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 03
Marked Territory - Snippet 03 "Ringo is what happened to him," Gloria said. "Way I heard it from Gina was that Chopper lost most of his crew in an animal control raid. He needed to lay low for a bit until there were eyes off his lot. So Ringo agreed to help him out in...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 03
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 03 An enormous spear appeared suddenly, as if it had sprouted in the center of the Algonk's throat. Blood spurted in all directions, a hot whip of it slashing across Dockery's cheek. At the same moment, a dark mass crashed from the pines. It...
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 03
The Portals Of Hell - Snippet 03 Chapter 2: The Hellport As Davin moved along the string of wagons, young men and some of the graybeards who drove the wagons were dismounting. Bows appeared in aged and wrinkled hands, and spears bloomed in the grasp of the young,...
1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 35
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 35 Chapter 23 Despite limited Dutch, the brothers got on all right with the locals. New Amsterdam was a Babel -- even more so, given the events in Europe: Danes and Englishmen and Swedes and even a few Poles had made their way to...