Welcome to the Danuverse

Hello, friends.

There are a fair few of us hunkering down for the moment, and I understand, which is why I bring you distraction in the form of fantasy fiction.

I have been working at the next section of the Danuverse. Bouncing between short stories for Beyond the Veil and Dark Songs of the Gods, plus the main novel, Edge of Night. Between the three projects I’ve hit about 15,000 words in the last two weeks.

For scale, Catching Shadows is my longest published work so far, at ~142,000 words.

I think I’m working at a decent clip, but I’m definitely attempting to up production so I can bring you all so much more material.

So what is the Danuverse?

The Danuverse is an amalgam of Danu, the name of an ancient Irish goddess, and universe. It is not based on my name, promise (I have never liked being called Dani or any variation thereupon, personal preference).

The Danuverse, so far, contains all of the stories I’ve been working on. My entire time as a writer, I’ve been forming a world, but I had no idea what to call it until somewhere in 2022, when this all came together.

This is a world where there are many gods who walk amongst us, where there are shifters, vampires, wargs (werewolves), fairies, demons… creatures stemming from many mythos. It is a world where magic is real, and there are many worlds, and many realities.

The first story I ever wrote in full for the Danuverse, without knowing it at the time, was a version of Edge of Night, written when I was still saving everything on 3 1/2” floppy disks. Back then the story was called The Haven.

*note this is my placeholder cover for Edge of Night and not the final cover that will be in print and ebook.

Edge of Night is going to handle the events immediately following and in the aftermath of Catching Shadows. You will not have to read The Five Realms books in order to understand what’s going on in any of the Dark Wings material. They are connected but independent.

Edge of Night and the Dark Wings stories are still absolutely in the world of fantasy, but they more post-apocalyptic and urban settings. They begin on Earth, and the majority of the tale takes place there, but there is some world-hopping.

I do hope this introduction was enjoyable, and you got a little more of an idea of what I’m attempting to do with the Danuverse. I have about twelve full novels and many, many short stories bouncing around in here that are all connected to this storyverse.

I hope you’ll join me.

Cheers,