Phoenix and the Darkness of Wolves
by Shane Jiraiya Cummings
eBook ISBN: 9781615720552
Price: $ 4.50
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Sub Genre: none
Novella of 23379 words
Sex rating: 1
Violence rating: 3
Edited by Tim Marquitz
Cover Artwork by Annie Melton
Print ISBN: 9781615720545
About the book:
Australia has been devastated by a supernatural inferno. Damon believes he is the last ash-covered survivor, a man’s whose past—and future—is inextricably tied to the magick that caused the conflagration. He tracks a phoenix through this apocalyptic wasteland in the hopes of using its magick to restore his lost family to humanity. His family, in turn, have been condemned to limbo as shadow wolves, emerging for a few fleeting moments every sunset to hunt Damon in the hope his death will free them from their torment. The hunt is on!
Quotes:
Excerpt:
A howl shattered the silence and Damon’s thoughts. It was carried on the wind as little more than a whisper, similar to the one he heard in his loneliest moments, but rose in pitch into that familiar hunting cry. The one that chilled him to the core.
He hurried over to the shorn-off end of the pipe, aware that the shadow of the dead monster writhed of its own accord, and stuffed his pack inside the gloom. He rushed back to the beast’s carcass and wrenched at its shell plating. He pulled with all his strength, fuelled by desperation as the wolves’ howl prickled at the base of his skull.
External Reviews:
| ANTON CANCRE at Horror News | "Overall, I appreciated the sense of realism and the way that the mystery of the events was put together..." |
| Horror Scope | "A richly Australian piece which will strike a chord with any connoisseur of dark tales." |
| Katherine Petersen at The Specusphere | "...a powerful tale that penetrates the mind of a man both haunted and hunted." |
| Michele Lee at Dark Scribe Magazine | Cummings spins a tale unique in its setting, intent and feel that is well worth the read and really should earn some well-deserved attention |
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