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Rosemary Jones

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Plunged into the Roaring Twenties for the Arkham Horror titles Mask of Silver and its sequels The Deadly Grimoire and The Bootlegger's Dance. A new sequence begins with The Nightmare Quest of April May and The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Waltersin 2025. I've written novels set in the Forgotten Realms, City of the Dead and Crypt of the Moaning Diamond, as well as several short stories and novella Cold Steel and Secrets set in this Dungeons & Dragons world. When not battling cosmic horrors, animated skeletons, and other supernatural foes, I'm authoring tales of Cobalt City, a place of superheroes, super villains, and regular joes just trying to get by. A new expanded edition of Wrecker of Engines and related short stories was issued in 2024.

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	City of the Dead (Forgotten Realms: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crypt of the Moaning Diamond (Forgotten Realms: The Dungeons, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mask of Silver 3.59 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deadly Grimoire 3.61 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Steel and Secrets (Cold Steel and Secrets #1) 3.61 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bootlegger's Dance (Arkham Horror #22) 3.65 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Steel and Secrets (Cold Steel and Secrets #3) 3.66 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Steel and Secrets (Cold Steel and Secrets #2) 3.63 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Steel and Secrets (Cold Steel and Secrets #4) 3.76 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Book II: Forgotten Realms by Rosemary Jones (Goodreads Author), Erin M. Evans (Goodreads Author), James P. Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Re-Reads and Fall Favorites

I started autumn by revisiting some of my favorite reads. We tend to focus on what's new or what's coming next, but sometimes it's good to fall back into classics and the books occupying our shelves. The teetering TBR pile remains a constant reminder that wonderful new reads keep arriving.

Full reviews available on Goodreads, but here's the rundown of what I've just finished reading. I pi

Series by Rosemary Jones

Forgotten Realms (1 book)
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Cold Steel and Secrets (4 books)
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The Drowned City (3 books)
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Rosemary rated a book really liked it Armor for Liars by S.E. Grove (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's nice to see 19th century historical fantasy centered in the US rather than London. In this case, Boston and Salem form a gothic background for a magic system based on harnessing the power of ghosts. How the ghosts are harvested becomes an allego ...more
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Rosemary rated a book it was amazing Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest: The Pend Oreille Paddler, Ringdocus, and the Iconic Sasquatch (American Legends) by Devon Kelley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've had the joy of multiple coffees and calls with the author as she went from pitch to finished manuscript. We met while working at the same history museum. Even after we both left the museum world, we kept in touch. When I heard the publisher was ...more
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Rosemary rated a book it was amazing The Swordmaster (The Vampires of Dumas #2) by Kate Heartfield (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Kate Heartfield mentioned about a year ago that she was writing a fantasy based on the Dumas' novel Queen Margot. I'm a huge fan of the French movie based on the same work (1994, go find it). After I gushed about the idea, Kate kindly sent an advance ...more
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Rosemary rated a book really liked it How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh by Annette Bay Pimentel (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A charming picture book for would be writers and book collectors, the author recounts how A.A. Milne, Ernest Shepherd, and their editors created a classic in 1926. Celebrate Winnie-the-Pooh's 100th birthday in style with this tale of how words and pi ...more
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Rosemary rated a book it was amazing Mercutio by Kate Heartfield (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mercutio is one of Shakespeare's fabulous secondary characters, whose speeches are designed to steal every one of his scenes. Because the audience must love Mercutio and mourn Mercutio, even as his death propels the final tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. ...more
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Rosemary rated a book really liked it The Hedgewitch Queen (Romances of Arquitaine, #1) by Lilith Saintcrow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I dived back into the TBR pile for the sequel, The Bandit King, but realized that it had been years since I read about the Hedgewitch Queen. I remembered it as a nice swashbuckler of a story (it is! lots of fancy swordplay and magic) but it was also ...more
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An absolutely pitch-perfect twisting of fairy tale expectations with a happy ending...and I have no idea why I'd never seen or heard of this book until now. A trip to a fabulous used bookstore (one of those where the books have taken over the shelves ...more
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Rosemary rated a book really liked it Cold Days at Castle Drax (Chronicles of Vexx) by Charlotte E. English (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another one off the TBR pile, just because I recently purchased book 2 and realized I had never read book 1. On the vibe versus plot scale, this one is heavily weighted toward vibe, which is macabrely humorous. Things happen, including a few dead bod ...more
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Rosemary rated a book really liked it Don't Upstage the Body by Naomi Stephens (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hippolyta Halfpenny is an adorable amateur detective and nicely matched with Crispin, newly minted Earl of Montford, as they race through the mansion trying to catch a murderer. This 1950s mystery obviously happens in the fabled England belonging to ...more
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“I am saying that I would gladly trade my soul for one far less jaded,” Harvey said, “if I could once again weep at the death of a stranger. Value your tender heart, my friend, as the treasure that it is.”
― Rosemary Jones, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters: An Arkham Horror Novel

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“More than once in the orphanage, I’d been asked if I wanted to look different. Truth is, I never did. I knew who I was when I looked into the mirror, my mother’s daughter.”
― Rosemary Jones, Mask of Silver

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“We are all of us lost. The best we can do is make whatever we're lost in as much like home as we can.”
― Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning

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“Rosencrantz: I don't believe in it anyway.
Guildenstern: What?
Rosencrantz: England.
Guildenstern: Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then? ”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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“My major vice is sarcasm with a side of caffeine addiction.”
― Rosemary Clement-Moore, Prom Dates from Hell

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“One day I shall burst my bud of calm and blossom into hysteria.”
― Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning

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“As to the thoughts, they are elfish. Those eyes in the Evening Star you must have seen in a dream.”
― Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre

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