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 24
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 24 But with any luck Castine and Vickery would elude Harlowe -- Harlowe had certainly lost what he liked to call the elephant of surprise, and those two seemed adept at running and hiding -- and then Ragotskie's clumsy attempts at...
The Initiate – Snippet 23
The Initiate - Snippet 23 Chapter 10 Moreno parked his Citroen at a loading dock behind a pharmacy on St. Nicholas Avenue, just north of Central Park, and led Sam to a very narrow alleyway between two big brick apartment buildings. With his eyes Sam saw the two...
The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 33
The Demons of Constantinople - Snippet 33 Location: Outside Tzouroulos, Byzantium Time: Three Hours After Dawn, November 22, 1372 Murad I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, sat his horse outside Corlu and examined the tactical situation while in his hidden heart, he...
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 23
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 23 Castine got unsteadily to her feet. "I said I could sleep on the couch." "You're the guest, you get the bed. I'll put fresh sheets on it." He stood up and walked down the narrow hall to the shelf that served as a linen closet. Behind...