A tale carried on the wind from Skaldenreach

Mosswyn Hollow

Somewhere between the briars and the oracle's tide, a bastard learns the cost of pride, and a hollow keeps its secrets close.

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Across Skaldenreach

More Than a Book

Novel

Mosswyn Hollow

Chapter seven of twenty-two. A village girl and a boy raised by a forest go looking for what their mothers took with them.

Audio Anthology

Tales from the Skald

One voice-acted episode for every chapter of the novel, read the way it was always meant to be heard aloud.

Concept Album

Echoes for the Unborn

A prequel album, the songs Skaldenreach was singing before the story starts.

Every hollow keeps something back. I have spent years finding out what this one was hiding, and I am not finished yet. What follows are the parts I have learned how to tell.

— Rowan Kinver
From the Skald's Desk

Tellings

Forthcoming

On the Drafting of "Pride Before Prophecy"

A look behind the page at compressing a journey to the Oracle of Thalassene — and what it cost to write the silence after.

Process
Forthcoming

The Sound of the Hollow: Composing "I Bear Witness"

Ten verses, E Phrygian, and a shanty that wanted to be sung before it was understood.

Music
July 5, 2026

Why the Bastard in the Briars Has No Name

The Bastard of the Briars is not a name. It is a verdict.

Craft
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