Wallbanger Creative

Wally Waltner is the author of the Muses’ War fantasy series and the founder of Wallbanger Creative, a publishing imprint focused on compelling, creative stories with a pulp-era spirit. A lifelong musician and storyteller, Wally holds a Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College and brings both artistic imagination and a 30-year technology consulting career to his fiction. His work blends epic fantasy, political intrigue, music-driven magic, and questions about creativity, power, and the cost of inspiration. Originally from rural South Dakota, he now lives in the Kansas City area.

Muses’ War is an epic fantasy series where creativity is power—and power can be corrupted. In the kingdom of Breheimen, artists, scholars, bards, smiths, and theologians wrestle with gifts granted by mysterious beings known as the Muses. But after an ancient veil between worlds is torn, inspiration itself becomes a battlefield. Blending music-driven magic, political intrigue, dark fantasy, and reformation-era tension, the series follows those who must decide what they will create, what they will sacrifice, and what shadows they are willing to face. For readers drawn to grand worlds, dangerous beauty, and the cost of supernatural creation.

The Grand University is the intellectual and creative heart of Breheimen: a vast institution where art, scholarship, theology, craft, music, and martial discipline all find their place. Its many halls and divisions train those who shape the kingdom’s culture, knowledge, and power—from bards and illuminators to smiths, scholars, and Muse-touched theologians. In the world of Muses’ War, the Grand University is more than a school. It is a symbol of vocation, discipline, and the dangerous beauty of inspiration. This collection celebrates its seals, divisions, and collegiate-fantasy spirit.