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Exploring how epic fantasy is built from the inside out (part 32) (opens the original)
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Previous segments: Volume 1 Forged by Death – Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, <a href="https://jimmelvin.substack.com/p/exploring-how-epic-fantasy-is-bu
Exploring how epic fantasy is built from the inside out (part 31) (opens the original)
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Previous segments: Volume 1 Forged by Death – Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, <a href="https://jimmelvin.substack.com/p/exploring-how-epic-fantasy-is-bu
Exploring how epic fantasy is built from the inside out (part 30) (opens the original)
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Previous segments: Volume 1 Forged by Death – Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, <a href="https://jimmelvin.substack.com/p/exploring-how-epic-fantasy-is-bu
Mountain Musings from a Southern Appalachia writer: September 2026 (opens the original)
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This is Part 10 of a monthly feature on Jim Melvin’s Realms of Fantasy where I’ll be writing about the little things in life that amaze, amuse, irritate, and confuse me. Here are a few thoughts, photos, and videos from my life in a valley far from the vagaries of civilization.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Vfaj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F078dab59-50e4-4
Any zombie fans out there? (opens the original)
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