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
At The End Of The World – Snippet 10
At The End Of The World - Snippet 10 Keywood nodded. "That's the gist of it. There's always a few veterans in every dodgy lot, and they're likely to recognize our call signs, and figure out that this plague might not have reached us. And as the bodies pile up around...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 10
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 10 Chapter Four "Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate." --Sun Tzu Cristobal Province, Balboa...
Battle Luna – Snippet 09
Battle Luna - Snippet 09 He'd expected the escaping gas to blow the dust into a fine mist. Instead, the whole puddle exploded into a roiling tornado-like swirl of powder and rock chips. Pappy bounded out of the foxhole, the spare oxy tank cradled in his arms, and set...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 09
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 09 "Wait! Wait!" one of the Santa Josefinan teamsters cried. Sadly, Marciano didn't hear him. His finger squeezed the trigger until he was rewarded with a loud boom. The horse stood stock still for a...