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About ogresan

Richard Parks' stories have have appeared in Asimov's SF, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy Magazine, Weird Tales, and numerous anthologies, including several Year's Bests. His first story collection, THE OGRE'S WIFE, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is the author of the Yamada Monogatari series from Prime Books.

A Memory of Old Songs

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One thing I like to do now and then is take a flash story, generate illustrations, and put it on YouTube with my own narration. Something separate from the folklore. This piece is called “A Memory of Old Songs.” I think I’ll put them in a separate playlist and just call it “Story Time.”

The Seventh Law of Power is nearly 81k in rough draft now. I think it’s going to end in a…no, on second thought I don’t think I’ll commit to that just yet. But I do see it coming back full circle to Book1, The Long Look. How we get there is the fun part.

Robots of the Gods

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Setting the stage for the almost final piece of the puzzle in The Seventh Law of Power. I only now realized that the section I just finished doesn’t go where I wrote it. Oh, well. That’s what re-writes are for. I’ll worry about moving it then. Especially considering how long it’s taking me to write it, TSLOP won’t be a long book. Likely somewhere between 80-85k. I’m about to cross the 80k boundary, if that tells you anything.

In the meantime, here’s another one of my YouTube videos on mythological subjects. Mainly Hephaestos’ habit of making fully functional automatons (read: robots) whenever somebody needed a favor. Amazing how long this concept has been around. Robots of the Gods

Progress Update

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I’ve been getting a familiar feeling during the last few writing sessions on The Seventh Law of Power. Even if I’m not entirely sure how much is left, I know I’m approaching the end. Events start falling into place. So do the right people. I get flashes of an epilogue conversation. It won’t be this week or the next, but it’s within sight. I should probably start working on the cover, but don’t want to jinx it.

In the meantime, here’s the latest mythology video on YooToob. On the surface, “Gods Gone Wild” (Not the title). Really just a meditation on the obvious fact that the Greek Gods, like so many other pantheons, are a direct reflection on the culture that created them. Gods Misbehaving.

Bad Omens

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Something a little more cheerful this time, because that’s the kind of guy I am. Writing research in myths and legends always leads to this subject sooner or later. If I have to deal with it, why not share the joy? So…Omens and Portents and things to look out for. Not that anyone can escape fate, but sometimes knowing what’s coming can delay it a little. Dark Omens.