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The complete collection of blog posts from Mischief & Lore, spanning mythology, research, beer discourse, and entirely too many angels.
Dive Into the ArchivesEvery post, in order. Because chronological chaos is for people who don't respect deadlines.
May 4, 2026
John Dee spent years transcribing messages from angels through a con man. The result was a complete magical system in a language that supposedly hadn't been spoken since Eden...
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May 4, 2026
Two hundred angels. Forbidden children. Cosmic consequences. When human intervention stopped being enough...
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May 1, 2026
Ancient watchers. Forbidden knowledge. Catastrophic decisions. Turns out celestial beings can make terrible choices too...
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Mischief & Lore is Steve Gilmore's blog where he shares urban fantasy news, mythology deep-dives, research findings, writing updates, and behind-the-scenes content from his book series including Heaven's Dark Soldiers and Purgatory Knights.
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The blog primarily covers Heaven's Dark Soldiers, a 7-book urban fantasy series, and Purgatory Knights, the newer series featuring witches, prophets, and hellhounds with razor-edged humor.
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