EPIC FANTASY & SPECULATIVE FICTION
Xavier Schwindt writes character-driven epic fantasy and speculative fiction about how people endure, and why hope is worth what it costs. Start with a free story. There’s no catch.
An honest look at what’s on the desk right now, updated as each manuscript moves toward its final page.
Man Between The Stars
Publication Prep
To Burn The Dark
Final Draft
Right now: editing The Gentle War · reading DCC B#3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook.
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Xavier Schwindt writes character-focused epic fantasy and speculative fiction about the cost of creation, hope in hardship, and the light that survives the dark. He founded Crownling Entertainment. He lives in Colorado, reads constantly, and believes the best stories don’t help you escape your life. They help you live it more fully.
Read Xavier’s full story →The king burns where all else is shadow. He does not speak, and yet he is heard. We gather like ghosts to watch him pass, unmoving, unbreathing.
From the opening of This Bleeding Light
Notes on craft and story, plus an honest log of everything Xavier reads.
Essay · May 28, 2026
Stories are not meant to change what people think. They are told to change what we are able to see. On the window analogy, worldview, and why fiction carries a weight that arguments never can.
Read the essay →Reading Log · Updated 2026
An honest, running log of every book Xavier reads this year, with ratings and short reviews. Fantasy, litRPG, craft books, and more.
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