Flawed Femmes wielding Whips, Guns, and Blades
I finally figured out my genre is flintlock fantasy, or rather that’s the genre that most closely fits Lady Merreth’s world. Her world has matchlocks, flintlocks, and (eventually) even rifles. However, in Western Watch the predominant ranged weapon is the Read More …
Lady Merreth’s world is one where early gunpowder weapons are just coming into their own. As a writer, I was gratified to stumble across Jack Kelly’s Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Read More …
Lady Merreth’s adventures are set in a period roughly analogous to the late 1700s to early 1800s. The faintest stirrings of the industrial revolution can be discerned though military technology is considerably more varied than it was in our world. Read More …
Merreth and the women in her world use crossbows as their primary missile weapons. While they do use bows, the mounted female and male troops prefer crossbows because of their ability to store energy for release when needed. A bow Read More …
