Muy Mal: something very bad is here

[Evil Avatar]

Since it is a pretty slow Holiday for gaming news, I'll take a moment to introduce you to a couple of my favorite websites, Muy Mal (http://muymal.com/) and Dusk and Dawn: Tales of Noreela (http://www.noreela.com/).

So what is Muy Mal? We're glad you asked.

Muy Mal is a shared world created by Michael Oliveri (http://www.mikeoliveri.com/), John Urbancik (http://www.darkfluidity.com/), and Weston Ochse (http://www.westonochse.com/). It's a world very much like our own, similar in time and place, but just about thirty degrees off of reality. This is a world in which magic never ceased to exist; a world that is a very bad place.

Each writer will explore their own corner of this world, though readers can expect some crossover between tales. Characters may make cameo appearances, for example, and major events will affect every story. This is not collaboration so much as it is cooperation, and readers will be welcome to witness as much or as little of the world a they see fit.

Each story will be serialized, and each writer may spread their work across several serialized pieces at a time. An overall title serves as an umbrella for each writer's work, and each individual tale will carry its own title as it unfolds chapter by chapter. These titles are:

Chronicles of the Black Bishop (http://muymal.com/ochse/) by Weston Ochse
Asphalt & Alchemy (http://muymal.com/oliveri/) by Michael Oliveri
Seeker (http://muymal.com/urbancik/) by John UrbancikNoreela.com (http://www.noreela.com/) is a website dedicated to Tim Lebbon's fantasy novels, Dusk and Dawn. You can read exlusive extracts, learn more about the world of Noreela and read the free novella, The Bajuman.

Tim's collection, White and Other Tales of Ruin, is what I'm reading right now. Amazing stuff.

[Spigot]

Thanks for the tips, Evil. Muy Mal looks very interesting. Can't wait to poke around and read what these guys have created.

I've never heard of Tim Lebbon or his fantasy novels, but they look pretty neat. I'm always on the lookout for interesting new fantasy. Just what I need. More books to read!

[tombofsoldier]

Sigh, after 40 hours Oblivion went from seemingly good too sucking hard. Anyone got any news on Diablo 3 or like ANY Blizard game?

[Sazime]

Crap, more things to read? And I just got done with book 1 of Harry Potter....

Ah well, I'll be complaining of having nothing to read soon enough. :P Although, by then I may start a "What Should I Read?" thread to remind myself of these things.

[rein]

With this and the recent thread (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13283) by Permuted Press I am going to be doing a lot of reading.

[mightbe]

I might have to dig through this tomarrow night. Sounds interesting.

[jakie_chon]

Man this is hard to read! Where the hell do I start?

[John Urbancik]

Very cool to find this. Thanks!

Jakie_chon: start at the bottom. It works like a blog. All the stories are numbered, too, and each separate storyline under each author has a seperate Category; if you choose one (say, SEEKER), it'll show you only the beginning of each episode of SEEKER, and from there you can click to see the entire episode.

Hope everyone finds these fun to read.


Also, I just finished reading Tim Lebbon's DUSK, which is related to the site mentioned above, and it's very possibly the best book he's ever written and one of the most interesting dark fantasy novels I've read in a long while. Not a quick read, but definitely worth the time.

[jakie_chon]

I get it, thanks.