Short Story Accepted by Helios Quarterly

My short story "Idyll of the Chiroptera" has been accepted by Helios Quarterly and should see print in June 2017.

New Monograph Coming Soon

My translation of Caxton's Middle English version of Ramon Lull's 'Book of the Order of Chivalry' should see print in April as issue 175 of the Compleat Anachronist (a medieval journal published by the medieval interest group known as the Society for Creative Anachronism).

New Book Available!

Ossa poetices: A Cyclopedia of Early, Medieval and Renaissance Poetic Forms, Devices and Genres.

From the works of the troubadours and trouvères of the 14th-century to those of the skalds and scops of the 6th, poetry has been written in Europe for a very long time. Within this volume Todd H. C. Fischer has gathered information on different poetic genres, forms and devices used across Europe during the early, medieval and Renaissance time periods. You may have heard of roundelays, madrigals, ballads, and—of course—sonnets in high school English class, but have you heard of hrynhent, leich, letrilla and zéjel? Mr. Fischer (who holds a double honours BA in English and Creative Writing) has made the study of medieval poetry a passion. He has scoured hundreds of volumes on medieval literature to here gather together information ranging from Anglo-Saxon versification to the obscure fatras of France. Most entries are illustrated by period examples, quoting works by Dante, Shakespeare, Marie de France, Raimbaut of Orange, and many others. Indices at the end of the volume allow easy cross referencing of entries by location and time period. Students of literature, lovers of poetry, and medieval re-creationists alike will find this volume essential.

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Seriously

Put thy pen to paper, slaggard,

Let words from thought escape and fly.

Or see the worlds that could have been

Wither, rot, and die.

In memory of Boaz.

My good friends Deb and Pete lost their greyhound Boaz earlier this month. I felt moved to write a short poem to remember this gentle, zoomy, moose.

Boaz

Cleaned up the Shop

In a long awaited update, the Shop page has been updated. Christmas is not all that far away, and your friends and family might enjoy a book of short stories, poetry, folklore or tales of medieval re-enactment!