Dennis Mackulin writes fantasy informed by a longstanding interest in the history and beliefs of ancient Egypt and Greece, medieval history, and Reformed theology.
His travels have included Alexandria and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Rome and Pompeii in Italy, Ephesus and other historic sites in Turkey, Dublin in Ireland, and the Scottish Highlands. These visits complement his reading and continuing interest in the people and cultures of the past.
The Hand That Caught Me came first: Dante’s Inferno retold in Egyptian shadow, where the scale that weighs the heart is real and the mercy that catches the condemned does not lower the standard. Pilgrim’s Transgress followed, a Bunyan allegory in verse for a church that has grown comfortable with confusion.
Menkhef is where it all lands. A novel in an original world built from Egyptian and Greek sources, where two civilizations have each found a way to escape death and a young outsider is carrying the one piece of evidence that neither answer is the whole truth.
Dennis lives in Homer, Alaska, with his wife Kathryn. He has worked as a professional photographer, a graphic designer, and a correctional officer, and has studied Reformed theology, church history, and presuppositional apologetics for most of his adult life.
Menkhef
Two civilizations, each built on a different way to escape death. A sealed gate. A young outsider carrying a fragment of the pillar that sealed it. Every chapter is the cost of looking for a third answer.
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