Mysterious Fields Archives

Grown Wise displayed on phone on a table with apples, squashes, fallen leaves, and other autumnal items.

The Fortier family (a brief history)

April 22, 2025 / Albion

Learn about the history of the Fortier family, especially since the late 1800s, down to Ursula Fortier.

Eclipse, Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit, With All Due Speed

Enchanted Net: A silhouetted man and woman in Victorian dress stand with their backs to the viewer. She is holding a glass of wine as they look toward each other. The background is a purple damask, crossed by pipes and gears and a streak of lightning, with a book inset in the top left corner. The tablet is set on a wood table, with a coffee mug and fallen leaves.

Idea to book: Mysterious Fields trilogy

April 15, 2025 / Ideas to books

The ideas behind the Mysterious Fields trilogy: the Fortier and Landry families, why this story needed three books, and the implications for the family in the 1940s.

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit

Grown Wise: A silhouetted man and woman in 1940s clothes, walking together as he reaches for a branch full of apples. The background is a muted green and brown, scattered with a swoosh of golden light. Shown on a wooden table with a mug of tea.

Albion’s Council

April 1, 2025 / Albion

A look at Albion’s Council, the 21 people who are responsible for maintaining the Pact and tending the land magic for the country.

Best Foot Forward, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, The Hare And The Oak, Three Graces, Upon A Summer's Day

Levels of magical power

February 25, 2025 / Albion

What are the levels of magical power in Albion, and how does that play out for specific people? Here, I answer a question from a reader about that.

Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Pastiche, The Changing Door

Elemental Truth lying on a white table with hopeful spring flowers and a mug of tea.

Mysterious Fields is coming!

September 11, 2024 / Announcements

All about the Mysterious Fields trilogy (released in September, November, and December 2024).

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit

Enchanted Net on a tablet, resting on a table with a cup of coffee and a pen. The cover has a silhouetted man and woman in Victorian dress stand with their backs to the viewer. She is holding a glass of wine as they look toward each other. The background is a purple damask, crossed by pipes and gears and a streak of lightning, with a book inset in the top left corner.

Victorian Albion

September 4, 2024 / Albion

While writing the Mysterious Fields trilogy, I spent even more time in the Victorian era. Here’s a look at Victorian Albion.

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit

Silent Circuit displayed on a tablet on a table with dried lavender and other flowers. The cover has a silhouetted man and woman in Victorian dress face each other. He is holding a book open for her, as her hand moves to turn a page. They’re on a background of green damask with green pipes, a streak of lightning behind them. A bee is inset on top of a gear in the top left.

Cover Design: Mysterious Fields

July 17, 2024 / Writing and publishing

A look at the cover design for the Victorian era Mysterious Fields trilogy: Enchanted Net, Silent Circuit, and Elemental Truth.

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit