Here’s a small detour from my current project: I have a third piece of Pathfinder web fiction up today, as part of Paizo’s launch of their Player Core 2 rulebook from their Remastered rules. The link:

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6vcee?Iconic-Encounter-Blood-and-Storm

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve published anything for Paizo, so the request to write something for their Iconic characters (who are the “protagonist” characters they use to show off each of their character classes) as part of a major book release certainly came as a surprise. Apparently one of their writers fell sick, and I’m on the list of “potential other writers” in their stable. As a result, I received the request with only a couple of weeks before the deadline, and a day or two before I left for Greece, a two-week holiday to celebrate my daughter’s high school graduation. That’s right: The deadline and trip meant that, if I agreed, I would need to write the story while on vacation.

I’m of the belief that when an editor asks if you’re interested in writing fiction, always say yes. So I agreed, they set me up with a quick freelance contract and background reading materials, and off to Greece I went. Once I’d recovered from jetlag, the story came together fairly quickly, and I submitted it well in advance of the deadline.

There is one character in the story that does not appear in the above image (which was meant to be inspiration for the story): He’s a doddering old university professor, and nominally the reason the Iconic characters are in their current predicament. I named him “Rodos,” which is the Greek name for the island of Rhodes, where I was staying for the bulk of the writing.

Here’s hoping you enjoy the little diversion!