright star, here and there, as well!
