The soldiers brought violence

The Pain Wizards brought suffering.

And Jon is beginning to realize Dragon World isn’t just fantasy.

It’s a real world.

With real darkness inside it.

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The soldiers fought like men.

The blindfolded warrior fought like something else entirely.

Every time Jon sees him, Dragon World feels more real.

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Revolving doors were the worst.

Every rotation dragged Jon between worlds.

One second: normal life.

The next: armored soldiers, glowing runes, and impossible creatures.

And the visions are getting stronger.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 4/6: In what ways do your real-world surroundings appear in your work?

Ruarnon Trilogy has Linh on a bus and high school excursion driving along the coast of Port Phillip Bay, #Victoria (#Australia) in her first chapter.

But as its #PortalFantasy & #EpicFantasy, and Sythe Series is SciFi #Fantasy, the real world is otherwise worldbuilding inspiration. Like Santorini for Cauldron Island, and dry Aussie bushland and Central Aussie desert inspiring the Island of the Guardians.

Any door could become a portal.

Car door.
Bathroom door.
Apartment door.

One second: normal life.

The next: Dragon World.

And Jon is starting to realize this isn’t going away.

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Read THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by Ilona Andrews if you love epic fantasy, metafiction, portal fantasies, fanfiction, political machinations, regeneration, mistaken identity, kindness in a cruel world, turning your hyperfixation into a superpower, magical creatures, hot knights & making soap.

https://torpublishinggroup.com/this-kingdom-will-not-kill-me/

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