Projects

Throughout my time at Blizzard I dedicated myself to “leveling up” my writing skills. I edited game scripts, wrote dialogue for some of the games (including almost all dungeon boss lines for WoW: Burning Crusade and WoW: Wrath of the Lich King), wrote voice over for game trailers, and penned several short stories. In 2009 my Warcraft graphic novel in partnership with DC/Wildstorm, entitled Ashbringer, hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

A few years later, another Warcraft graphic novel I wrote, Pearl of Pandaria, hit #3 on the list. To stay abreast of my past works, browse through the samples below, and follow the links to purchase.

24th September 2017

Room C6

Written by: M. Neilson
Chapters: 1

Something is visiting Tommy in the insane asylum in the dead of night. Always at midnight; its arrival accompanied by the sound of dragging chains. What is it? Why is it stalking him? To answer those questions, Tommy must face his greatest fears.

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29th November 2016

StarCraft II: Nova - The Keep

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: A. Guinaloo (pencils) & S. Molina (colors)
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Page count: 24
Expanded universe: StarCraft

Nova Terra is one of the Dominion's best covert agents, and she's no stranger to secrets. Her latest operation - to break into an impenetrable fortress known as the Keep - will push her to her breaking point and prove that erasing the sins of the past may be the most impossible mission of all.

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26th August 2016

I Am Chosen

Written by: M. Neilson
Chapters: 46

Following a tragic incident in L.A., detective Kacey Dean has returned to her hometown of Pleasant Hills, Washington, just in time to be swept up in a series of murders called the Chosen Killings.

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4th December 2015

Legacy of the Wolf

Written by: M. Neilson
Chapters: 43

Samantha Cain grew up in foster care after the death of her parents. Now she's focused on her job as a police officer... until her life is uprooted by a brutal murder and a clue that points to secrets in her past, and a killer that is something beyond human.

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13th October 2015

Lexi's Peril

Written by: M. Neilson
Chapters: 7

Lexi's Peril is the tale of a little girl whose father has recently passed away. Among his things she finds a single bullet. That night, she’s attacked by something inhuman and finds herself in an all-out struggle for survival.

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7th August 2014

World of WarCraft: Gul'dan and the Stranger

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: A. Horley
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Page count: 10
Expanded universe: WarCraft

The drums of war have begun to sound for Draenor’s orcs, and the power-mad warlock Gul’dan is the latest to play them. Brimming with fel energy, Gul’dan is convinced that his people will gain glory and strength if they only kneel to the demonic Burning Legion. But a hooded stranger has recently arrived in Gul’dan’s camp with a somewhat... contradictory vision.

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21st June 2014

Hunger Moon

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: H. Brand
Chapters: 4

A multi-part, original Horror story published on Goodreads. A tie-in to a larger series still in the works.

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15th February 2014

Diablo III: Hatred and Discipline

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: D. Fegredo
Expanded universe: Diablo

The air was warm despite the clouds that blanketed Khanduras as the demon hunter arrived in what was left of Holbrook - once a tiny, struggling farm community, now a deserted ghost town. Or so it seemed; the heavy stench of putrification suggested that the residents were still present, just not among the living.

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13th October 2010

StarCraft II: Stealing Thunder

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: S. Didier
Page count: 9
Expanded Universe: StarCraft

Despite the sweltering heat on Gamma Dorian, Isaac White stayed cool. No matter what, Isaac White always stayed cool. Not just because he wore a temperature-controlled hardskin. No, he stayed cool because in his line of work, if you didn't stay cool, you could kiss your sweet ass goodbye.

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28th July 2007

World of WarCraft: Unbroken

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: G. Rane
Expanded Universe: WarCraft

Everything that is, is alive. The words had become a mantra in his mind, a constant reinforcement of his newfound understanding. More importantly they were an epiphany, the key to unlocking a whole new universe of knowledge. And the epiphany was why he was here.

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18th November 2005

World of WarCraft: The War of the Shifting Sands

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: G. Rane
Expanded universe: WarCraft

The midday sun fixed its unflinching gaze upon the sands of Silithus, bearing mute witness to the multitudes forming ranks outside the Scarab Wall. It continued its passage, though to the masses gathered below, it seemed as though the orb had stopped to cast down unrelenting waves of heat until the vast armies simply collapsed from exposure.

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1st March 2000

StarCraft: Hybrid

Written by: M. Neilson
Art by: S. Didier
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Page count: 75
Expanded universe: StarCraft

Hybrid is a short story set in the StarCraft universe. It was published in Amazing Stories magazine, issue 601.

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