Hesketh Tolson posts
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Author Note: Night Nation!
Night Nation (Twilight Kingdom book 2) is finally out on amazon! Audio by Podium Audio should be about in a few months, watch this space.Cover art by the talented Jeremy Adams.> I'll be writing Liches Book 5 for the next few months. I'll return to Candle's story with book 3 of Twilight K...
Lich Hunt (Liches Get Stitches 4) is out in Audio!
Read by the fantastic Ella Lynch, produced by Podium Audio.You can find it here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Lich-Hunt-Audiobook/B0C836V5X2?qid=1690546075&srIf you can, please leave me a rating or review, they help a ton!blurb:As the newly crowned undead monarch of Einheath, Maud has many responsibil...
Lich, Please 97: Post Mortem
Author Note: This was originally supposed to be the end of the last arc, but my crit partner vehemently thinks I should make Janvier's end the end of the arc lol. He's probably right. Let me know if you have thoughts.Chapter 97Post MortemPleased with the latest addition to my decorating, I c...
Author Note: Liches Audio and Plans
The preorder for the Liches Get Stitches (book 1) audio is up on audible. Its performed by Ella Lynch as Maud, and I think she's fantastic. If I've done it right a sample should be linked to this post.The audiobook of Liching Hour will go up in September.PLANS and NewsThe short: will be taki...
Lich, Please 96: At the Temple Pass
Chapter 96At the Temple PassThe Bright One’s Temple nestled on the side of a majestic peak. Overlooking the mountain pass that linked the kingdoms of Einheath to the west and Bretwalda to the south, it had a distant view all the way across the plains to the Quellec Isles beyond. In winter it was s...
Lich Please, 95: Janvier
Chapter 95JanvierDesert sand shifted beneath Janvier’s feet. The darkness of the void stretched above him, lifeless cold pressing down like a physical weight. It pushed against his skeletal frame, making the very act of standing challenging. Looking into that space, he knew a moment of brief terro...
Lich, Please 94 : Fire In the Soul
Chapter 94Fire In the SoulI fly home to Downing as fast as the wind and the beastie will carry me. Janvier’s words chase themselves around and around my head as we swoop over muddy fields, and gushing rivers, over castles and villages, and lakes and hills. Every bone in my body yearns to be home. ...
Lich, Please 93: A Lich In Time
Chapter 93A Lich In Time(A Day Earlier)Lord Phylas Listener, Beloved of the Dark God, Chief Necromancer of the Cult of the Seven Stars and secret phylactery hunter, crept through the gathering smoke. Downing Forest was well and truly ablaze, and the fires were well entrenched. They ate through both ...
Lich Please 92: Rags to Liches
Chapter 92Rags to LichesWith great satisfaction I watch as Janvier’s body collapses in on itself. Gleaming motes cluster around the ruins of flesh before imploding inwards. The lich king is vanquished. All that remains is a whisper of frost, hovering in the air like a chilling promise, and soon th...
Lich, Please 91: Ninety-Nine Problems
Chapter 91Ninety-Nine ProblemsThe undead abominations smash into the shield line. I catch a glimpse of mad eyes, rotting flesh peeling back from bared teeth and outstretched limbs before the world explodes into chaos. The abominations do not fight—they rage. They are stupid; creatures of anger and...
Lich, Please 90: The Audacity of This Lich
Chapter 90The Audacity of This LichIt looks like everyone has survived the underwater trip. More or less. The void knights are slightly more rusted, the wights and draugr even more bedraggled than usual, and in some cases, draped in fronds of kelp. Some of the decorative skellies have also acquired ...
Lich, Please 89: The Board Is Set
Chapter 89The Board Is SetFey lights flicker across the sky. A few early stars peek through the shifting curtain of green and blue. Over my head a smudge of purple radiance drifts, lazily. Colours dance on the ice fields, reflecting across the glacial mound of death that is all that remains of the o...
Lich, Please 88: Monstrous Regiment
Chapter 88Monstrous RegimentDonning my best war helmet and specially sewn battle skirt (axes round the hem, in black thread, so it’s subtle), I bid farewell to Roland and my home guard. Dunbarra Keep should be adequately defended during my absence. A contingent of wights lines the walls as I wave ...
Lich, Please 87: Soul Melange, Soul Blancmange
Chapter 87Soul Melange, Soul BlancmangeI stare at the gently levitating broomstick. Finally! My army will take to the skies. Wights on brooms! Flotillas of witches descending from the clouds in matching robes, ebony ribbons streaming from their hats, and steel gleaming in their hands! How delightful...
'Lich, Please' Cover
Cover for book three. This is my favourite title so far XD
Lich, Please 86: Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun
Chapter 86Ghouls Just Want to Have FunThe heart I no longer possess is bursting with joy. I do not believe Phylas would have spoken to me thus if Janvier was missing his phylactery. The same phylactery that rests at my side right now. Running into the castle courtyard I beam toothily up at my forema...
Maud
Baconstrap, who is a very dear friend and a very fine artist, painted Maud as a surprise. I'm a little blown away by this. So many emotions today.https://baconstrap.carbonmade.com/More of Bacon's art.
Lich, Please 85: Mistletoe
Chapter 85MistletoeThe tree spirit throws the wrapped crown at me, and then darts behind a trunk. The package hits me in the chest and then falls to the forest floor.“I don’t want it,” he shouts, peeking around the trunk. “Put it in your own hollow!”Is he giggling? It is hard to tell in th...
Author Note: KU
Author Note:Just to let you all know I’ll be going KU (Amazon exclusive) with arc 1 and 2 of liches from the 28th or so of May. What this means practically is that I will need to remove chapters 1-64 from RR. I will keep updating RR with arc 3 (Lich, Please), as usual, and it won’t affect what I...
Lich, Please 84: The Pupil Becomes the Master
Chapter 84The Pupil Becomes the MasterThe beastie and I set off through the woods together. Elizabeth flies on ahead without us.As I walk, the beastie trickles its way through the trunks and branches, testing out the new size of its body like an overgrown and rather eldritch puppy. It is still growi...
Lich, Please 83: The Friar Dances
Author Note: Apologies for the slow update. Hit a bit of a slump, and the words would not cooperate. Feeling a bit better now.Chapter 83The Friar DancesLeaving home always pains me. Now that my soul lives in the rooted dirt and the trees, it hurts more than ever. As I take to the skies I wonder if I...
Lich, Please 82: Silver Bells and Cockle Shells
Chapter 82Silver Bells and Cockle ShellsI have a few chores to do before I leave Janvier’s keep. Deep under the castle, at the end of the maze, the undead lindwurm lies in pieces. Its broken body bears mute witness to my passage. While the goblin caretaker will have no memory of me, I need to crea...
Lich, Please 81: Slow Tides
Chapter 81Slow TidesThe Beastie dines on the contents of the goblins head - the memories, at least, I don’t let it touch the meat. When it is finished, I place the dazed creature on the ground. He will wake remembering nothing. I could kill him, of course, but I am still hoping to find and destroy...
Lich, Please 80 : All That Glitters
Happy Thor's day everyone!Chapter 80All That GlittersThe room is a treasury, that much is immediately clear. Every corner is piled high with glittering riches. Brass banded chests lie open, their innards disgorging goblets, metal plates, gemstones, shimmering necklaces, rings and glittering tiar...
Lich, Please 79: Crawl
Chapter 79CrawlHow long has it been a ruin? It is hard to tell, but these are not ancient stones like Dunbarra Keep, if I am any judge. My research tells me this castle was occupied until recently. Like the people of Merrow, I can only assume Janvier’s family did not survive his transition to lich...
Lich, Please 78: Skeletons in the Closet
Happy Monday! Hope everyone is having a good day :DChapter 78Skeletons in the ClosetJanvier Sebastian of Merrow was how Lord Lich introduced himself to me. I know little of Merrow, save that it is a small settlement in the fiefdom of Kara Crag far to the distant north of Einheath. Knowing that I wou...
The Wish - Part 3
[April Fools' Crossover Story]Featuring:The Wish Part I - Elaine, from Beneath the Dragoneye MoonsThe Wish Part II - Cat, from Stray Cat StrutThe Wish Part III - Maud, from Liches Get StitchesThe Wish Part IV - Ariane, from A Journey of Black and RedThe Wish Part V - Edmund, from Dungeon Devotee...
Liching Hour is Live!
Liching Hour (Book 2) is out on Amazon! Fully edited (phew) an basically a more polished version of what you have already read.You are already supporting me just by being here but if you have a moment please give me a rating or review (you don't need to buy the book to do so). It really helps my...
Lich, Please 77: Faire Et Se Taire
Chapter 77Faire Et Se TaireWatching the earth drop away beneath me is unsettling in the extreme. I shriek, half in joy, half in terror, and clutch at the thin and insubstantial neck bones of the flying lizard skeleton before me. We rise vertically and there is precious little for me to hold. It feel...
