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
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 28
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 28 "Will his taste ever turn to the flesh of men?" Chapter Six "Tell me who you are," Maltres Korinn said to the second Zoman. He sat in his office, facing Gazelem Zomas across his desk. At Gazelem's side sat another Zoman, blond and broad...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 29
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 29 Chapter 16 Just outside San José de Oruña, Trinidad So far, everything had gone as the three of them had planned. Which many men might have found reassuring, but over the course of his life, Hugh O'Donnell had been orphaned,...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 27
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 27 "I want roots again," Bill said. "I want them to be with you. And Sarah gave me . . . gave us this house. I shall have to build, but for you I will build, even if it means building a mound. For you, I will build a thousand mounds." Should...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 26
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 26 "Did I plant this Ashtar?" Nothing. "Did this Ashtar grow here because of some deed of mine? Was this Ashtar caused to grow by some object I once owned? Did a spell of mine cause this Ashtar to grow?" Nothing. Luman hesitated. "Does the...