The Toll of Another Bell
A Fantasy Anthology
Blurb:
A
collection of out-of-this-world short stories that ring true in
mortal hearts.
Breath:
The Guardian of Souls realizes her life is incomplete and sacrifices
everything to find what’s missing.
Jodi
L. Milner
lives among the most epic vistas of the
Rocky Mountains in Utah and
uses them for inspiration when writing fantasy.
When not shepherding
her children, she dreams of magic and getting a good night's sleep.
She's published fiction and poetry in the online literary magazine
Soft
Whispers.
Awareness:
To achieve the status of Magi, Jyn must pass his father’s ultimate
test.
Timothy
Vincent
splits his time between his home in Kentucky and his work in Nanjing,
China.
A published writer and scholar, he teaches for an American
Overseas program.
His previous creative writing publications include:
“Prince of the Blue Castle” (The Bacon
Review
2013); “Star-Crossed” (Winner, Terri Ann Armstrong Short Story
Contest, Suspense
Magazine,
2012); “The Blanket” and “Standing on the Doorstep with Borges”
(The
WriteRoom Literary Magazine).
He was a top 25 finalist in Glimmer Train’s new writer contest in
2010.
Phoenix:
Orion
loses his wife on their wedding day and uses dark magic to seek her
in the afterlife.
Elise
Stephens
illustrated and wrote her own storybooks from an early age, binding
them with staples, and displaying them to a captive audience of
family and friends.
She thanks her mother for teaching her the
confidence to perform, and thanks her father for reading books out
loud to her.
She received the Eugene Van Buren Prize for Fiction in
2007 and was a quarter-finalist for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough
Novel Award.
She has published two novels. Moonlight
and Oranges
(2011) and Forecast
(2013). She lives with her husband and son in Seattle where she loves
to paint, sing, see live theater, dance in the rain, and eat tiramisu
in generous proportions.
Life
Under Research Conditions:
Can a bioweapon possess a soul and make choices to save humanity?
Thaxson
Patterson II
is a 30-something, single, African American writer, living in Denver,
Colorado.
He is the child of an Air Force retiree and loving mother
who’s wild about superheroes and fantasy literature. He graduated
from the University of Denver in 2003 with a degree in Electronic
Media Art Design.
His lifelong obsession with a variety of literary
genres including Lovecraftian horror, Stephen King supernatural
tales, and the heroic myths from antiquity and Jack Kirby fueled his
passion for art design.
His family has been a constant thorn of
encouragement in his side. Writing has been an ongoing journey full
of creativity, joy, and tears spanning several years.
The
Year of No Foals: A
miraculous colt and a mysterious old man bring healing to a family
ripped apart by tragedy.
Scott
E. Tarbet
is the author of "A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk" from
Xchyler Publishing; "Tombstone", in the paranormal
anthology "Shades & Shadows"; "Ganesh", in
the Steampunk anthology "Terra Mechanica".
He writes in
several speculative fiction genres, sings opera, and was married in
full Elizabethan regalia.
He loves Steampunk waltzes, cosplay conventions of all flavors, and slow-smokes thousands of pounds of
authentic Texas-style barbecue. An avid skier, hiker, golfer, and
tandem kayaker. He makes his home in the mountains of Utah.
Follow
Scott E. Tarbet online at Online or on Twitter @SETarbet.
Naoki
No Yokai:
Yokai have overrun a local village, and it’s up to Saga Naoki to
discover the reason why.
F.M.
Longo
spent most of his career as a software designer and consultant. An
accomplished musician, he played professionally with several jazz
greats, and he has won awards for his photography. He now has his own
boutique publicity agency, and spends most of his time writing press
releases, designing print ads, and producing radio spots. He is also
the co-editor of the regional newsletter for a large non-profit
organization. Longo lives in a small rural town in Western
Connecticut.
Jilted
River:
An Appalachian fairy tale attracts visitors to a state park, but then
they start to disappear.
Ginger
Mann
is a poet, musician, and digital security engineer. If you can't find
her doing those things, look for a woman chasing around her small
children with a camera. A Texas artist, she enjoys writing for other
Texans. Her song, "River Night", premiered on October 12,
2013 in North Austin.
During that same weekend, her first short
story, "China Doll," began selling on Amazon.com.
She is
also a key writer, and digital security adviser, for "Think
Before You Click," the Cyber-Safety campaign of legal counsel,
Rick Mann. Ginger lives with her family in the Austin, Texas area.
Tower
Gods:
A thirteen-year-old boy with an oxygen mask befits the role of hero
in Watcher Benson’s eyes.
J.R.
Potter has
succeeded in the great dream of never growing up. He writes for young
readers, and those like him who don’t want to give up on magic. He
like dinosaurs who can speak with polished accents, who wear vest
coats and carry robotic briefcases; he likes fearless young girls
with mechanical arms who risk everything for love and honor and a
glimpse of the world above the clouds; he like to rewrite and
re-imagine the past because it feels both old and new all at once,
and well, the victors of history have been doing it for years.
Potter’s
world is equal parts fantasy, obsession, and transformation. He
feels he has been lucky to bring this world to life through
publication in The
Portland Review,
through winning short story competitions in the realms of Horror and
Fantasy, and through a continued bond with his faithful publisher
Xchyler Publishing who truly lives up to their motto “enhancing
lives one book at a time." He invites readers to “come fly
with me inside a WWII robot, or step out on the wings of a pneumatic
‘Whirly-Bird’ in my upcoming novel Pneumatica: Adventures in
Steampunk. Together I know we will find some magic.”
Reality
As We Know It:
Where otherworldly magic fails, is Row’s friendship enough to mend
Singer’s grieving heart?
Danielle
E. Shipley's
first novelettes told the everyday misadventures of wacky kids like
herself. Or so she thought.
Unbeknownst to them all, half of her
characters were actually closeted elves, dwarves, fairies, or some
combination thereof. When it all came to light, Danielle did the
sensible thing: Packed up and moved to Fantasy Land, where daily rent
is the low, low price of her heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears,
firstborn child, sanity, and words; lots of them.
She's
also been known to spend short bursts of time in the real-life
Chicago area with the parents who home schooled her and the two
little sisters who keep her humble. When she's not living the highs
and lows of writing, publishing, and all that authorial jazz, she's
probably blogging about it at EverOnWord.wordpress.com.
60
Seconds to Midnight: Fleeing
an ancient evil, a young woman from amongst the stars finds unlikely
refuge on Earth.
TC
Phillips
hails from tropical central Queensland in Australia, where he
currently lives with his loving wife, three young children, a spoiled cat, and an overactive imagination.
An avid reader from a young age,
he has held a long standing attraction for the written word and is
excited to able to make his own contributions to the vibrant and ever
shifting world of storytelling. Holding degrees in both Theatre
Studies and Education, he is also currently completing his Master of
Arts (writing) through Swinburne University of Technology.
Review:
I am currently still reading this and re-reading some of the ones Ive already mentioned. I am not sure I was able to enjoy them to their fullest as I read. The other stories include Goblins, emotion, magical worlds and so much more. I cannot wait to finish this Anthology.
This
is a collection of many sub genres. It was a wonderful way to get a
look into several different stories without the wait through hundreds
of pages. You will get a look into fairy tale, fantasy, mythology and
even a little steampunk.
Each one individual in that you might have a light easy read, or you be taken to another level of deep intrigue.
Each one individual in that you might have a light easy read, or you be taken to another level of deep intrigue.
“Breath”
by Jodi Milner
Fauna,is
the main character in this wonderful story of fantasy. We get to
delve into her world of confusion, love, and nurturing. You get a
glimpse of her siblings struggle with supporting her without the
understanding of the feelings that she deals with day to day.
“Phoenix”
by Elise Stephens
This
story is an emotional ride. The heartache of finding THE ONE, only to
have her ripped away on their wedding day. Deciding against a suicide
he finds another option. But what will the price of that decision be?
Dark magic always has a price. Will he ever see her again?
“Life
Under Research” by Thaxson Patterson II
“Can
a bioweapon possess a soul and make choices to save humanity?”
That is the question I read as looking at the Author blurb. And this
story will have you asking the same thing. Is it possible to feel
empathy towards a “monster”? I say yes. After reading this story
I have to say the lines between good and not are a little thinner.
Scott
Tarbet's "The Year of No Foals." Is well written and
wonderfully engaging. Mr Tarbet is able to in my opinion write
successfully from a female (young female at that) perspective. Rarely
have I read one be as easily to follow as this. The story line is
also well written and easy to follow and enjoy.
I am currently still reading this and re-reading some of the ones Ive already mentioned. I am not sure I was able to enjoy them to their fullest as I read. The other stories include Goblins, emotion, magical worlds and so much more. I cannot wait to finish this Anthology.
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