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Alt-Earth is a Historical Fiction & Alternative History fictionalized version of Earth created by Charles Moffat in Autumn 2013. The books set within Alt-Earth follow an alternative version of history, drawing upon real world historical events, but also upon conspiracy theories and unproven theories, within a world that includes magic, secret agents, vigilantes, superheroes, dragons, mermaids, and more.
It is the kind of world where characters like King Arthur or Merlin can coexist with monsters like Loch Ness or Gormungandr the World Eater. Having the books within a shared fictional universe allows Charles Moffat the freedom to make connections that you wouldn't normally see within the historical fiction or alternative history genres.
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The Man from Salem: Anthology Series
Weird Western / Historical Dark Fantasy
Kindle eBook, $2.99 / Audiobook, $4.99 / Trade Paperback, $9.99
Release Date: September 1st 2025
IBSN Number: 979-8297799547
Pages: 73, Large Print Trade Paperback
Audiobook Length: 2 hours.
Contents: Eye of the Devil, + Folly of the Forlorn, + A Dark Road in Louisiana
Armed with only his black Stetson and a pair of LeMat revolvers, the Man from Salem is a grizzled forlorn figure. Nobody knows his name and he prefers it that way. He travels across America, fighting devils, vampires, werewolves and other beasts that most people would prefer to pretend do not exist. He has a job to do and someone has to do it...
Excerpt from "A Dark Road in Louisiana"
The Atchafalaya Basin is a home to giants.
Alligators, boars and other strange things that an unwary traveler may fall prey to when traversing the swamp alone. Such foul creatures stalk the waterways and pockets of dry land, shrouded by ancient trees that survive amongst the muck, that only a fool would travel through such a place on foot. Let alone late at night.
The sucking sound of mud on boots added to the deluge of noises in the twilight of the swamp. A narrow path made its way through the swamp, but the man from Salem, Massachusetts, was unbothered by the noises or the fading light of the sun in the west. What nocturnal creatures fed here, or during the day, didn't seem to bother him. Even the mosquitoes stayed out of his way.
The most dangerous creatures in this swamp were likely men after all. Thieves. Bank robbers. Murderers. From both west and east of Louisiana, it mattered not where they came from. There was a long list of outlaws who would seek refuge in such a place, braving the alligators rather than face the long arm of the law.
But the man from Salem was no law man. He was tall and well built, handsome even, despite the black beard and wavy black hair, with a lean waist and scars on his well muscled arms and hands. His piercing grey-blue eyes stared into the darkness, shrouded by the brim of his black stetson. How old he was was anyone's guess. Thirty? Forty? Fifty? There were touches of grey in his beard and hair, but his face seemed to be grizzled more by the mileage he had traveled rather than by the years he had lived.
One might have mistaken him for a law man, perhaps, but just as likely they might think he was an outlaw too. An outlaw down on his luck as he had no horse, but carried over his left shoulder a dark brown saddle speckled with dried blood. He could be a Confederate soldier too, or a deserter, judging by the twin LeMat revolvers snug in their holsters of his well worn gun belt, but he bore no other markings of such a man.
The LeMat revolvers were unusual. Made in France, they featured a nine cartridge cylinder with a buckshot in the middle destined for a secondary barrel. Dubbed grape shot revolvers by soldiers, many of them had been smuggled into the south via Bermuda. Others had been stopped by blockades from the north and ended up in the hands of others. Due to its oddness however the revolver only took thirty-six caliber bullets and twenty-eight gauge buckshot, which meant the owners frequently had to cast their own bullets.
The sun dipped beneath the horizon, the twilight announcing the arrival of long shadows that spread across the narrow path that bent its way through the swamp. Everything was darker, even the darkest of recesses and pools of black water seemed blacker still. Still he walked onwards, striding into the oblivion of the unknown wilderness that lay before him.
Miles back was the tiny settlement of Livonia, but there was no going back there now. Even if he turned about now and walked all the way back, it would be hours before he reached civilization and it would be darker still. No. There was nothing else to do, but to keep on walking. He was more than halfway through the swamp already. So long as he kept to the trail.
Barely able to see his own feet as he walked, he had the unshakeable feeling that he was being watched. Observed from afar. By alligators perhaps? Or something far more dangerous?
The Quorum of Kaŝe
Afro Fantasy / Epic Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
Kindle eBook, $2.99 / Trade Paperback, $9.99
Release Date: July 1st 2021
IBSN Number: 979-8399093338
Pages: 212, Trade Paperback
Contents: The Dragontree of Kaŝe, + The Dragonslayers of Kaŝe
The Dragontree of Kaŝe
Adaoma is working in her crystal ball and magical orb shop in the mystical hidden city of Kaŝe off the coast from Lagos, Nigeria when she receives a strange phone call from her twin sister Adaora. Her twin tells her that terrorists have escaped from Rura Penthe, the extra-dimensional prison for housing criminal wizards and witches. But to escape the clutches of the law the terrorists need a portal to another world and only one such portal exists: The Dragontree of Kaŝe.
Join Adaoma and Adaora on their adventures as they travel from Nigeria and Greenland to London to Nigeria and back to the hidden city of Kaŝe as they struggle to stop the terrorists from escaping. But the terrorists didn't escape by accident. They had help from the biggest dragon anyone has ever seen. They might be skilled witches, but they are no match for a gigantic dragon that is immune to magic.
The Dragonslayers of Kaŝe
Adaora wants revenge on the huge ancient dragon who destroyed the mystical hidden city of Kaŝe that lies off the coast of Lagos Nigeria. Her home is in ruins and while the survivors are rebuilding the city it will never be the same. The scars run too deep. She isn't alone either. Others like her want to kill the dragon, but killing the dragon is no easy matter. It is almost completely immune to magic. Witches, war wizards, archmages... It doesn't matter. Their magic is useless against the dragon.
"Like trying to kill a fish by splashing it with water." So says her twin sister Adaoma. Her twin is resistant to getting revenge on the dragon, but together Orry and Oma must find a way. They know how to get to the dragon's home world via the Dragontree of Kaŝe, and they know how to find the dragon using a new Dragonorb that Oma is making. Once they are there however they need to use some mundane means to kill the dragon - and without getting killed themselves.
The Girl in the Red Hoodie
Apocalyptic / Boxing / Vigilante / Superhero Pulp Fiction Novel
Kindle eBook, $9.99 / Audiobook, $11.99 / Trade Paperback, $15.99
Release Date: September 1st 2021
IBSN Number: 979-8456052865
Pages: 362, Large Print Trade Paperback
Audiobook Length: 6 hours and 21 minutes
Yasmeena is an immigrant who works at her father's boxing gym. When the city of Toronto is targeted by a group of white nationalists who take hostages inside the CN Tower and conduct terrorist attacks across the city she ends up being at the right place at the right time. Becoming a vigilante was never her plan, but as the terrorists continue to conduct attacks and assassinations she ends up in a fight for survival and has only her boxing skills to help her and her family survive.
A coming of age story of a would-be superhero.
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