Ruins & Rituals (Issue 22)
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Welcome to this quarter's issue of Indie Bites! It’s packed full of seven exclusive short stories from indie authors on the themes of Ruins & Rituals, plus an interview with indie author Ash Parker.
This issue features the following short fiction:
- The Lands-Between-the-Lines by Jared Stonefield
- Check Again by Josie Jaffrey
- The God Under the Banyan Tree by Arden Powell
- The Dictionary Maker by Isabel Engleheart
- River Ashes by Lixin Foo
- The Dove and the Wren by Allie Leigh
- Dark and Swollen and Hungry by Kane Williams
In these pages, you’ll find worlds made of words, forgotten gods, ancient traditions, modern gremlins, and much much more.
This issue is a rollercoaster of dark and light, of life and death, of power and love in all their forms. We hope you enjoy this peek into the wide-ranging talents of the indie fantasy community.
On top of all that, we also have an interview with fantastic indie author Ash Parker.
So let’s get ruinous. There’s plenty here to sink your teeth into.
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About our featured author
Ash Parker was put on this earth to do two things: write stories and be a menace. Fortunately for all of you, they are not out of stories yet. They have two books out so far – starting with Winter’s Chosen, the tale of Ifry, a put-upon clerk who attempts to help his employer build a ski resort in a town infested with carnivorous beasts. He gains the help of Jos, a local hunter, unaware that Jos has been chosen for a deadly task by the god of summer.
They have also written Tanry Teneri’s Manual for Young Ladies, the first in a fantasy of manners series. Tanry Teneri is the daughter of a duke, and when she learns that she needs to marry in order to inherit her beloved estate, she heads to court, ready to find herself a husband. She has an arcane machine that can answer any question, and she’s prepared to use it to lie, cheat, and blackmail her way into the perfect match.
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