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Christopher M. Cevasco

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Christopher M. Cevasco was born in New Jersey and spent a memorable decade in Brooklyn, NY, but he feels most at home in Roman, Post-Roman, and Anglo-Saxon Britain. A lifelong passion for history and fiction led him to earn degrees in Medieval Studies and English and later to embark upon a writing career that merges these loves. His novel, Beheld: Godiva's Story (April 2022, Lethe Press), is a darkly twisted psychological thriller set in 11th-century England, exploring the legend of Lady Godiva's naked ride through Coventry.

Currently, Christopher is excited to be working on a series of historical novels based on the Arthurian legends. Published by Sapere Books, The King Arthur Origins Series takes its inspiration from Geoffrey of Monmouth ...more

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The Boar Foretold now available for pre-order!

I’m very happy to share that The Boar Foretold, the first book in The King Arthur Origins Series published by Sapere Books, is now available for Kindle pre-order. It will be available in paperback on 8 January 2027.

If you’re on Goodreads, you can add the The Boar Foretold to your Want-to-Read list here.

The five-book series draws inspiration from Geoffrey of Monmouth and some of the other earli

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	Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages by Steve Berman (Editor), Victoria Janssen (Goodreads Author), Alex Dally MacFarlane (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Field Guide to Surreal Botany by Janet Chui (Editor, Illustrator), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shveta Thakrar 4.14 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Distant Echoes: stories of people, places and times past by writers from the Historical Novel Society by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger (Goodreads Author), Ann Aylor, Dorita Avila 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — 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
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	Lovecraft eZine - Autumn 2015 - Issue 36 by Christopher M. Cevasco (Goodreads Author), K.C. Griffant, Derek Wentz 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	PARADOX: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction, Issue 8 by Christopher M. Cevasco (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jane Yolen (Contributor), Michael H. Hanson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	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
	PARADOX 6: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction, Winter 2004-2005. by Christopher M. Cevasco (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Resa Nelson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Adam Stemple (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
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“I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.”
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
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Aug 27, 2013 06:54AM

Boo!!! Available now: Shades of Blue and Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War, an anthology of U.S. Civil War ghost stories. Includes my own tale featuring the doomed Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. Plus 21 other great spectral stories, most brand new with a handful of classic reprints.

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The zombies have risen! Available now: Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages, an anthology of ghoulish historical fiction with settings spanning the dawn of human history through the 20th century. Includes "A Frenzy of Ravens," my own macabre take on Boudicca's revolt in Roman Britain...

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