Ricky Marlowe

Writings, and musings, just pieces of me.

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April 9, 2026

The Definitive Grammar Guide to Laénara

Laénara is an agglutinative, head-final language with a rigid SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order. Its sound is defined by a rule-based pitch accent system, and its grammar contains several unique features that reflect the culture of its speakers. It is a numeral classifier language, in base-60. Continue reading

in: The Blades of Alcrést, World Building

tags: alcrest, books, conlang, fantasy, fiction, grammar, languages, lore, writing
November 6, 2025

Songs From the World of Alcrést

These songs are sung across the Laénara speaking world, and they have been written in and translated from the original Laénara into English. Direct 1:1 translations are impossible, but it is very close to the intention. Continue reading

in: Poems and Song, The Blades of Alcrést, World Building

tags: alcrest, conlang, fantasy, fiction, lore, songs, writing

About Me

Ricky Marlowe is a New York City based writer and author of short stories, poems, and novels. He is a lover of stories of all kinds, which reflect in the genres that he writes.

Ricky writes intimate stories for readers drawn to tragic romance, interpersonal relationships, political intrigue, and characters caught in the tides between love and duty. His work explores the quiet personal devastation beneath grand, life-changing events. In his worlds, magic is hard science, beautiful and logical, where even the fate of nations may turn on the grief of a single heart.

He is currently writing The Blades of Alcrést, an epic fantasy series about a fugitive princess who becomes the heart of a rebellion, and a reluctant prince who becomes the commander sent to crush it. He writes other short stories when inspiration strikes.

Ricky lives quietly at home with his children and life partner, and their Shiba Inu, Rio.

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The Definitive Grammar Guide to Laénara

Songs From the World of Alcrést