Articles I’ve written—mostly for Tor.com, but also for the digital Dragon and Dungeon magazines (when those awesome publications still existed).
Interviews on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- “Eärendil, Éowyn, and Prancing Ponies: Why Shawn Marchese Loves Middle-earth”
- “Donato Giancola Is the Caravaggio of Middle-earth“
- “Artist Kip Rasmussen on Tolkien, The Silmarillion, and Raising Young Tolkien Fans”
- “Ted Nasmith Is the Bob Ross of Middle-earth“
- “Artist Justin Gerard on Tolkien, Golden Age Illustration, Noble Crocodiles, & Balrog Wings“
- “The Art of Middle-earth: The Elves, Fëanoreans, and Glücksdrachen of Jenny Dolfen“
Miscellaneous articles on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- “On Remaking Myths: Tolkien, D&D, Medusa, and Way Too Many Minotaurs” – Article adaptation of my keynote at Mythmoot IX.
Essays on Middle-earth on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- The original Silmarillion Primer series, starting with the Introduction.
- “A Second Age Primer: The Rings of Power, the Rise and Fall of Númenor, & the Last Alliance“
- “The Trial of Galadriel“
- “The Unquiet Voice of Saruman“
- “The Eagles of Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Special Ops“
- “Tolkien’s Dark Lords: Sauron, Dark Magic, and Middle-earth’s Enduring ‘Melkor-ingredient’“
- “Tolkien’s Elves: How the Eldar Half Lives (and Lives, and Lives, and Lives)“
- “Tolkien’s Elves: Married With Eldar Children“
- “Mortal Men Doomed to Die: Death as a Gift Is Debatable in Middle-earth“
- “Mortal Men Doomed to Die: The Giver of Gifts and the Wise-women of Middle-earth“
- “Tolkien’s Orcs: Bolg, Shagrat, and the Maggot-folk of Mordor“
- “Tolkien’s Orcs: The Din-horde of Morgoth“
- “Tolkien’s Orcs: Boldog and the Host of Tumult“
- “Lúthien: Tolkien’s Original Badass Elf Princess“
Review of The Rings of Power Season 1 on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- Episodes 1–3: “Concerning Harfoots (And Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Orcs)“
- Episodes 4–5: “A Conspiracy Still Masked“
- Episodes 6–7: “A Wife in the Dark“
- Episode 8: “The ‘King’ Goes South“
Movie, Music, TV, and Podcast reviews on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- “In Memory of Neil Peart: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and the Mystic Rhythms of Rush“
- “Revisiting Gene Wilder’s Classic Horror-Comedy Haunted Honeymoon“
- “The Greatest Adventure: Tolkien’s The Hobbit Turns 80!“
- “Concerning Hobbits, On-Screen and Off: Why Jackson and Tolkien Can Peacefully Co-exist“
- “Extending The Desolation of Smaug: More Is More“
- “Journeys, Desolations, and Battles: Jackson’s Trifold Hobbit in [Extended] Review“
- “Elves, Balrogs, and Nazgûl: 16 Possible Plots for the Lord of the Rings TV Series“
- “The Frankenstein Chronicles Is What Grimdark Should Be“
- “Love, Fellowship, and Stories: The Tolkien Biopic Informs and Inspires“
- “Uncovered Mirrors: Year Two of Welcome to Night Vale“
Book reviews on Reactor (formerly Tor.com)
- “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (the Man, the Myth, the Coffee Table Book!)“
- “Philosophers and Plough-dwarves, Each Must Know His Part in The Nature of Middle-earth“
- “Beren and Lúthien and Their Not-So-Little Dog, Too“
- “The Legacies and Dark Elves of R. A. Salvatore“
- “Hard(boiled) Magic: An Appreciation for Warbound and the Grimnoir Chronicles“
- “What to Expect From the Forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition“
• “Faith & Heresy” (#397) – What if clerics become heretics? (Coauthored with Ken Hart.)
• “D&D Love Stories” (#407) – How to use romance in a D&D game!
• “The Sentinel Marshal” (#407) – The international lawmen of the Five Nations (of House Deneith).
• Corellon and Gruumsh” (#408) – The mythological battle between the gods of elves and orcs.
• “The Tarrasque” (#418) – The most notorious beasty in D&D, the kaiju-like Tarrasque of legend.
• “The Carrion King” (#420) – A new archfey and the lord of all mushrooms (and myconids).
• “Ecology of the Gargoyle” (#423)
Dungeon magazine articles
• “Explore Fairhaven: Villains and Vagabonds” (#175)
• “Explore Taer Lian Doresh (Part 1)” (#178) – Fortress of Fading Dream, feyspire of nightmares!
• “Explore Taer Lian Doresh (Part 2): Agents and Enemies” (#181)
• “Explore Taer Lian Doresh (Part 3): Villains and Vendettas” (#184)
Dragon issue #408, which included my article
“History Check: Corellon and Gruumsh”
Level Up magazine articles
• “Gorhan” from issue #1
• “Lasheeva” from issue #2
Foreshadowed and Foresung 