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Colin Brodd grew up in the great state of Rhode Island. His business cards read "Gentleman Classicist Extraordinaire." He has held many different positions in his life, but his main professional calling has always been a teacher of Latin and Classical Humanities. In addition to Latin and Ancient Greek, he enjoys working with Old English and Old Norse and other old Germanic languages. His favorite genres of fiction are fantasy and science fiction, and he has a great love of RPGs (role-playing games). His favorite nonfiction books tend to be classical and military history or lingistics and languages (especially the aforementioned Greek and Latin). He sincerely appreciates your interest in his work. Happy reading! Skál! ...more

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Colin Brodd I guess I lead a pretty simple life; I don't have the kind of questions that make for a good mystery in my current view of my life. What might make a …moreI guess I lead a pretty simple life; I don't have the kind of questions that make for a good mystery in my current view of my life. What might make a good mystery are the questions I have about my ancestors, both immediate and remote. Why did my forefathers leave Scandinavia (mostly)? What superstitions did they have, what beliefs passed down from heathen times? In more immediate history, my short story "Burning Spirits" attempts to address some questions I have about my grandfather's belief in spirits and ghostly visitations, and a family legacy of anger issues and abuse. I have questions about my maternal great-grandfather and a supposed legacy of Canadian natives married into my family line through the French LaRues. My genealogy might make for some great mysteries, I think, and I have tried to explore some of these questions in stories that were not mysteries. (less)
Colin Brodd I want to say something about the best thing being "getting to share my imagination with others" or something like that . . . but in reality, the bes…more I want to say something about the best thing being "getting to share my imagination with others" or something like that . . . but in reality, the best thing may be the chance to get these mad visions and ideas out of my head, where they've been swirling around causing trouble for quite some time, and out onto paper or Kindle screens . . . . It's like a pressure valve, of sorts, in which I have to let off some of the steam of my imagination or my head will explode! :)(less)
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Return to Appendix N Revisited!     Back in 2017, I undertook a project I called "Appendix N Revisited". My intention had been to slowly read through much of Appendix N and then write commentary on the history of tabletop roleplaying games and especially D&D. Appendix N was the appendix in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide in which Gary Gygax listed authors and books he co Read more of this blog post »
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