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Established in May 2005, The Write Fantastic is a daring initiative by professional authors, its twofold mission to introduce fantasy fiction to readers who have yet to experience the genre and also to ensure existing readers know the full breadth and depth of current fantasy writing.
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the group, NewCon Press is proud to present an anthology of all new fiction from the current membership of TWF.
Contents:
1. Introduction – Stan Nicholls
2. Remembrance – Juliet E McKenna
3. I Shaved Half Emperor Cyrrhenius – Chaz Brenchley
4. Song for a Naming Day – Sarah Ash
5. Persephone’s Chamber – Freda Warrington
6. Birthday of the Oligarch – Kari Sperring
7. The Anniversay – Jessica Rydill
8. Smoergaen’s Bane – Ian Whates
9. The Strawberry Grotto – Liz Williams
10. Authors’ Biographies and Selected Bibliography
Launched May 8th 2010
Paperback edition: £6.99
Hardback edition: £15.99
The dust-jacketed hardback edition is strictly limited to just 50 numbered copies. Although not officially a ‘signed’ edition, copies will be signed by the majority if not all the contributing authors.
In ‘Remembrance’ by Juliet E. McKenna, Eion of Jedfal, third son in a noble family, is being given initial training as a magician. Lurking in a graveyard on the feast of Midwinter, he must subdue a Fetch, a spirit that comes back on the anniversary of its death empowered by the terrible grief of someone still living and a spark of magic within them…One of the big challenges of short fantasy and Science Fiction stories set in strange worlds is to convey both story and background in a short space. Juliet E. McKenna does it well.
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A barber is called upon to shave the Emperor in ‘I Shaved Half Of Emperor Cyrrhenius’. He is marched past his father, who is slowly dying in agony, having cut the great one, and ordered to finish the shave. Chaz Brenchley has surely written the best barber story of the 21st century with a great title, a beautiful fantasy premise, real drama and a surprise ending.
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I enjoyed hugely ‘The Birthday Of The Oligarch’ by Kari Sperring. The citizens of Quimera, who seem to take a relaxed view of rulers as long as they are not too troublesome, were once reigned over by a queen but she stopped, surprisingly. After some political experimentation, they ended up with an Oligarch, a quiet, tidy clerical worker who is due a parade for his birthday. There are characters here that might be by Mervyn Peake, such as a Professor of Philentropic Studies and a Clock Master with wax daughters.
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‘Smöergaens Bane: A Tale Of The Fallen Hero’ by Ian Whates is a witty spoof on two subsets of the genre, Tolkien’s high fantasy and Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery. It has a gigantic dragon, sly thieves and a pragmatic mercenary hero who narrates the story. Very enjoyable.
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in 1739, the poet Alexander Pope unwisely took a stalactite from Wookey Hole to decorate a grotto in his home. At least he did according to ‘The Rape Of The Stalactite’ by Liz Williams. The author lives in Glastonbury and Oi cums from the wess country moiself so Oi enjoyed the local references to Cheddar and the like. The story pulls off no real surprises but the first person narration by Pope himself in a self-deprecating style made this a clever and enjoyable piece…
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