a first faq

so i've had a few requests to explain what exactly the anthology is.

"the anthology", as i call it, is only named "the anthology" because i haven't officially given it a name yet. the anthology is a book of stories, hopefully ten or twelve (or a baker's dozen, even), that are my first attempt at "world building". as in creating a world.
i had, at one point, a great idea for a game, but that game has nothing to fall back on, no history, no characters. so i put the game on hold to build the fiction first. i like the idea of creating a world from the ground up, but it is so much more work than i possibly could have imagined. for every story, there are two more stories that spring off of it. for every character, there are multiple characters that need their own story. then i have to decide which ones are worthy for everyone to see. i can't just open up my one-note for everyone to examine, can i?
so what we have so far is a fantasy setting. i know, fantasy has been done so many times. lord of the rings. d&d. shadowrun (mostly fantasy), and recently WOW. and a million others. the first idea for the anthology happened to be a fantasy idea, and it quickly spread from there.

who is to say that the next idea won't be cyberpunk? or horror? or cyberpunk horror? or whatever i want?

the anthology started with the idea of a man, out to avenge the death of a loved one, murdered by a fledgling mage in the service of one of the most powerful sorcerers in all the land. from this, the next two stories came. and it just sort of spirals from there.

i told my wife that i hoped to have the first story done by the end of the month. i tell you, my friends, the same.

until something changes, i remain grim.