Matthew J. Fromm
Bio
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
I can be reached at [email protected]
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The Legend of Jack Ripper
Their quarry fiddled with an old transmitter at the end of the asteroid’s mining tunnel. “Jack Preston, alias Jack Ripper, the Federation has charged you with arms smuggling, transmitting illicit signals, and murder. Do not resist.”
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
Man Is Not Truly One, But Truly Two
What’s the measure of a man? A cloud of cigarette smoke engulfs the painting before him. It’s a masterpiece, surely—the painting, not the smoke cloud. The lines? Perfect. The technique? Masterful yet subtly innovative. Never jarring, it’s a piece that can be admired by both laymen gawkers behind a velvet rope, and crusty professors hanging onto their thesis as it gets iterated to irrelevance.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Fiction
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Every once in a while, we readers and writers cross paths with a tale so…wonderous, it reminds us why we are obsessed with these paper, glue, and ink sandwiches. A tale that makes our skin tingle, sweeps us off our feet to a faraway land, all while forcing us to change our perspective of this big blue marble we call Earth.
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in BookClub
Boons and Curses
Before him lay his doom. Exasperated, Imperator Valatious collapsed into his chair. Beyond the hide walls of his tent, the evening air hung disquietingly still. He ran his weathered hands through a grease-stained mane of brown hair, uncut since the campaign began.
By Matthew J. FrommExclusive • about a year ago
