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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 Renaissance swordsmanship, and study Christian theology.

All Posts

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