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 14
Merry Christmas! Forced Perspectives - Snippet 14 "Probably not. But it was a good idea to get rid of it anyway. It wouldn't hurt to get you a whole fresh set of clothes, from the skin out, though that might not help either." "You really think they can still track...
The Initiate – Snippet 13
The Initiate - Snippet 13 Chapter 6 The spring equinox got closer but nobody said anything to Sam about his initiation into the Apkallu organization. He began to worry that maybe Sylvia had decided he wasn't ready yet. Or maybe Hei Feng was blackballing him somehow....
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 13
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 13 *** When the pearl-white Ford pulled into the parking lot and slowed, and then stopped fifty yards away from the back side of the ChakraSys building, a boy who had been sitting beside a bicycle in the shade of a camphor tree stood up...
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 13
Castaway Resolution - Chapter 13 Chapter 13. Campbell stretched, testing his body's sensations. Mostly back to my old self, but still a little off. That damn disease really took it out of us. Still, he'd gotten off pretty light. He looked at Francisco, who was sitting...