Monster hunters, spaceships and comedy of manners by indie author Mel Dunay
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Maxim offers Chloe a box, and asks her to keep the artifact inside safe. She holds up the necklace inside and wonders “what has he gotten me into now?” Their relationship isn’t built on grand gestures. It’s built on trust forged while fighting monsters side by side. A romantic moment from Undead Flight, Book 2 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy. Which, by the way, is on sale now as part of Hans G. Schantz’s Spring Book Sale!
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Maxim and Chloe face a blood-drinking leech, a horrifying monster created by the most dangerous type of dark sorcerer. Inspired by a scene from Undead Flight, Book 2 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy.
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Chloe awakens in the snow and tells Maxim about her vision, where she saw him shining like lightning. A moment from Wolf’s Trail, Book 1 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy. Sometimes the most powerful scenes are the quietest ones.
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Chloe Fortebat faces a werewolf attack, and only Dr. Maxim os Storm can help her. Wolf’s Trail, Book 1 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy. In the Old World, monsters are real…and the people who hunt them are the only thing standing between civilization and darkness.
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Meet Chloe Fortebat and Dr. Maxim os Storm in this trailer for the Hunter Healer King trilogy. She’s a rancher’s daughter facing werewolves in a world of airships and steam power. He’s a monster hunter avoiding his destiny as king. Three books of monster hunting, political intrigue, and slow-burn romance where saving the world takes priority over bedroom scenes. For fans of Patricia Briggs and Lindsay Buroker.
Continue reading “Video Tuesday: Book Trilogy Trailer Edition” →https://youtube.com/shorts/XhTQ__CjtVY
A 40-foot mecha dances to Slavic-inspired folk music in this music video from the Hunter Healer King trilogy. The Armor of Arent has been waiting for a worthy pilot. Now it has one. 🎬 Created with AI tools (Midjourney + Suno) 📚 From the gaslamp fantasy series by Mel Dunay! The Hunter Healer King trilogy combines steampunk monster hunting with slow-burn romance. For fans of Patricia Briggs and Lindsay Buroker.
Continue reading “Video Tuesday: Dancing Mecha Edition” →Disclaimer: I do not have children, and when I was a child/teenager, I was an extreme misfit, so take what follows with a truckload of salt, and keep in mind that this is meant as kind of a wistful “would be nice if this were the case” rather than “rawr, my way or the high way, there oughtta be a law.”
Continue reading “Education in the Age of LLMs” →The world needs some kind of inoffensive ear-candy music to take up the slack between Halloween and Thanksgiving, so it’s not just swarmed with premature Christmas carols. So, I went to Claude for lyrics and style prompt ideas and Suno for execution: https://suno.com/s/3MZ5QvkgofdaIB0G
It’s been roughly three months since the last State of the Author, so here’s where I’m at:
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