The Dragonlance Canticle Episode 10 - James Lowder interview
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Welcome back to another episode of the Dragonlance Canticle. Today we have a discussion/interview with James Lowder author of Knight of the Black Rose and Spectre of the Black Rose. First a few notes from the show opening
Destiny
Dragons of the Highlord Skies
Dragonlance movie trailer premiere (it’s on the official movie site, but we have linked it to our website also)
Jamie Chambers and Cam Banks interviewed on the latest episode of the Dragonhearth
Now on with the James Lowder interview. Let me warn you, it’s a long show (oh the horror)…
Stormblade
Weasel’s Luck
Defenders of the Magic
Ravenloft RPG and Ravenloft Novels
Vampire of the Mist
Sithicus: The realm of Lord Soth in Ravenloft
Dragon Magazine #351 - World Serpent Inn article (good article! Get it while you can!)
A possible third book? Here’s to hoping!
Vampiric Kender - When Black Roses Bloom
Numerous work in other horror genre RPGs including:
Vampire: The Masquerade
All Flesh Must be Eaten
Deadlands
Clark Ashton Smith
The War Hound and the World’s Pain
Polyhedron magazine
Dead Alive - Also known as Braindead an early Peter Jackson movie for you Lord of the Ring fans.
World War Z - by Max Brooks (Yes, Mel Brooks’ son)
Zombies - a metaphor for social conformity? George Romero uses this well.
Shadows Over Baker Street
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter
Cthulhu - HP Lovecraft
Greyhawk - is Ravenloft the plane that imprisons Tharizdun? We may never know what the dark powers are.
Audition - a tough Japanese horror movie to watch. Be warned!
Requiem for a Dream
Carnival of Souls
Dead Ale Wives reference
Jean Ray - Ghouls On My Grave
Fantomas
Anita Blake and Laurel K Hamilton
James is currently working on a new trilogy with a working title called Ebonnachtthat will be published by Elder Signs Press. He’s hoping to have the first book out on by Gen Con 2008. The main character of the story makes an appearences on a number of short stories:
Pulp Zombie: The Nght Chicago Died - Great story, by the way.
The Unquiet Dreams of Cingris the Stout in Gaming Frontiers Magazine #2 and will hopefully see a reprinting of it sometime soon.
He’s working on something for Paizo (Top Secret! Shh!)
Paizo Planet Stories
Announced here first!!
James will be doing some work for Devil’s Due Publishing for the Wizards of the Coast comics. He can’t say anymore but he told us the Nexus will be very interested in it. Hmmmmm.
