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
Marked Territory – Snippet 07
Marked Territory - Snippet 07 "That doesn't affect me one way or the other, of course. But there's the risk that if you get poked you come on down to see me. Now I've got a big damn alley cat with a grudge turning up on my turf looking for answers about why I'm...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 07
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 07 "Then we must go to Philadelphia, and perfect the world." Chapter Two Sarah looked upon the veil of her goddess's temple and saw. She looked from the inside, a vantage point she had held for weeks. She sat on the goddess's Serpent Throne,...
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 07
The Portals Of Hell - Snippet 07 Chapter 4: Decisions The General's coaches in the lead, the wagons slowly left the churchyard, no longer a collection of worshippers but a silent funeral procession. Hoping to remain unobtrusive, especially to his family, Davin urged...
Heart Of The World – Snippet 06
Heart Of The World - Snippet 06 The crash brought him up out of his sleep like a shocked bird. It was dark. The moon shone down into the courtyard in a silver flood but the far wall was in a pit of shadow. Something was shrieking, across the way, venting tiny screams....