G. R. Moriarty

Writing worlds shaped by history, power, faith and the human condition. Historical fiction, epic fantasy and the stories that endure.

[G. R. Moriarty @GRMoriarty]

I’ve always been drawn to old kingdoms, forgotten histories, ancient forests and the peculiar ways of men.

I write of power, faith, ambition, love and the occasional fool with a lute.

There are worlds yet to discover, and stories waiting to be told.

G. R. Moriarty

[G. R. Moriarty @GRMoriarty]

She thought the hardest part of losing him was learning to live without him.

She never imagined it would be learning to love again.

A story of grief, guilt, and the quiet courage of opening one’s heart.

The Second Spring

G. R. Moriarty

[G. R. Moriarty @GRMoriarty]

She thought the hardest part of losing him was learning to live without him.

She never imagined it would be learning to love again.

A story of grief, guilt, and the quiet courage of opening one’s heart.

The Second Spring

G. R. Moriarty

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Six winters beneath a foreign fortress.

The years have stolen his strength, but not the memory of her face.

She believes he may have found another love. He prays she has.

Neither knows the other still writes.

The Sixth Winter.

G. R. Moriarty

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@stephjlucas_ Brilliant!! 2k is some achievement, I did considerably less.. if I can just sometimes silence the voices in my own head … listened to all of them today.. and wrote and rewrote paragraph after paragraph… I could have been a lot more productive…

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@KT_Carlisle This is so true, something that makes you want to back every word, every emotion, every feeling!! Create your own trend !!

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@stephjlucas_ Never give up, see this as part of the journey, everyone gets rejected, it’s part and parcel of this industry. Nothing and I mean nothing!! beats being persistent, determined and above all disciplined!! Keep on writing and sharing and building a career!

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Six years have passed since he rode away.

No word. No grave. No promise broken, yet none fulfilled.

Somewhere, a woman still writes to a man who may no longer walk among the living.

A Letter Unsent.

G. R. Moriarty

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@AnneTyler495 A secret doesn’t always destroy a relationship. Sometimes it was kept out of love, fear, or a misguided desire to protect. What makes the revelation powerful is the choice that follows: can two people accept the truth and still recognise the person they loved?

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@AdelaPaulAuthor There’s something compelling about a character forced to embrace the very thing she’s spent her life refusing to believe in. Add a hidden war between witches and vampires, family loyalties and 1920s New Orleans, and you’ve got an intriguing setting for some difficult choices!!

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@DakotaELJackson There’s something wonderfully unsettling about an artist whose devotion to beauty becomes the source of his corruption. I particularly like the idea of the portrait having desires of its own. At what point does inspiration become obsession.. when does the muse become the master?

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@byjennifermrios I find the idea of sentient fog fascinating, especially when something that once caused suffering might now offer protection. There’s something compelling about returning to a place of painful memories, only to discover that the past isn’t quite as we remember it.

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@CamilleASinger There’s something particularly haunting about a mystery involving family. Searching for the truth can become as frightening as the truth itself, especially when the people we love are involved. I like the combination of a missing sister, buried secrets and a sinister setting!

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@authorkathaleen The idea of death becoming a commodity is fascinating. Once something as sacred as mortality can be bought and sold, I wonder what happens to the value of a human life. And bringing back the soul as well as the body introduces an entirely different kind of horror. Love it!!!

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The king had ordered a thousand men to their deaths, yet his hands trembled when his daughter placed a wounded bird upon them. He spent the afternoon trying to save it. That evening, he signed another order for war. Nobody at court asked which of those men was the real king.

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He wrote to her every spring, though he had not seen her in twenty years. He told her of the garden, the children, the little things that made a life. Each letter went into the same drawer. When he died, they found forty of them. None contained the words he had meant to say.

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Every winter, the boy wore his father’s old coat. It was too large, and the sleeves swallowed his hands. Years passed, and the coat grew smaller. One morning, he found it no longer fitted. He folded it carefully, wondering when he had become the man he still wished were there.

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@DelandJessica Nearly twenty years with a story so close to your heart, and now it’s almost ready to meet its readers. What a remarkable journey, Jessica! I particularly like Rikma’s dilemma: the life she’s always dreamed of, or the people she’s come to love. Choices that stay with us all..

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@MetzgerKaty I’ve always found the idea of prophecy fascinating, particularly when the attempt to escape one’s fate becomes the very thing that brings it about. Perhaps the most interesting question is whether fate creates the villain, or the choices to resist it.

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@skolhawthorne That’s a powerful thought. I wonder how often we turn the dead into heroes because the truth of their suffering is harder to bear. Perhaps martyrdom sometimes tells us more about the needs of those left behind than the lives of those we’ve lost.

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@robinhobb As someone writing my first epic fantasy novel, I find the generosity of experienced authors sharing what they’ve learnt invaluable. Five years into creating my own world, I’m still discovering how much I have to learn! Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom with us!!