Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast #47: ‘I, Warlock,’ A Kindle Vella Serial (Chapters 1 – 3)
Welcome back to the Mark McNease Mysteries Podcast! In this episode, I’m narrating the first three chapters of my Kindle Vella serial, ‘I, Warlock.’ I’m uploading new chapters every Wednesday and Saturday, so please be sure to check them out. Follow the story, and give it a thumbs-up when you have a chance. It’s a new platform for me, a new genre, and an exciting adventure in creativity. Happy holidays! – Mark
I’ve started my first Kindle Vella serial. The platform is an Amazon Kindle offering that allows readers to enjoy one chapter at a time of what could be a novel, a novella, or a short story. I’ve been especially creative this year, and I’ve wanted to branch out. This is a good start, and an excellent challenge: I must write at least one chapter a week for this. I’m aiming to get two out each week, same day for consistency and growing some fans, but for now it’s one chapter a week.
Please check it out at the Kindle Vella store. The first three chapters will be free for any Vella story. Also, PLEASE RATE IT, and folllow it, too. If 2023 is anything like this year has been, I’m entering the most productive time of my life. Come with me! You’ll also notice that it’s my first project under the M.A. McNease name. It’s me. It’s not a pen name. It’s just part of my renewal. I like it, and I hope readers do, too.
I, Warlock is a love story for the ageless. It tells the tale of Julius Tide, 126 years old and devoted to finding the man who killed his beloved wife Charlotte years ago. Julius’s father had been attacked by a vampire, leaving him only partly transformed into one himself. This gave his son and daughter, born later, the unique trait of living extremely long lives. With a mother and two aunts in a coven, Julius became a reluctant warlock, who now has only one mission in life: to take revenge.
Author’s Note
I’ve had this idea in my head for quite awhile, waiting for it to take shape. In I, Warlock, the theme of loss and the need to avenge it comes into shape, expressed through the lead character waiting patiently for years to finally confront the man who killed his beloved wife. I wanted him to have a shelf-life, so to speak, not to be immortal. It gives it a time limitation, no matter how extended that time is. It gives him a mission to accomplish before he finally comes to the end of his long, long journey. I also enjoy allowing a certain humor to be in the writing: I don’t think we can get through a normal-human lifespan, let alone one that could last two hundred years, without a healthy sense of humor. Stay tuned!