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​Jakob Sutor's 1612 "New Künstliches Fechtbuch" (New Illustrated Fencing Manual) was one publication of many on the subject being printed at the time in Europe, this one focussing primarly on fighting with the long sword, the dusack, the rapier, the staff, and the halberd. This manual has several collections of woodcut illustrations for each weapon and fighting type, demonstrating proper stances and techniques, as well as illustrating the different parts of the weapons and the different zones of the body to strike. The audience was both young aristocratic men who would be expected to duel with others of their station, as well as any who wished to join the military and needed to be well-trained in both offensive and defensive maneuvers with a variety of standard-issue weaponry.
Current Projects
Spheres
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
What if "The Mirror of The World" was accurate in its science? What would that mean for humanity in the future? And if it's accurate... just what made it that way?
Genre: Nonfiction
Authors: Various
Original Language: English & German
Date: Various
A collection of extant historical documents chronicalling the exploits of accused witches, werewolves, sorcerers, and the real Vlad Dracula himself.
Dæmonologie, in forme of a dialogue, divided into three Bookes
Genre: Nonfiction
Author: James I, King of England
Original Language: English
Date: 1597
"First published in 1597 by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England) as a philosophical dissertation on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic." - Wikipedia Article
ΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Treatise of Spirits
Genre: Nonfiction
Author: Daillon, Jacques de
Original Language: English
Date: 1723
"Wherein several places of scripture are expounded, againft the vulgar errors concerning witchcraft, apparitions, etc. To which is added, an appendix, containing some reflections on Mr. Boultons answer to Dr. Hutchinsons historical essay entitled "The Posibility and Reality of Magick, Sorcery and Witchcraft Dæmonstrated." - Title page description within the work
Of Ghostes And Spirites, Walking By Night
Genre: Nonfiction
Original author of Latin version: Lavater, Ludwig
Translator of Latin version into this text: Robert Harrison
Translated version original language: English
Date: 1572
An English source book for ghost lore and demonology. Translation from the Latin "De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus".
My name is S.E. Brunson, and it is my pleasure to bring you my collection of fiction works. I write for myself, and what that means is I envision myself and people like me as my prospective audience - inquisitive, well-read, often short on time, and bored of common tropes in science fiction, horror, and fantasy. My protagonists are an inclusive mix of genders, backgrounds, and outlooks. Some of them are grim and jaded while others are pathologically cheerful. Some have mental illnesses, physical disabilities, or other unique traits that make them who they are. These stories are meant for everyone, and the writing reflects that. We are all people, our desire to survive and thrive in a frightening and strange world a unifying thing.
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It is also my pleasure to bring you my collection of nonfiction works. Thanks to recent efforts of several libraries worldwide to scan in antique and ancient prints and manuscripts, there is now a huge amount of material available to the modern reader, if only someone would go in and transcribe it (and translate it if necessary) and publish into a more approachable form. The information in these obscure books is so interesting and worthy of preservation that I enjoy making them accessible to a modern audience with as much academic transparency as possible.
About The Author
S.E. Brunson writes short stories and novels in a wide variety of genres and styles, ranging from academic translations of medieval manuscripts to urban fantasy novels to a gruesome pick-your-poison story for adults. She has worked as a technical writer, editor, and tutor for the past twenty years with a wide variety of interests and professional experiences. She lives near Boston with her spouse and two cats, and in her downtime she draws, repurposes ancient legal codes, does her best with Middle English and Latin and Anglo-Norman French, and plays the bass recorder.