Phineas Delgado, author
Origin Story

A retired man of action turned urban fantasy writer. At least he is in my head.

Phineas grew up in Middletown, Ohio, where he completed thirteen years of Catholic education before serving in the United States Air Force from 1993 to 1997. In the years since, he's held all kinds of jobs across a handful of industries, and today works in IT — writing the epic he always wished he could read in whatever hours are left over.

"I've always felt like a storyteller, and I had a teacher in High School that I really credit for putting me on this path." A class assignment expanding on the Sumerian afterlife concepts from Gilgamesh turned into his first published work — and the moment that convinced him to keep going.

Behind the World

Where the characters come from.

Origins
Marvel Super Heroes TTRPG. The oldest characters in Lucifer's Halo were created in High School for the Marvel Super Heroes tabletop game — FASERIP forever.
Personal
Names that mean something. The youngest characters share names with people who are important to Phineas in real life — small threads tying the fictional world back to his own.
The Universe
Lucifer's Halo. An epic story set in a universe where anything can — and will — happen. Contemporary dark fantasy, urban fantasy with a sci-fi twist, and an apocalypse that feels closer than you think.
Read The Series

Start with Where Nightmares Walk.

Book one of the Lucifer's Halo trilogy — the story that started it all.

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