Assaph Mehr 📚⚔️🕵️👻🏺🏛️🤖
@assaph.bsky.social
Author of Murder In Absentia, an historical-fantasy murder-mystery in a quasi-Roman Ancient World (see http://egretia.com); Mad genius behind http://TheProtagonistSpeaks.com
Occasionally I write an in-depth article about research into daily life in Ancient Rome, as the background for my Fantasy world. I mean, a what's the equivalent to a gumshoe for Paranormal Detective facing Occult beings and curses? 😁🤣 egretia.com/2021/06/30/f...
Short version: It’s a fun read, both entertaining and educational and recommended for those who love military history :) egretia.com/2026/07/08/b...
Book Review: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History: The Hinge Factor, by Erik Durschmied
This looked like a bit of fun for those seeking confirmation bias that many celebrated successes (or failures, depending on which side you’re on) in the past have more to do with human stupid…
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First you must decipher the trailing chicken scratching, then you must ponder the meaning 😵💫
Awww, the time we resurrected Crowley to get a book review 🧟😂 Seriously people, leave a review so we don't have to resort to necromancy...
What's common for ancient Roman cheese and the Australian rabbit plague? Hint - me 😜 Two new stories in our latest anthology: Feast or Famine? Read the sneak peeks here: egretia.substack.com/p/sneak-peek...
Sneak peeks (or should that be teaser-tasters?)
An amuse-bouche as delectation for your literary palate.
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I write historical fiction. I wrote a chapter about fermented fish sauce to torment my protagonist with the stench. He once complained about living above "the street of evil smells" (aka street of the cheese makers). Guess what Felix's latest adventure involves... 😜
This was a fun one to edit. So many different takes on how food is important to our lives. #scifi #fantasy #antholody #food
Assaph Mehr 📚⚔️🕵️👻🏺🏛️🤖@assaph.bsky.social · 2mo agoFunnily enough, we got an answer for that. And it's not what you think... Check out our latest anthology, for some spectacular (and spectacularly provocative) dished. Food for the mind.
Funnily enough, we got an answer for that. And it's not what you think... Check out our latest anthology, for some spectacular (and spectacularly provocative) dished. Food for the mind.
Tonight's protagonist interview - talking about running a festival of cheese and dead bodies ;-) theprotagonistspeaks.com/2026/05/29/l...
Laura Evans (of Murder At The Summer Cheese Festival, by Jodie Morgan)
Dear readers, tonight we reprint a newspaper article, where a local reporter had interviewed the protagonist. The subject of the article is here to talk about working at a cheese festival in a smal…
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Short version: The series is still good, even though it long transitioned from private wizard to epic fantasy (and jumped the shark in doing so). I particularly find the ‘smaller’ novels like this one, the more intimate ones, a more appealing read. egretia.com/2026/05/27/b...
Book Review: Twelve Months (Dresden Files #18), by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files have been going on since 2000, and I’ve been reading them since ~2017 when fans said there was a lot in common between the early books and my writing. So I’m invested,…
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Short version: Recommended if you like urban fantasy/paranormal romance and want something light that doesn’t require exercising your brain-cells. I suggest starting with the free novelette (via StoryOrigin), to see if you like it. egretia.com/2026/04/29/s...
Series Review: The Witch’s Bestiary, by Evangeline Hunter
I came across the introductory novella on StoryOrigin, and it looked like fun – a humorous take on urban fantasy. I’ve read that story, and proceeded to the novels. What to Expect Amusi…
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One of those days. The anthology even contains a story about the madness of custard.
Care for something to eat? How about food for the mind, the soul? Our latest spec-fic anthology explores humanity's relation with food, or the lack thereof. purpletoga.com/2026/04/18/p...
Lunch on me! Food for a curious mind in this new speculative fiction anthology, with several entries by me (with my usual blend of history and fantasy, applied to some inventive recipes 😉) Full deets at: egretia.substack.com/p/can-i-take...
An educational romp through history - jumping from subject to subject, but fun to explore. egretia.com/2026/04/15/t...
The Rest Is History (Book and Podcast)
US edition, to those more used to the red logo and book cover I mentioned The Rest Is History previously (being responsible to my ever-growing TBR list, where A Natural History of Ghosts and An Ins…
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The Rest Is History (Book and Podcast) US edition, to those more used to the red logo and book cover I mentioned The Rest Is History previously (being responsible to my ever-growing TBR list, where A Natural History of Ghosts and An Instance of the Fingerpost have made it to reviews here).…
The Rest Is History (Book and Podcast)
US edition, to those more used to the red logo and book cover I mentioned The Rest Is History previously (being responsible to my ever-growing TBR list, where A Natural History of Ghosts and An Instance of the Fingerpost have made it to reviews here). Considering all the hours I've spent listening to the podcast, and now finally getting to the book, I figured it's time for a review.
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That was a fun story to write - I might have gone a bit wild with pop culture references (if you can call Coleridge pop culture 🤣). Free novella, if you haven't read it.
I have a Gilded Age Gothic story, "On the Life of the Cinderella Who Lost Her Princes and Other Musings" set in Thousand Islands region, New York in this cute anthology with SFF stories about food. Coming out on May 11, 2026. @purpletoga.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHMCMKVZ
Chester LaRue (of Dear AI, I Killed Her, by Kirill Khrestinin) Dear readers, tonight with us is a serial killer. He's here to speak about his crimes and about the AI to whom he confessed everything, until things started to change. Tell us a little about where you grew up. What was it like there? I…
Chester LaRue (of Dear AI, I Killed Her, by Kirill Khrestinin)
Dear readers, tonight with us is a serial killer. He's here to speak about his crimes and about the AI to whom he confessed everything, until things started to change. Tell us a little about where you grew up. What was it like there? I grew up in Kentucky. I had a pretty insignificant family. I don't know how people measure their life, through what patterns.
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The most shocking writing news I have had to deliver! 😱 egretia.com/2026/04/01/a...
Announcing a new series of novels, available now!
To all my long-time fans – or rather, long-time fans of Felix and new fans of Jack – I have an important announcement! The books, while immensely fun to write and receiving critical success, haven&…
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