Art is continuing to pour in for Literally Immersive Gamebooks fourth title, Malinkar : Lord Of Enmity, and I can now reveal Tony Hough has produced four filler illustrations to go within the book. Mike Tenebrae has almost finished the main internal illustrations, and I understand Malcolm Barter isn’t too far off completing two submissions as well.

In other news, the kickstarter to my second Savage Realms Gamebooks title is still running, and we could really use some support to help reach our stretch goals. Take a look here http://kck.st/3SjRnSD

Well, Literally Immersive Gamebooks 4 is growing ever closer to completion with several more illustrations completed by Mike Tenebrae this month. Malcolm Barter is sailing through his, and hopefully Tony Hough won’t be too much longer.

In other news, The Tavern On Gallows Hill continues to delight readers and is receiving positive feedback all round. As announced at International Gamebook Day this past weekend, a sequel has been penned and the kickstarter project will begin November 1st in two weeks time.

Jam out

A lot of you know what I have been through this past year and a half or so. I have noticed many people like to share their story and offer advice and I am no different. I have been keeping a journal for the last 8 years covering many areas of my life, none more so than the latest two. My brush with covert narcissism and parental alienation is therefore going to be committed to book form. Of course, names and locations will be switched to protect identities where necessary, but my book will also contain evidences and proofs, not to mention quotes from past victims originally unknown to me. It will also provide a help section for people who have gone through the same. Under the working title Miss Heaven&Hell, I hope to benefit somehow from the darkest time of my life as part of my continuing struggle to repair it.

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I’m thrilled to shared with you all that 18 months after scrawling the first letter of my fifth book, it is ready to be published and will be available next month on Amazon. A huge thank you to TroyAnthony Schermer of Savage Realms for giving me the prestigious honour of first guest author in his growing series. Luiz Prado and Robert Carmona for the incredible internal illustrations, and Ilya Shkipin for the incredible cover art.

Only my sunglasses could disguise
The painful torment behind my eyes
A walk so lonely now you’re not here
Falling from my face tear after tear

They hit the ground with delicate grace
Each reminding of a nicer place
Not so long ago back in time
Where everything had seemed so fine

I am not brave nor am I strong
People seem to get this wrong
I simply grin and bear each day
You would not have it any other way

A lonely walk but from the start
You still are with me in my heart
I may still cry but all tear drops
Ensures me that love never stops

Memory Walk

James A Hirons

Greetings everyone. It isn’t long now until my sixth book, Malinkar : Lord Of Enmity, is launched on kickstarter for a limited special edition hardback. Only 45 copies are scheduled to be created, with only 40 of those up for grabs. Keep watching this space to make sure you do not miss out on your opportunity to get one.

So my next title for the Savage Realms series, The Tavern On Gallows Hill, is further along the production process. New illustrations are being produced by artist Luiz Prado, TroyAnthony Schermer has been working hard editing and proof reading it, and I dare say the playtesting will begin soon.

I have commenced a sixth book which will be aimed at an older audience. It will be a prequel to The Druids Of Pneuma, in which you play the villain and discover how he became so malignant. Experiences from recent events in RL have given me new inspirations in which to base this story around. I’m aiming at 300 refs, but it’s a project in the making still.

Looks like LIG4 may not be a spy one after all, as a very ambitious gamebook idea has entered my mind and my attention is more drawn to that. It happens, as I’m sure one of my faves, Jonathan Green, has demonstrated several times over the years. I have a title and everything. But then… does it need to be under Literally Immersive Gamebooks or a standalone like Jamthology? Maybe even something else.

Probably the worst thing about writing a gamebook is one wishing to share things with all the fellow fans of the genre. This of course would put a great risk on ideas getting plagiarised. I’m not even going to risk showing the cover for this little side project as I worry over IP. What I will say is, everyone is in for a new gamebook soon. Possible pre Christmas and, if it’s a nice sizable amount of pages, there will probably be a hardback version!