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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, practice the duelist forms of swordplay, and study Christian theology.

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