Author Paul! Lang

“The beast of the gulch is on the move. It hunts without reason. It kills without eating. Its prey is the sound of a beating heart. Within the shallows of the gulch dwells death.”

Book 9 of The Kingdom’s Disdain is available now!

  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Special Effects  Chest pain Is a constant  A wall between myself and the body There is a chronology that I am separated from as I hover  Above the flesh, noncommittal Like a prince who can’t make up his mind You’re falling into the water You’re stumbling…

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  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers II I came to know A deep sense of longing The sensations of a stray walking the cold sidewalk Hunting for food But there was never any lack of resource No locked up larter  Simply a mind that could not fathom Generosity of being…

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  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers Cold comfort between friends Lemon Wedges in each drink I pantomime a story of distress, a secret set of bones buried in a cave But you can’t find it in yourself, or in the tundra around you I poke around, trying to stimulate the…

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  • WD 152 “Mourning Dove”

    A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Mourning Dove I waited The entire span of A serpent’s coils, for The fruit to become ripe The tantalizing allure of knowledge prodded me on like Jabs in my back A desire to understand and be unmade But I passed the fruit on to you And…

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  • Publishing Update: Quelk!

    The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime is available for download now! I’ve been working on this silly little fantasy adventure story for a while now, so I hope you all enjoy it! The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime is here! Click here to join the lost, lonely goo-boy on his life changing adventure.

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  • WD 151 “Marriage”

    A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Marriage  I came to share my tears with the stars Radiance, light on the backs of the darkening night Words to sail by Worlds to deliver in a single promise “Forever” It’s a gift we haven’t been given, but a territory we boldly claim Like invaders,…

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  • Greetings! I have another ebook releasing tomorrow. This one is a spinoff set in the same world as “The Kingdom’s Disdain” but its also tangental and works as a standalone story to any who have no prior knowledge of the series. Here is an excerpt from the first chapter, enjoy! And if you like it,…

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  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beyond Good and Evil II It grieves me to say it To think it To hitch my wagon to a space in their field of vision The watchers mutter their quiet curses  As they consider us with chain-linked brains  Porus, a sieve allowing the quality of…

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  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beyond Good and Evil I waited in the wings of the dark night  For you to take notice of my  Evil eye Watching the trains pass at 10,000 miles per hour  I tried to pick out each individual passenger through the tinted windows But, there was…

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  • WD 147 “Two Incomes”

    A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Two Incomes I began to weep My worker’s hands torn and shredded with broken calluses Is this everything we can be Ships stationed at a dock, dreaming of the ocean? I canter softly across the deck and take my place at your side, the horizon Is…

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  • A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Metamorphosis The song of the frogs came Early this winder In the dead of the desolate night I heard them from the lake But there is no memory of the person you used to be Two hands, marked by mud A chrysalis, a home And the…

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