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James Colton: Author & Swordsman

https://www.jamescolton.com/

I love supernatural horror in the traditions of M. R. James and Shirley Jackson. I also write epic fantasy, draw pictures of ghosts, and practice the duelist forms of swordplay.

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  1. Bedsheets
    Short Stories
  2. Winden in Liechtenauer’s Longsword
    Articles
  3. Selected Plays from the Liechtenauer Glosses
    Articles
  4. Thibault Rapier versus Other Weapons
    Articles
  5. Thibault’s Counter-Postures: Dealing with Guards that Deviate from the Straight Line
    Articles
  6. Selected Exercises from Thibault’s Academy of the Sword
    Articles
  7. Vanitas
    Short Stories
  8. Heirloom
    Short Stories
  9. Meant to Be
    Short Stories
  10. The Porcelain Hand
    Short Stories
  11. Void Knight: Book Three of the Null Saga
    Books
  12. The Blink of an Eye
    Short Stories
  13. Thibault Rapier: An Elegant Fencing System
    Articles
  14. La Verdadera Destreza: Spanish Rapier
    Articles
  15. Capoferro Rapier: Italian Rapier Combat
    Articles
  16. Puppet Kingdoms: Book Two of the Null Saga
    Books
  17. Kunst des Fechtens: The Liechtenauer Tradition of German Longsword Fencing
    Articles
  18. The Portal
    Short Stories
  19. Necromancy
    Worldbuilding
  20. Experimentum Meum
    Short Stories
  21. The Properties of Mvadhre
    Worldbuilding
  22. Null Device: Book One of the Null Saga
    Books
  23. Meyer Rapier versus Bolognese Sidesword: A Comparison of German and Italian Sidesword Systems
    Articles
  24. Bolognese Sidesword
    Articles
  25. Meyer Rapier: German Sidesword Fencing
    Articles
  26. Anatomy of a Sword: European Sword Terminology
    Articles
  27. The Art of Fear: How to Write Scary Ghost Stories that Terrify Your Readers
    Books
  28. A Unified Theory of Magic
    Worldbuilding
  29. Pages of Dust: Volume 4
    Books
  30. Safe and Dry
    Short Stories
  31. The Bus
    Short Stories
  32. Night Communion
    Short Stories
  33. Character Development Questionnaire: A Tool for Creating Deep Characters and Engaging Stories
    Articles
  34. Breathless
    Short Stories
  35. Night Speech Lexicon
    Worldbuilding
  36. Night Speech
    Worldbuilding
  37. The Fall of Nezachim
    Short Stories
  38. Photographs in Darkness
    Short Stories
  39. From Somewhere Deep
    Short Stories
  40. Memoria Aeterna
    Short Stories
  41. Oblivion’s Call
    Short Stories
  42. Come Home
    Short Stories
  43. Hallowdale
    Books
  44. Toes
    Short Stories
  45. Anniversary
    Short Stories
  46. Pages of Dust: Volume 3
    Books
  47. Pages of Dust: Volume 2
    Books
  48. Pages of Dust: Volume 1
    Books
  49. The Only Thing We Have to Fear
    Short Stories
  50. Windows to the Soul
    Short Stories
  51. The Family Cabin
    Short Stories
  52. Boxes
    Short Stories
  53. The Angels of Karkwood
    Short Stories
  54. The Dough Wife
    Short Stories
  55. The Track
    Short Stories
  56. The Babysitter
    Short Stories
  57. Don’t Let the Light Go Out
    Short Stories
  58. Help Me
    Short Stories
  59. Dead Hand
    Short Stories
  60. The Legend of Istavia
    Books
  61. Wallpaper
    Short Stories
  62. Unit 319
    Short Stories
  63. Good Morning
    Short Stories
  64. Grandma
    Short Stories
  65. Garringer’s Dog
    Short Stories
  66. Flavor
    Short Stories
  67. 1013 Gethspar Road
    Short Stories
  68. The Old Man and the Attic
    Short Stories
  69. Four Young Friends
    Poems
  70. Doors
    Short Stories
  71. Lucy’s Playground
    Short Stories
  72. ZPV BSF EFBE
    Short Stories
  73. The Abyss
    Short Stories
  74. The Funeral Shroud of Eli Shade
    Short Stories
  75. Nightmares
    Short Stories
  76. The Whistler
    Short Stories
  77. How’s the Wife?
    Short Stories
  78. Trick or Treat
    Short Stories
  79. The Sunlit Room
    Short Stories
  80. The Forgetful House
    Short Stories
  81. The Antique Toy
    Short Stories
  82. How to Write Scary Ghost Stories that Terrify Your Readers
    Articles
  83. Malicious Lullaby
    Poems
  84. Swamp Children
    Short Stories
  85. I Grin
    Poems
  86. The Black Painting
    Short Stories
  87. An October Walk
    Poems
  88. Aberrations
    Short Stories
  89. Bedtime
    Short Stories
  90. Cold
    Poems
  91. No More Dishes
    Short Stories
  92. Spectral Masquerade
    Poems
  93. The Expedition of Howard Rickson
    Short Stories
  94. Whispers
    Short Stories
  95. The Banshee
    Short Stories
  96. Will You Come Out and Play with Me?
    Poems
  97. The Room with the Dolls
    Short Stories
  98. The Dark
    Short Stories
  99. The Scarecrow
    Short Stories