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Dresden Files...other favs?
by jkalayjian＠yahoo.com 07 Jun '25

07 Jun '25

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Glen Cook AMA on Reddit
by Graham Allen 27 Apr '25

27 Apr '25

Hi All, Glen Cook is answering questions on a Reddit AMA. Get in quick before it ends. Already 20 hours old. Any true fan will love this: https://www.reddit.com/r/GrimDarkEpicFantasy/s/OuzCdzVeVW Thanks and enjoy

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Any interest in discussing a D&D 5E port for Garrett, PI?
by Matt Cutter 20 Dec '24

20 Dec '24

Based on prior disussion, this idea has been percolating at the back of my head. Is anybody interested in discussing it? 5E wouldn't be a perfect fit, but it has the benefits of beibg readily accessible, popular enough to catch current interest, and decent modularity. NOTE: This would totally be a fan-hack. There is no commercial viability in this idea due to copyright and licensing issues.

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We have news on A Pitiless Rain, Part II
by Matt Cutter 17 Dec '24

17 Dec '24

Fresh off the rumor mill, They Cry, book 2 of A Pitiless Rain is scheduled for February 2026. Short wait between volumes, but TOO LONG a wait between now and then.

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We have news on A Pitiless Rain
by Matt Cutter 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

<Starlord>Finally.</Starlord> A Pitiless Rain is not a book. It's a new Black Company series. And the first book is available for pre-order. Lies Weeping Called The Orphan's Tale by Glen Cook, the first 3 books are written and the 4th is being written. -Matt C.

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Lies Weeping
by Timothy McNamara 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

In case anyone here hasn't seen the announcement yet: https://blackcompany.fandom.com/wiki/Lies_Weeping

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Butcher v. Cook
by jkalayjian＠yahoo.com 03 Jun '24

03 Jun '24

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Black Company Wiki
by Matt Cutter 23 May '24

23 May '24

It's a fun resource. I don't necessarily agree with all their stated conclusions, but at least they lay out their arguments. Comments section can be a fun read as well. https://blackcompany.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Company_Wiki

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The potential for fanfic or RPG scenarios in the Black Company series.
by Matt Cutter 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

Croaker's Books of the North are my favorite books in the series, and Shadow Games has a special place in my heart because it was NEW. But as I get older, my mental fanfic and the RPG I will never get to run start blending together. For those, I find myself turning to The Silver Spike and Water Sleeps, and increasingly, The Long Run. They are not my favorite books, though I do enjoy them. What they both possess is ambiguity in the Company roster. That allows me to write stories that can intertwine and supplement canon without contradicting it. Take The Silver Spike. I hate every character in it, excepting Case and Darling, and maybe Old Man Fish. They are well written, they are engaging, and sometimes I am even rooting for them. But I do not like any of them. However, in the action of that novel, there are loose ends that can spawn fanfic or an RPG scenario. What happened to the last Torque brother? That is a brother of the Black Company running around loose. Case and Darling's descendants are mentioned loving their stories, but not believing them. Maybe one of them was inspired to seek out Raven's kids. Smeds allegedly never told a soul his story, but we know it. When Otto and Hagop return to Taglios, they mention the Limper's return in passing. Maybe a necromancer in the Tower "interviewed" Smeds after he settled in Roses, and the boys brought back that story. Any of these leads are enough to justify a squad-sized "Black Company" loose on the world. Maybe they will make their name in the north or the middle south. Maybe they will pursue Black Company across Glittering Stone in a quest to connect with their fore-brethren. Take Water Sleeps. Twenty years have passed since the end of the previous book. There is a long period of warfare and covert activity. Sleepy even mentions a lot of brethren have faded away; she holds out hope they might be brought back in the fold. Then the Black Company decamps Taglios and brethren and crosses Glittering Stone, passing beyond mortal ken for awhile. Veterans from the post-Overlook campaigns or stay behinds in Taglios could form the nucleus of a squad-sized "Black Company" surviving under Soulcatcher and waiting for Sleepy's return. Imagine a group Nguyen Bao, one or two dissatisfied Deceivers, a group of Taglios veterans, and that one scrawny kid whose folks were Shadowlanders. He seems to have that ability to talk to shadows. Maybe it will be enough to let your rag-tag ragamuffins survive another day. Take The Long Run shorts stories. There were brothers left behind in Juniper and in the flight from Juniper to Chimney. Brother dessert in-between actions while fleeing the Taken. Most of them are recent recruits where the Black Company ethos has not had time to jell. Some only joined the Company to escape another dark fate. Perhaps our nascent Dark Lady inexplicably decides to reform the Black Company. With the examples provided by Croaker and Darling, she does not go as dark as lady, but prior trauma prevents her from stay as light as Tobo started. Gathering like-minded or remnant folks, the new Company heads south. It is time carve a life outside the reach of the Taken and Lady's former empire. There are stories to be told here, exploring the world and themes of the Black Company. Maybe someday.

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Those Who Went Before - No Spoikers
by Matt Cutter 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Paladins of Virtue dropped last night. TWWB is a short tale of the Long Run. There's not much to it, but it is well done. Glen's strength is the novel. I live me the more intricate storytelling options available at the length. But Glen is skilked enough to pull off short fiction, too. This are not mutually inclusive skill-sets. I appreciate both. Go ahead and read it. It won't shake the foundations of the Earth. But it's not time wasted.

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