I am still writing fantasy and speculative fiction; I had a story in Jurassic’s Stories of the Smoke and I have a story in Pelgrane Press’s forthcoming New Hero vol.2, and am working on two book-length projects at the moment though those are still under wraps. I aim for a thousand words a day. I’m not a fast writer.

As for Warhammer, digging through some old files a few weeks ago I came across an outline for an adventure that I’d never had time to write, and so I dropped a line to Fantasy Flight asking if they’d like to see a pitch from me. No response at all. So I think I’m done with Warhammer.

Thanks for this post. I am lucky enough to have the Apocrypha books and they along with your afterword would have made obvious additions. I’m also a little cheesed they didn’t send you a copy but big companies often don’t endear themselves by doing things like this. I used to get issues of Dragon with my articles in them a good 2-3 months after the punters did. :)

I was wondering what sort of things did you imagine Karl would do in Middenheim? Middenheim during the siege would seem more of an obvious setting for some of the more hackfest/battle gore Warhammer novels, rather than the intrigue and character driven feel of the prior Mark of novels.

Would he still be on the trail of the Purple Hand, or would Herr Doktor/Wasmeier give him the slip, trapping him in the city?

It’s worth noting I think these books were considered seminal Warhammer, and have been referenced in quite a few of the other (admittedly few) Warhammer novels I’ve read. And I noticed in Tome of Corruption the other day this quote made me snigger:-

“Don’t let people steer you wrong. Witch Hunters are heroes. You ever seen a man stand toe to toe with a Beastman? Especially when not asked? Well the Chaos Hunter saved our village last year. He killed not only the female but also the big male. Yep, he’s a hero alright, and I won’t stand to hear any of his kind wronged.”
- NORBRECHT OF HALHEIM

Poor sap. :P