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
1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 01
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 01 1636: The Atlantic Encounter Eric Flint & Walter H. Hunt PROLOGUE October 1635 Bamberg, capital of the State of Thuringia-Franconia United States of Europe "Come in," Ed Piazza said, in response to a knock on his office...
Dark Day, Bright Hour – Snippet 12
Dark Day, Bright Hour - Snippet 12 We trailed after him. It wasn't like we knew our way around, and the geography of Hell was, rumor had it, ever-changing. Even if I flew aloft to spy out the way, avenues shifted and the path would be altogether unreliable once I...
Battle Luna – Snippet 04
Battle Luna - Snippet 04 Mentally, Pappy shook his head. Body armor was all well and good; but with a helmet faceplate the size of a serving platter as an alternative target, all a torso vest really accomplished was to add weight, throw off balance, and encourage...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 04
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 04 Chapter Two "But when Islam emerged it put slavery into order, by limiting it to legitimate wars between Muslims and their enemies…the female prisoners of wars are 'those whom you own'…in order to humiliate them they become...