Chapter 61: This is the final chapter of The Vanquished & the Surviving!

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Next week I'll begin serially publishing a gothic fantasy novel.

Samantha escapes her abusive uncle & stays at her friend Harriet's home, where ghosts demand her attention.

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And now for the penultimate chapter of my dark fantasy novel, The Vanquished & the Surviving. Chapter 60 is the climax:

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Next week I'll begin serially publishing a gothic fantasy novel that takes place right after Vanquished. They're stand-alones set in the same alternate Regency England & with some of the same characters.

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Chapter 59: Fawlkin cruelly taunts Vincent with disturbing information about his brother Nathaniel. He bullies and threatens. He has abnormally small hands for a large man.

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Chapter 58: Marshals drag Vincent off to their leader, who believes he inspired the resistance. He is, of course, correct.

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This week I'm posting one chapter of my dark fantasy novel, The Vanquished & the Surviving, every day Monday through Friday (instead of only Monday, Wednesday, & Friday), so I'll share the final chapter Friday.

Chapter 57: A vast crowd gathers in the street. The Magistrate's Court is on fire!

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Chapter 56 of The Vanquished& the Surviving: Citizens gather to protest in the streets before the Magistrate's Court.

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(I took this photo of 18th century buildings on Henrietta Street, London, in 2004. The street is featured in Chapter 56 of Vanquished.)

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My dark fantasy novel, The Vanquished & the Surviving, continues on my Substack, Whimsical Words.

Chapter 55: Vincent creates handbills illustrating a realistic portrait of Fawlkin, the villain--much to the amusement of pedestrians.

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This week & next I'm posting a chapter of The Vanquished & the Surviving every day (instead of only Monday, Wednesday, & Friday), to share the final chapter next Friday.

Chapter 54: Percy comes to Vincent's defense against Cornelius Fawlkin. Vincent draws Fawlkin's portrait without permission.

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My dark fantasy novel, The Vanquished & the Surviving, continues on my Substack, Whimsical Words.

Chapter 53: It's time for an ugly confrontation between Vincent and the enemy of all psychics.

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Chapter 52: Vincent meets the enemy, Cornelius Fawlkin, and is horrified by his terrible manners.

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