Sigils of the Old God
By- J.P. Moore
Genre- Epic Fantasy
Published By- Dragon Moon Press
Publication Date- November 2nd
Jamesport, Rhode Island, 1895 ...?
Listen carefully. You may hear whispers of the city’s mysteries just below the howling of the wind through the rafters of the abandoned fish market. Odd creatures serve a witch in the haunted salt marshes. Sigils of ancient and forgotten magic mark the cliff overlooking the bay. A ruined stone tower of unknown age stands in the square. Do not speak too loudly of these mysteries, lest the Old God send his servants to silence you.
Fear Jacob, the most loyal and gifted of these assassins. He has killed many, from babbling ex-sailors who uncovered too many secrets in dark and faraway lands, to millionaires’ wives who summer in mansions on the cliff and wander one step too far into the occult.
But peer into Jacob’s eyes and you may see a hint of doubt. You may discover what you have suspected all along.
History is a lie.
The world is not what we think it is.
And, it is all about to come crashing to an end.
Author Interview:
J.
P. Moore’s newest horror/fantasy novel, Sigils
of the Old God, is now available from Dragon Moon Press. Sigils tells the story of Jacob, an
assassin who serves a mysterious force that slumbers beneath the 19th century
city of Jamesport, Rhode Island. Jacob finds himself in the center of an
ancient war for the truths of a hidden history, and for the powers that sit at
the very heart of the planet. Moore is also the author of the award-winning Toothless, a genre-bending and
spellbinding zombie apocalypse novel set in the Dark Ages.
What inspired you to write Sigils of the Old God?
I
have a thing for New England, especially its ruins and its history. Naturally,
H. P. Lovecraft stuff gets under my skin. When all of that comes together, and
I find myself on a family vacation in Newport, Rhode Island, I end up driving
away with my own sense of what the history should be. Sigils of the Old God sort of came together on the road home to New
Jersey. Without something to occupy your mind on that long drive, it’s a little
a dreary.
When or at what age did you know you
wanted to be a writer?
I
started writing a book when I was 10. Like many books that I’ve started, it
never got finished. I don’t know if that’s the first time I really thought
about becoming a writer, but it’s the first time I realized that I wanted to
spend my time creating. No matter what I’m doing, I like to find a way to
tinker and invent. Writing fiction is the most enjoyable way to do that with
the results of something else I’m driven to do--read and learn about history,
religion, and mythology.
What is the earliest age you
remember reading your first book?
I
started reading Lord of the Rings
when I was 8, which is much too young to think you have any business doing
something like that. I still have a dysfunctional relationship with that work,
and still haven’t finished it.
What genre of books do you enjoy
reading?
I
love the real stuff behind fantasy and horror--mythology, hagiography,
mysticism, and history. I read a lot of primary source and scholarship in those
areas. Throw in a dash of forbidden archaeology and add a few sprinkles of conspiracy
theory and you’ll end up with my bookcase.
What is your favorite book?
My
favorite book of all time is Italo Calvino’s If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler. It’s an incredible reflection on
writing, reading what we write, and relating to each other through reading and
writing.
You know I think we all have a
favorite author. Who is your favorite author and why?
I’ve
had a lot of favorite authors, both in the genre in which I write and outside
of it. Often, I say my favorite author is the one I’m currently reading. That’s
what I’d want people to say when they’re reading one of my books. The authors I
find myself re-reading the most, though, are Vladimir Nabokov and H. P.
Lovecraft. And, of course, those old copies of Tolkien--yellowed pages and
dusty, musty smell--are always staring at me from the shelf. I pick those up
every now and then.
If you could travel back in time
here on earth to any place or time. Where would you go
and why?
Most days, I’m content right where (and when) I am. Some days, though, I’d like to be tending a garden in a medieval Irish monastery, a few decades before the Vikings decided they wanted to be in the same place.
When writing a book do you find that
writing comes easy for you or is it a difficult task?
My
cycle is pretty predictable. In the first few chapters, it comes flooding out
of me. The rest of it is a bit harder. I’ve typically had a good sense of the
final scenes all along, and write those pretty quickly. That middle phase is
the marathon just to get to those scenes.
I’m
my own worst enemy, especially in that middle phase. I get lazy, fiddle with
the settings on my computer, search for images on the web, anything to avoid
the work. It feels like having to rake a yard full of fallen leaves on a chilly
autumn morning. There’s a whole lot to do. It isn’t going to get itself done,
and you’d just rather be doing something else.
Do you have any little fuzzy
friends? Like a dog or a cat? Or any pets?
We
have a few of these, fuzzy and otherwise. My favorite--and I don’t mind being
open about having favorites, because the cats in my house certainly make their
preferences known without any regard for my feelings--is the dog. I’m assuming,
though, that we’re not counting kids in this category. Human kids, not goats.
What is your "to die for",
favorite food/foods to eat?
Hearty
peasant food of any kind. Give me a one-pot stew from any place in the world,
with a hunk of whatever those folks use for “bread,” and I’ll be a happy guy.
Do you have any advice for anyone
that would like to be an author?
Rake the damn leaves. Just get it done, and don’t stop.
About the Author-
J. P. Moore lives and writes in southern New Jersey. Though his characters would feel right at home in the dark and mossy tracts of the Jersey Pine Barrens, the setting that he enjoys with his wife and three children is a long way from the worlds of his novels and stories. Moore's settings are on the brink. Their histories are lost, or misunderstood. Their futures are uncertain. All of the heroes are gone. Only the unlikely heroes are left.
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