
The Four Lights: epic historical fiction, stranger than fantasy, set around 8000 years ago. Ancient world languages, lore and chatter. Free book downloads, audio chapters and author collabs.
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The audiobook of In the Day of the Flood is being performed by the amazing Cody Finney and will be released via all audiobook providers on October 1st. Listen free to the first hour here!
I am proud to present the first few chapters of In...
This is the second book in the Four Lights series.
In the Day of the Lion takes the action far up the river Danube to the Iron Gates, a violent, plunging gorge now in Serbia. There, an ancient and settled river-based society based on the...
Lots of fun making this…
Ancient mythologies around the world describe an immense flood. In many cases there is an element of theodicy: the flood erases a failed iteration of evil humanity, making room for a new population of people wh...
My four-part series of novels set between 4000 and 7000 BC is entitled The Four Lights. More information below.
Since publication in March 2026 I have been building an author community on Substack, selling paperbacks...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
The Four Lights series: ancient historical fiction, languages and mythology. In the Day of the Flood is available for free download. Paperback on Amazon, audiobook coming soon. The Language of the Sea is being serialised here.
My name is Jonathan Skarr, and I write stories that blend dark fantasy, horror, and sword-and-sorcery. My novella, Black Sun Revenant, is available now.
Autistic | Poetry | Lyrical Fiction | Quiet Recordings
Writer | Voice Actor | Architect of Sphyra. Dark fantasy exploring transformation, moral fracture, and power's quiet seduction. Serialized excerpts and chapters from "A Bargain to Become” and “Oracle”. Biweekly podcasts of “Project Abracadabra”.
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