by Melissa Jacobson | May 12, 2026 | Character Dossiers - The Characters who live in my version of a haunted America, Fact or Fantasy?
Necromancers and Navy Grog launches on May 15, 2026 which means I am officially in the final stretch of prelaunch chaos: checking links, refreshing pages I have no business refreshing, and pretending I am not emotionally invested in every tiny detail. Naturally, this... 
by Melissa Jacobson | Jan 25, 2026 | Fact or Fantasy?, Lore and World Building
When I was working on my books (The Phantasm Prism and Bad Magic and Whiskey) I researched a lot. I was looking for cool historical nuggets where truth is stranger, and usually darker, than fiction. I like to start with broad strokes: I poke at old newspapers, follow... 
by Melissa Jacobson | Jan 20, 2026 | Character Dossiers - The Characters who live in my version of a haunted America, Fact or Fantasy?
Unassuming Middled Aged Spinster? YES AND Bad Ass Union Spy My FAVORITE thing when I write historical fantasy set in the late 19th-century American, is starting with real people and real systems of power. The characters and institutions in Bad Magic and Whiskey are...