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Tales From The Tower: The collected stories from Year One of Inklings Press Kindle Edition

by Ricardo Victoria (Author), Brent Harris (Author), Alei Kotdaishura (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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First there came Tales From The Tavern, a selection of fantasy short stories. Then came Tales From The Mists, a horror anthology. These two books made up the titles released in the first year of Inklings Press. Now both anthologies are collected into one book. Catch the start of the Inklings Press revolution right here - ten tales from the authors who started it all.
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  4. Publication date
    April 15, 2017
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XX2LBN1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Inklings Press (April 15, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 15, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 782 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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  1. Brent A. Harris

    Brent A. Harris

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    Brent A. Harris is a two-time alternate history Sidewise Award finalist. He writes of time-traveling astronaut dinosaurs, misunderstood orcs, conflicted AIs, and a universe where Dickens meets steampunk.

    When not harried behind a keyboard chugging caffeine, Brent enjoys nerdy stuff like board games, DnD, and arguing why there's still hope for Marvel movies. He holds a Masters in Creative Writing and Film from National University because the school liked his writing enough to pay for his degree.

    As part of a military family, he's traveled the world and lived in four different countries yet still can't speak a second language. Heck, the guy can hardly write in English. He currently lives abroad with a broad and a brood in Okinawa, Japan.

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  2. Ricardo Victoria

    Ricardo Victoria

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    Ricardo Victoria is a Mexican writer with a Ph.D. in Design –with emphasis in sustainability- from Loughborough University, and a love of fiction, board games, comic books, and action figures. He lives in Toluca, Mexico with his wife and pets, working works as a full-time lecturer and researcher at the local university. He writes mainly science fantasy.

    His first novel, Tempest Blades: The Withered King, was released in August 2019 by Shadow Dragon Press, an imprint of Artemesia Publishing. The sequel, Tempest Blades: Cursed Titans is due for publication in August 2021. He has a number of stories published by Inklings Press, and other indie outlets.

    His short story Twilight of the Mesozoic Moon, jointly written with Brent A. Harris, was nominated for a Sidewise Award for short form alternative history.

    You can find out more at his website, http://ricardovictoriau.com, or follow him on Twitter, @Winged_Leo

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  3. Leo McBride

    Leo McBride

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    Leo McBride is a writer of speculative fiction - spanning the fields of horror, science fiction and fantasy. A journalist for more than 20 years, he is based in The Bahamas where he is an editor for the country's leading newspaper.

    He has published several ebooks - although Quartet is the first of his own writing. He has also been published in anthologies published by Inklings Press.

    You can find out more about his work on his blog, www.alteredinstinct.com.

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Mike Wolff
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017
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I have previously read and reviewed the two separate collections that went into the volume. Instead of copying them over, I'll just say this. Inklings Press has great authors and their publications are very impressive. I haven't been disappointed in anything I've read by this crew. I like them so much when I first read them that I had to buy the paperback for my collection when it came out.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t waste your time
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2023
Poorly compiled and edited
Boring predictable stories
Characters I cared nothing for
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Elara
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Fantastical Fiction
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017
‘Ain’t never heard anyone says they like war, yet there’s always one to be had.’

This is a combination of two previous anthologies into one volume and it makes an interesting counterpoint to have horror in the same breath as classic fantasy. I am not sure they are always the best of bedfellows, but here they seem to rub along just fine and if you enjoy either genre you will find much in the other to appreciate also.

The anthology opens with ‘The Bear-Trap Grave’ by Brent A. Harris which is written in a colloquial voice and tells the tale of a how an old debt leads to unwanted adventure and explores a lot around friendship, courage and compassion along the way. It is a story with a heart and a soul and I loved it.

The unusual format of ‘True Story’ by Alei Kotdaishura, brings us two retired adventurers telling - or maybe more admitting the truth about - the real story of the adventure that made their names and fortunes, to their adult child. It has a wonderful sparkle of humour which I really enjoyed.

In ‘Battle at Veldhaven’ by Matthew Harvey there is a chance to get your teeth into some really classic high fantasy with magic users and dwarven warriors fighting against the orcs and some fine heroics in an epic battle. Great stuff!

‘It was still a mystery why he had to take a horn, no matter how pretty and shiny it was, to a Specific Place before a Certain Date, but he gave it a deep thought.’

My favourite fantasy story though had to be ‘Silver Horn’ by Ricardo Victoria. It was tongue in cheek from the start and managed to leave me with a smile on my face. This is a story that will appeal to anyone who has ever picked up a twenty-sided dice and rolled it in anger!

The final fantasy tale is ‘A Taste For Battle’ by Leo McBride and is a masterful story of two adventurers, for me somewhat reminiscent of Fitz Lieber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Weasel and Rasten find themselves suffering the result of a drunken promise and fighting a foe that needs wits as much as brawn to defeat.

And so onto the horror selection. Not being a fan of gore-fests, I was delighted that these intelligent, deep and disturbing tales are very far from that. I really enjoyed 'The Chickcharney' by Leo McBride. It has a marvellously 'creeping doom' feeling to it and yet moves away from the usual all-encompassing nastiness of the lurking horror genre and manages to finish on a very thought provoking note.

'Bone Peyote' by Ricardo Victoria, reminded me right away of old school horror from the likes of Machan and Lovecraft. It begins in the same slightly stiff, formal way and slowly breaks out of that that shell as the monstrosities hatch in the reader's imagination. It has all the hallmarks of occult horror with ancient texts, forbidden magic and mysterious rituals. And the sense that once that door has been opened it can never be closed again.

Waking alone in the dark unknown is such a primal fear that it makes the opening of 'The Pillar of Hendarac' by Morgan Porter, very powerful and slowly we uncover the world into which our protagonist has awoken. This is a world unlike our own and the descriptions of it and the fight to preserve it from some dark deific being reminded me of fantasy as much as horror. I have to say the end, although I appreciate what the author was trying to do, left me a little disappointed.

‘...its mouth, at least it would be where a mouth would be on any sane creature of similar bilateral construction, was filled with probosces all running from a central echinoderm-like disk.’

I had two distinct reactions to 'Beast' by Alei Kotdaishura, the first was delight that I was wrong about where the story was going and the second was that this had something very deep to say about the nature of grief and indeed about anyone who suffers from implacable negative emotion. There was a rhythmic cycle of repetition as the days progressed, like a recurring chorus. It was very much a horror story, but it also held an accusing mirror to society in some small and major ways along its path.

Supremely unsettling is the techno-horror from Brent A. Harris, 'The Server of Souls'. It manages to key into something very primal and left me with that same unsettled feeling you have when awakening from a half-remembered nightmare.

Overall this is a really excellent selection of stories and if you enjoy either genre it is well worth the investment - if you enjoy both you are in for an extended treat you can truly savour.
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Elara
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Fantastical Fiction
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‘Ain’t never heard anyone says they like war, yet there’s always one to be had.’

This is a combination of two previous anthologies into one volume and it makes an interesting counterpoint to have horror in the same breath as classic fantasy. I am not sure they are always the best of bedfellows, but here they seem to rub along just fine and if you enjoy either genre you will find much in the other to appreciate also.

The anthology opens with ‘The Bear-Trap Grave’ by Brent A. Harris which is written in a colloquial voice and tells the tale of a how an old debt leads to unwanted adventure and explores a lot around friendship, courage and compassion along the way. It is a story with a heart and a soul and I loved it.

The unusual format of ‘True Story’ by Alei Kotdaishura, brings us two retired adventurers telling - or maybe more admitting the truth about - the real story of the adventure that made their names and fortunes, to their adult child. It has a wonderful sparkle of humour which I really enjoyed.

In ‘Battle at Veldhaven’ by Matthew Harvey there is a chance to get your teeth into some really classic high fantasy with magic users and dwarven warriors fighting against the orcs and some fine heroics in an epic battle. Great stuff!

‘It was still a mystery why he had to take a horn, no matter how pretty and shiny it was, to a Specific Place before a Certain Date, but he gave it a deep thought.’

My favourite fantasy story though had to be ‘Silver Horn’ by Ricardo Victoria. It was tongue in cheek from the start and managed to leave me with a smile on my face. This is a story that will appeal to anyone who has ever picked up a twenty-sided dice and rolled it in anger!

The final fantasy tale is ‘A Taste For Battle’ by Leo McBride and is a masterful story of two adventurers, for me somewhat reminiscent of Fitz Lieber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Weasel and Rasten find themselves suffering the result of a drunken promise and fighting a foe that needs wits as much as brawn to defeat.

And so onto the horror selection. Not being a fan of gore-fests, I was delighted that these intelligent, deep and disturbing tales are very far from that. I really enjoyed 'The Chickcharney' by Leo McBride. It has a marvellously 'creeping doom' feeling to it and yet moves away from the usual all-encompassing nastiness of the lurking horror genre and manages to finish on a very thought provoking note.

'Bone Peyote' by Ricardo Victoria, reminded me right away of old school horror from the likes of Machan and Lovecraft. It begins in the same slightly stiff, formal way and slowly breaks out of that that shell as the monstrosities hatch in the reader's imagination. It has all the hallmarks of occult horror with ancient texts, forbidden magic and mysterious rituals. And the sense that once that door has been opened it can never be closed again.

Waking alone in the dark unknown is such a primal fear that it makes the opening of 'The Pillar of Hendarac' by Morgan Porter, very powerful and slowly we uncover the world into which our protagonist has awoken. This is a world unlike our own and the descriptions of it and the fight to preserve it from some dark deific being reminded me of fantasy as much as horror. I have to say the end, although I appreciate what the author was trying to do, left me a little disappointed.

‘...its mouth, at least it would be where a mouth would be on any sane creature of similar bilateral construction, was filled with probosces all running from a central echinoderm-like disk.’

I had two distinct reactions to 'Beast' by Alei Kotdaishura, the first was delight that I was wrong about where the story was going and the second was that this had something very deep to say about the nature of grief and indeed about anyone who suffers from implacable negative emotion. There was a rhythmic cycle of repetition as the days progressed, like a recurring chorus. It was very much a horror story, but it also held an accusing mirror to society in some small and major ways along its path.

Supremely unsettling is the techno-horror from Brent A. Harris, 'The Server of Souls'. It manages to key into something very primal and left me with that same unsettled feeling you have when awakening from a half-remembered nightmare.

Overall this is a really excellent selection of stories and if you enjoy either genre it is well worth the investment - if you enjoy both you are in for an extended treat you can truly savour.
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