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M. Alden Phillips

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Fantasy, Mythic Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

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Influenced by Guy Tal’s expressive photography and meditations on wild ...more

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M. Alden Phillips spent his career listening—first in medical research, then as a counselor—where stories shaped by pain, hope, and longing became his daily companions. That lifelong empathy now echoes through his fiction and photographic art, where myth and emotion converge.
After retiring, he turned to storytelling as restoration. His visual work, steeped in mood and atmosphere, informs the emotional texture of his writing. Waking in Sheol opens a world where magic lingers in forgotten corners, and emotions speak louder than spells.
Drawing from history, faith, and a lifetime of quiet study, Phillips writes with mythic conviction. His stories are both escape and return—a way to step beyond the known while honoring what’s real. Each tale is ...more

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Why Social Fantasy?

Why Social Fantasy?

Watching the series “Manhattan,” I realized that while it featured the great names of that project, its true power lay in its social history—the lives, structures, and ordinary rhythms beneath the headlines. Epic fantasy, by contrast, has long centered on kings, queens, knights, and thieves. But what if fantasy turned its gaze to toward common folk—the workers, families, wandere Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 06, 2025 10:14 • Tags: communal-life, epic-fantasy, fantasy, genre-manifesto, low-fantasy, mythic, social-fantasy, speculative-fiction, urban-fantasy

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M. Alden Phillips wrote a new blog post Why Social Fantasy? Why Social Fantasy? Watching the series “Manhattan,” I realized that while it featured the great names of that project, its true power lay in its socia Read more of this blog post »
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M. Phillips made a comment on Sheila Morris’s review of Waking in Sheol (The Sheol Prophecies, #1) " Thank you Sheila. I'm working on book two now. ...more "
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M. Phillips liked Sheila Morris's review of Waking in Sheol (The Sheol Prophecies, #1): "Waking in Sheol was very well written. It kept me waiting to find out what was going to happen next. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can not wait for book 2."
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M. Phillips added a status update: I’ve felt a quiet welcome here on Goodreads—no smokescreen, no friction, just genuine connection. To those who’ve reached out or shown interest in the book: thank you. It means more than I can say to know the story is beginning to find its way
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M. Phillips made a comment on Lucy's Hub’s review of Waking in Sheol (The Sheol Prophecies) " Thank you for your review. "
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