Not every story begins in light.
Perhaps there was nothing I could have done differently. The atrocities I committed, the lives that I scorched from existence, the power I wielded with so little regard.
Or maybe it was the love that I lost? The love that my priest father had snuffed like a candle whose flame has been violently blown out.
I have destroyed, killed, manipulated, betrayed, tortured, and I have laughed at it all.
Perhaps I lied. Perhaps every story does begin in light – a cruel and unforgiving one.
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Richard Fierce is a fantasy and space opera author. He’s been writing since childhood, but became seriously vested in it in 2007. Since then, he’s written 7 novels and a few short stories.
In 2000, Richard won Poet of the Year for his poem The Darkness. He’s also one of the creative brains behind the Allatoona Book Festival, a literary event in Acworth, Georgia.
A recovering retail worker, he now works in the tech industry when he’s not busy writing.
He has three step-daughters, three dogs (two huskies!), three cats, and two ferrets. Basically, he has a zoo.
His love affair with fantasy was born in high school when a friend’s mother gave him his first fantasy book.
You can visit Richard’s website at www.richardfierce.com