Announcing The Trials of Sister Roslyn

All Sister Roslyn expected was a quiet life. As a Sister of a long forgotten Convent on a peaceful Agri-World, she assumed her career would involve Harvest Festivals, Weddings and Confessions. However, when The Order of the Weeping Martyr comes calling for recruits, she is given no choice but to become a fully fledged Battle Sister. As Roslyn contends with the order's brutal training regimen, bitter rivalries with her fellow sisters, and the cycles of trauma and abuse that drive the Imperium of Man, she wonders how long she can survive as her destiny draws ever closer: To serve the Emperor on the Battlefield.

Sometimes the expanded works of worlds you are a fan of can well exceed your exceptions, sometimes you're just left wanting. I'm not here to trash talk Black Library, but sometimes there are stories that you want to see out there, and you're left with no other option than to write it your own damn self.

The Trials of Sister Roslyn is a 17 chapter story set in the Warhammer 40'000 universe. It's inspired by more obvious influences like the classic Warhammer Monthly comic, but also more contemporary inspirations, ranging as far as Orange is the New Black and Brigador.

I'm planning on releasing each chapter on a weekly basis (Which should mean the chapter concerning Emperor's Day will coincide with Christmas), and I'll put an update here at the end of each month collecting what's been posted.

Finally, let me just give a big thank you to Windlass, who worked tirelessly on the cover and I couldn't be happier with it. Thanks again!

And so, without further ado, if you want to check the story out you can start with the Prologue and Chapter one posted at AO3 right here.

Thanks for reading, and may the Emperor have mercy on our souls.

Jack's October Update

Things have been moving gently along over the last few months so I just thought I'd give you a bit of a round up to let you know where things are and what's to come.

- As mentioned in a previous update, the print edition of Foul Cheeses and Space Diseases, my collection of illustrated short stories, is out now. More details here.

- My comic about local history, The Whitehaven Siege, has secured another outlet. So if you happen to like consuming libations while reading comics (or just coffee, tea, whatever, you do you) then you can now purchase copies at The Harbormaster in Whitehaven.

- I'll be dipping my feet into the waters of fan-fiction very shortly. The Trials of Sister Rosyln is a Warhammer 40'000 Sisters of Battle fic, and I'm hoping to get the prologue and chapter one up in November. I commissioned artwork by the wonderful Windlass to accompany it, and you can see that artwork below.

- I said previously I had hoped I'd make one more convention this year, but unfortunately that hasn't panned out. Here's hoping I can secure more appearances for 2020.

- I'm still mulling over what to do with Memoirs of the Fated since Less Than Three shut up shop. I'm going to see if there are similar small publishers interested in carrying it first but self publishing the series is always an option if things don't pan out. We'll see.

Well, that's about it for now. Once again, thank you all for stopping by and reading.