"Morgan Potts utilizes her poetic voice and eye for detail to bring to life an alternate world."
Morgan Lynn
A storyteller dressed in black, native to the piedmont of North Carolina with a penchant for coffee, mixology and studying old gravestones. She possesses a fascination for the every day lives of ancient people and for the underdogs of history along with the many permutations of radical power dynamics.
Favorite books: In no particular order except the first.
Kushiel's Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey
The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski
Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Anything Mark Twain the most witty man in American history(In my humble opinion)
Research books:
The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World- Ian Worthington
The Other Side of History: daily life in the ancient world- Robert Garland
Death, Dying, and the Afterlife: lessons from world cultures- Mark Berkson
History of Ancient Rome- Garrett G. Fagan
The Vikings- Kenneth W. Harl
The Pagan World- Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Gnosticism: from nag hammadi to the gospel of judas- David Brakke
King Arthur: history & legend- Dorsey Armstrong
The Ancient Celts- Barry Cunliffe
The World of the Celts- Simon James
The Celtic Heroic Age- John T. Koch
Sacred Britannia- Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Roman Britain: outpost of the empire- H.H. Scullard
Londinium- Charles River
Rome in the Third Century- Michael Sage
Meditations- Marcus Aurelius
Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britain- Peter Salway
The Gallic War- Julius Caesar
1491: new revelations of the americas before columbus- Charles C. Mann
Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine- Peter Garnsey
Slavery in the Roman World- Sandra R. Joshel
Slavery: a world history- Milton Meltzer
Inhuman Bondage- David Brion Davis
The Slave's War- Andrew Ward
A Diary from Dixie - Mary Chesnut
Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl- Harriot Jacobs