A list of everything I've published under Wizard's Wood Press, and where to find it, in a sticky posting.

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The sinking of troop transports during the evacuation of Dunkirk had one advantage for the Allies: it effectively sabotaged the port for German use.

The shrine at Ise is surrounded by white pebbles. Not the latter gravel that you raked into patterns; the pebbles are too heavy for that. It demarcates sacred space.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Back to the beginning! First picked up this series lo these many years ago, where I could only go out the next day and buy the next two books after this one. . . .

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So, how many characters does this short story need?
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Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne Volume 1: The Beast of the Rails by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio

Agatha gets on a train!  Spoilers ahead for the prior books.  Thoguh it does begin with a sharper delineation of before and after than the ones just before it -- on the other hand, the tale clearly continues after.

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Sometimes the story comes from the title.

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The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great by Donald Maass

A how-to-write book.  A rare one:  intended for the people who write novels already.  Like, indeed, his Writing the Breakout Novel, which perhaps you should read first.
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In the DC universe, they've gotten around the problem of superheroes testifying in masks.  They passed a Constitutional amendment.

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A story is slowly taking form.  I poked at the denouement at a few times -- you don't have to begin at the beginning for development -- and contemplated what the heroine might do with a magnificent superhero making machine.
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg

A how-to-write book.

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