May 15, 2026
The Ring of Solomon: The Most Dangerous Object in History
King Solomon. The wisest man who ever lived. Given dominion over demons, djinn, and angels alike. And then he lost it all for love...
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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 15, 2026
King Solomon. The wisest man who ever lived. Given dominion over demons, djinn, and angels alike. And then he lost it all for love...
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May 13, 2026
East of Eden. The Land of Wandering. One sentence. Twenty words. And then the text just — moves on. Like it didn't drop one of the most tantalizing geographical references in history...
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May 13, 2026
The language was just the beginning. John Dee, the Golden Dawn, Crowley in the desert—and the Abyss. Four centuries of practitioners who've come back changed or didn't come back at all...
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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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