<p>Fast-food clown generators, selective cruelty, and the most elemental Elemental. </p><br><p>Featuring an interview with Jeff LaSala, writer of The Ecology of the Gargoyle for Dragon magazine #423. </p><br><p><a href="https://www.tor.com/author/jeff-lasala/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Jeff LaSala</strong></a> lived in Germany for only one year, long ago, and really needs to go back if only to see some more castles and pick up an untranslated copy of <em>Die unendliche Geschichte. </em>He is responsible for <a href="https://www.tor.com/series/the-silmarillion-primer/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Silmarillion</em> Primer</strong></a>, the more recent and much shorter <a href="https://www.tor.com/2022/08/22/a-second-age-primer-the-rings-of-power-the-rise-and-fall-of-numenor-and-the-last-alliance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Second Age Primer</strong></a>, the <a href="https://www.tor.com/tag/deep-delvings-into-middle-earth/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Deep Delvings</strong></a> series, and a few other assorted articles on this site. Tolkien nerdom aside, Jeff wrote a Scribe Award–nominated <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darkwood-Mask-Inquisitives-Jeff-LaSala/dp/0786949708" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>D&D novel</strong></a>, produced some <a href="http://foreshadows.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>cyberpunk stories</strong></a>, and works in production for Macmillan and the Tor Publishing Group. He is sometimes on <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeff_LaSala" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>. </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
