This is a blog that concentrates on the influences and writing of two aspiring author friends called Thadeus Morticaine and Dan Coghlan. They have been friends for many years and found that they have a common interest in what they write, even though they write different things.

Thadeus Morticaine is working on a series of Folk horror stories, fantasy stories, some ghost stories and some sci-fi. He likes HP Lovecraft, Gareth L Powell, Robert Rankin and Kim Newman. He is also very much into his folktales and Celtic and Norse myths and legends.

Dan Coghlan is currently working on a Sword and Sorcery series about a Wood Elf Barbarian, and also a pulp fiction style series of Post-Apocalyptic stories. He likes Robert E Howard and Steve Dilks, as well as Lin Carter and Clarke Ashton Smith.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

 Hello everyone!

Yesterday, in a post, I mentioned about doing an unboxing post. and here it is!

I got a bit excited by the package arriving, so took a load of photos - some of them aren't so professional but I hope you can still get the gist of it.

This is a Patreon reward for a game called The Woods by Oakbound Studios. I realise that it's not quite as well known as, say, Warhammer, but its a game that I love the aesthetic of.

It's a game that combines Celtic myths, specifically from wales and Cornwall and combines them with Arthurian Legend and some Tolkien as well. I'm really enamored by the setting. Its a diceless game and is mostly geared up for being a skirmish game, but there are RPG rules and options for turning it into a full on wargame as well. Many of the miniatures are influenced by either Arthurian legends, Welsh and Cornish and Celtic myths and by some Tolkien-esque things and some have an old-school Warhammer feel to them. Yeah, I love the setting.

They have the website, if you wish taking a look at Oakbound.co.uk

There is a youtube channel as well where aspects of the game and wargaming are looked at.

There are also a pair of Facebook pages. One is for the company in general and for other products and games that Oakbound Studios do including a Moonstone RPG and if you get into The Woods, there is a player group here.

Needless to say, I was very excited to receive the Patreon reward through the post yesterday and I'm very pleased with the warband. I'm surprised - very pleasantly so - that the warband came in a wood box with embossing and with foam inlays for the figures. I'm going to enjoy painting them.

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A good day comes with an
Oakbound Studio sticker.

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Ooo, a fancy box of druids.

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First glimpse, with super fancy
concept art

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Fancy Druid concept art.

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Such a safe warband.

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The Druids prepare to defend Anglesey

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Master Druid in Berlin Calendar Helmet.

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Fury like woman number 1.

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Armed Warrior number 1.

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Armed Warrior number 2

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Apprentice Druid number 1

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Hare Familiar

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Fury like woman 2

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Armed Warrior 3

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Armed Warrior number 4

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Apprentice Druid 2

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Fury like woman 3

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Fury like woman 4

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Super cool Druid Last Stand concept art

Its not quite over yet folks. Last night, after taking the photos for the warband so I could make this post, I got excited and stuck them to their bases - which were kindly included. So, here are some more photos of the warband on their bases. Please pardon the background. I took the photos as is, as they were on my painting table, so you get to see how untidy it is, and also, you may be able to spot a few other bits in the background. Again, apologies for the photos not being the best quality, but you can at least see how they stand when they are first assembled.

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Getting the Druid's band together

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Druid warband close ups 1

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Druid warband close ups 2


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Monday, October 24, 2022

 Hello everyone!

This might be quite a short blog post for today.

I've been trucking on with my writing and the fantasy novella that I've been working on for the passed month is coming along. I'm making progress and working on it each day.

I try and keep a tabs on things with daily updates on a new-ish Twitter account that I set up at @DanCoghlan3 if anyone is interested in following that. I do daily word totals there too.

I had hoped to get the novella done by now, if I'm honest. I'd sort of hoped to have it done a week ago, but that was if I could bust through doing some days where I could work through it unimpeded all day. That's not happened, which is a shame. But I have managed to get a first draft for a fantasy short story done in the mean time.

I'm about three fifths of the way through it now. I may take another break from it when I've reached the end of this chapter and write another fantasy short story. There's one I've wanted to do about a barroom brawl including wizards. I like the idea of things escalating as the patrons get drunk and start trying to use their magick.

To be honest, I'm generally beginning to feel a bit bogged down by this novella. But then again, when I'm at this point in a longer story, I usually feel similar. At the beginning of the story, you always feel full of ideas and feel motivated to get as far as you can and when you get about three quarters of the way through, the end is in sight and you feel eager to see all the drama that unfolds during the climax of the story. I suppose I'm not there yet. I'm still in that middle zone were you haven't got the ending in sight and the vigor you started with has worn off. I suppose I'm just waiting for that 'second wind'. Lets see where I'm at by the end of this month and think again shall we.

Anyway, hopefully tomorrow, I'll have another blog post. I had some post through this morning and I'll soon do an 'unboxing post about what I received. all I'm going to say is that its wargame related, a skirmish game in fact, so it should be curious to any wargamers and roleplay gamers too. Plus, I'll leave this picture as a tease to end this post. I always feel excited when there is an Oakbound Games logo involved.

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Friday, July 5, 2019

Hello all!

I woke up today to find that I had had a new book delivered. It's called Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards. I got my copy from Blackwells, but Amazon has it as well. Blackwells of Oxford is a curiosity in it which is almost next door to the Bodleian Museum and seems like a curiosity in itself and I'm impressed by its service and website. I even got a bookmark with my order, which is nice. But I was mainly going to talk briefly about Backwoods Witchcraft.

Backwoods Witchcraft mainly talks about the folk magic from the Appalachian Mountains, which seems to have preserved many old European practises as well as practises from Voodoo and Hoodoo because of its secluded settlements. The author, Jake Richards is very knowledgeable on the subject as he comes from one of those communities and has grown up with these practises. I'm still to delve into it properly, but there is a curious section about the use of the bible and the role of Christianity in the area - which the book is quite complimentary about so would accommodate any Christian Witches or any wanting to incorporate Christian entities into their craft.

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Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards

I picked this volume up for two main reasons. The first is that I wanted to look into some of the practises that had arrived in the Americas from Europe. As the communities were secluded, they seem to have been bypassed by some of the witch hunts that plagued Europe and much of New England or The South, so many practises and a mentality that was present at the time of the colonisation of America, before even the English Civil War could very well be present. It would be curious to explore some clues into it at least.

The second reason to get this book was because a friend of mine had received a copy as a gift and had recommended it. She is covering it chapter by chapter on her YouTube Channel called Jenn The Taxidermy Witch ifer. She has covered the introduction, and has, as of today, completed reading the second chapter of eleven.

Apart from this, today sort of feels like its been a bit of a none starter. I helped a bit with moderating a new tarot Youtuber page on facebook and also, a Viking Folklore channel I'm involved with called Northworthy Sagas and Stories uploaded an unboxing video and I had something to do with its promotion. Here it is:


The host of Northworthy Sagas and Stories also wanted to restart a gamer channel on a site called Mixer. He has a good concept - a Viking plays Viking games - which is curious and he would be able to tell historical anecdotes while playing and answer questions, as he is planning of playing the games while in period dress. I think its a cool concept. Unfortunately, I'm still a little unsure what I'm doing with the main site.

Other than that, I'm behind on writing up the article on the first Aicme of the Ogham Runes (batch of five). And that's somewhat irritated me, even though other things have been happening. I have also been planning a short story that I'm eager to start, but I have a feeling that it's going to be a little while before I start. I'd much prefer to have a fair stretch of time to devote to it and I think it could be roughly a week before that happens. I also think it could take a bit of time to organise the information about the Aicme of the Ogham Runes into something I would like to put up on here. I'm probably going to need to spread out properly as my Book of Shadows is quite large and I'm probably going to need other note taking things about me.

That also reminds me, could some pictures of my Book of Shadows be of interest? I made it by hand.

Anyway, let me know and until next time, may your sleep soothe your soul and may you wake refreshed.
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