courage is the only magic that never fails

Greetings, wanderer.

I’m Morgan Blackwood, and I write the kind of fantasy that leaves dirt under your nails and wonder in your chest. My worlds are harsh, haunted, and full of flawed people fighting desperate battles—against tyrants, against gods, and sometimes against themselves.

If you like magic with bite, heroes who bleed, and adventures that span from shadowed alleyways to the halls of legend, you’re in the right place.

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  • THe ape-man’s influence

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    Jan 4, 2026

    With The Chronicles of Tarod the Nine-Fingered, it’s pretty evident that I’m a huge fan of Robert E. Howard, particularly his Conan stories, though I love Bran Mak Morn and…

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  • Introduction

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    Nov 28, 2025

    My name is Morgan Blackwood. I write fantasy fiction. My primary inspirations were J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard, with a lot of Patricia A. McKillip, Ursula Le Guin, Lloyd…

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