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
The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 37
The Demons of Constantinople - Snippet 37 "Allah protect me!" "That will be up to Allah, I would imagine," the slate said. "I am simply here to examine your wound and see if it is becoming infected." That was a whole other fear, to be without his left arm. It would...
The Initiate – Snippet 26
The Initiate - Snippet 26 Sam never got the chance to answer, because a crowd of men emerged from the tall weeds around the concrete pad. They all wore faded Vietnam-era combat gear and carried old M1 rifles with bayonets fixed. "You bastard!" the Count shouted, then...
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 26
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 26 CHAPTER SIX: How You Get Out of Your Way At 6 AM Vickery had tucked the .45 into his belt and trudged around the trailer park and looked up and down the road, but the cars in the park were all familiar, and there were no vehicles...
The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 36
The Demons of Constantinople - Snippet 36 Chapter 11 -- Battle Damage Location: Inn Converted into Hospice, Tzouroulos Time: 4:15 PM, November 22, 1372 Andronikos had a broken arm. Which to hear him tell it was because of Bill Howe's cowardice in failing to support...