About the Snippets
Snippets are excerpts from books which have not yet been published. I started posting snippets on Baen’s Bar back in 1999 and have maintained the practice ever since. Some years ago, when I first launched this web site, I carried over the snippets and post them here. They’re also still posted on Baen’s Bar, if you prefer that venue. (Go to www,baen.com, select “Baen Community,” and then select “Baen’s Bar” from the drop-down menu.)
All of the snippets are posted in my conference, titled “Mother of Demons.” They can sometimes also be found in other conferences, depending on the title.
The snippets begin with the start of a book and typically go through half the novel before breaking off when the book is published. In addition to posting snippets from my own novels, I also post (with their permission) snippets from books written by many other authors.
We post snippets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Most Recent
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 32
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 32 Vickery yawned widely. "Excuse me. I probably could have made a living at it, even with Galvan taking forty percent, as she did. It seemed almost natural at first -- remember when it first started happening, you seemed to have a body,...
The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 42
The Demons of Constantinople - Snippet 42 Pucorl had to call Wilber to get the words, as no one there spoke Italian. So from then on, Wilber was in on the talk. "Why did you attack us?" asked one of the customs officials. "It's a sea monster," the panicked sailor...
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 31
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 31 CHAPTER SEVEN: Two and Two is Four During a one-minute-interval update on his iPad, Don Foster tapped back to the All Events page. John Taitz was driving Harlowe's Chevy Tahoe slowly north on Normandie, past more of the apartment...
The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 41
The Demons of Constantinople - Snippet 41 Joe was out today, almost on a day off. He was patrolling the Bosporus Straits and grabbing some snacks, instead of sitting at the docks of Constantinople, waiting for Pucorl to need a ride. As part of the deal, he had a crew...