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Whether I was standing in the middle of a group of friends at school, trying to make them laugh, or looking through a car window at a sheriff while desperately explaining why I was going nearly twice the speed limit, I’ve always delighted in entertaining.
The worlds we read about are more than escapes. They’re aspirations. An exotic destination first viewed with awe through the window of a jet liner. A mountain in the distance that looms over an ocean of clouds. It promises adventure and riches but whispers of danger. They’re stories of ordinary people. People like you and people like me who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, breathtaking settings, and twists that keep us furiously turning pages.
Over the years I’ve written stories of wizards and warlocks dueling dragons, gritty novellas that follow an unshaven detective down a dark alley, and tales of alien worlds, alternate dimensions, and quiet cabins where a child of technology discovers what it means to be connected to nature. But until now, I’ve never shared them.
I want to share them with you.
My name is Jon Conrad and I’d like to tell you a story.
If you’re reading my work for the first time, this is where I’d begin.
I write stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations. My current projects are set inThe Blacksmith Literary Universe and span a few genres. The Lightyears Between Us, a novella, is a story of a novelist who discovers the boundaries between fantasy and reality when she is pulled into a world of intrigue she thought only existed in her novels.
Panopticon is a novel of intrigue that follows the heir if a political dynasty and his crisis of faith in the government his grandfather architected.
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How The World of The Blacksmith took shape — and the philosophy of a world that keeps reforging itself.
A first post — Jon's introduction, the deal he's offering readers, and the cadence to expect from here.
