Maybe it's no coincidence that captain Ahab, Milton's Lucifer, Harry Bosch and gunslingers of a fading era are among my favorites.

My winter hometown!

I always love tragic monsters, if story calls for them.

At least they exist as this is fantasy. I haven't decided yet, I'll see when I get there :)

Possibly he'll talk with the gods themselves? The Pythagorean community (who is very Apollonian) will need some Dionysian raw energy when they'll be persecuted in the future. The elderly Pythagoras will wonder if he should have done more to discourage his disciples from deifying him.

It takes place in ancient Kroton, Magna Grecia. A young man who was raised in the Pythagorean community feels restless and conflicted and sneaks out at night. He encounters a group of Dionysian revelers at the hills. He'll try to integrate the Dionysian and Apollonian perspective.

I'm still in the brainstorming and research stage but will probably start writing today