Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

I have created a lot of interesting stuff in the realms of fantasy and creativity and stuff for writers and I thought I would post some links for you to check out. Here is a list of some of the things:

 Stormthecastle.com - This is my primary website. It has lots of stuff for fantasy and for creativity. You can also check out my writing and download a free copy of my first novel “Fulcrum Shift”. Here is a direct link to the free online novel Fulcrum shift available in download.

Free novel Audio Podcast: My second Novel “Lion’s Last Kill” is available at all major online retailers. It is an epic fantasy novel and you can also listen to it as a free podcast Free podcast novel

Make a video game for Free One of the most popular tutorials I have is the make your own free video game tutorial. It takes you through the complete process of making a video game. It even has links to the software you can download for free. Make your own video game

Classical Guitar Play classical guitar? Or interested in learning? I have a great tutorial that will get you playing. Advice on what books to get and lots of the basics.

Medieval Castles Here is a nice little site that I put together. It has lots of information about castles, visting castles, famous castles and how castles were defended and sieged.

 Fantasy Swords - Lord of the rings, Medieval swords, Kill Bill and more.

Castlefiction.com The website devoted to fantasy fiction with a slant toward series and epic fantasy and all things medieval.

The Big Epic Fantasy Series List - One of the difficult things about fantasy books is the comfusion of the series books. Here is the big list of series. It has who wrote them and what books are in the series. 57 different series are listed. So if you want to know what book is next in a series or what book is first this is the place to go.

The Epic Fantasy website - The webs only site devoted to the genre of epic fantasy . Info and news, books and movies.

The Fantasy Guide - The webs guide to all the best fantasy on the net. Books, movies, reviews, websites, how to’s and projects. This is your core source of info on the fantasy world.

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One of the great things about the genre of fantasy is that imagination and creativity are the corner stones that it is built on. There are as many different fantasy themes/genres/worlds/characters as there are authors and film makers. Experimentation is a basic tenet and sometimes it connects with an audience and sometimes it doesn’t.

Here is a project that connects. It’s Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu made into a silent film. They use a process they call “Mythoscope” which blends modern and vintage film techniques.

This film is a selection at many film festivals and has received several awards. It just seems to me to be an interesting project. And lovecraft is the perfect author for something like this.  The silent film in the genre of fantasy can be a very powerful experience as in Nosferatu or Metropolis.

Take a look at their website, you can download free screenshots and look at production pictures of watch the movie trailer.

The Call of Cthulhu

http://www.cthulhulives.org/cocmovie/index.html

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When we think of the Arms race we think of nuclear weapons. But an arms race was raging hundreds of years ago. This was the race between the design and building of castles and the advancement of weapons and siege weapons. Here is an interesting site that describes the history of castles and the siege machines that took them down. Medieval Castles

Nova also has an interesting show all about this arms race.

NOVA: Medieval Siege

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