When I first started to read novels as a kid, many of my favorites were big, quest-driven, fantasy stories like The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Dragonlance Saga. One of my favorite things about these stories were their use of maps. As a young reader, nothing quite kindled a sense …
Tenth Town and the Vehicle City
Although Urbantasm is inspired by Flint, Michigan the story takes place in the fictitious city of Akawe. Over the years, I’ve been asked a few times why not simply set the story in Flint. After all, the choice to go with a fictional setting automatically imposes an additional barrier. When I tell a reader that …