A Q&A with author Brent A. Harris

California-based author Brent A. Harris is one of several writers featured in the new fantasy anthology Tales From The Tavern, published by Inklings Press. The book is newly available on Amazon, also featuring Alei Kotdaishura and Ricardo Victoria, both from Mexico, Leo McBride, based in The Bahamas, and Matthew Harvey, from the UK. Inklings Press caught up with Brent for a Q&A about the project. 

Inklings Press started out as a group of fellow writers encouraging one another – how did that project help you?

No man, or woman, is an island, as the saying goes.

I was inspired by a visit to a pub, strangely enough. The Eagle and Child. It’s where Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and others would grab a pint and some godawful British fare, (meat and pie should be mutually exclusive foods). But more importantly, it was where they workshopped, read each other’s work, offered advice, or just kicked each other in the rear to get them going again if they ran into writer’s block.

It’s a fairly common idea. The more support you have going into a project, the more likely you’ll finish it — and be successful. Our group, Inklings Press, has pushed me to be a better writer, and with the publication of Tales from the Tavern, it has encouraged me to be a better promoter, better at building a platform, and better at critiquing and helping other writers which is, of course, the end goal. No one can do it all alone.

Your group is scattered quite widely around the world – was that a problem? How did you manage to keep one another on track?

We are doing something that would have been impossible ten years ago. We can communicate, share, critique, and publish instantly through these newfangled contraptions with just a few clicks of a screen. The world is certainly smaller, but the inverse of that, the irony, it is now harder than ever to reach an audience. The easier it is for us to connect, the harder it becomes to be truly seen. For that, we need our audience to become active supporters.

Does your location play into the kind of fiction you write? Are you inspired by your surroundings? If not, what has proven to be your inspiration?

It should, even if only subconsciously. My wife is Navy, as such, we’ve traveled and moved quite a bit. I’d like to think that a piece of each place I’ve been resides within me. In fact, I know it has. Just as the people I’ve met and experiences I’ve shared with them are proven inspiration, time and time again.

How long have you been writing fiction, and what gave you the impetus to become a published writer?

I just recently dug up a story I wrote shortly after the first Jurassic Park film came out. It was a fan-fic and it stared Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler in a plot involving militarized raptors. Of course, that plot is ridiculous, right...? Right…? Argh…I’m still hoping I get a shout-out from Colin Trevorrow for burrowing into my 12-year-old mind. So, I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember.

Another impetus to writing and publishing also came from dinosaurs. In 1992, Harry Turtledove published a story called, The Green Buffalo. I enjoyed it. I looked up the author and I’ve been a fan of his and the genre of Alternate History ever since. But reading and studying history wasn’t enough. I wanted to write, and share my writing with maybe some other kid who stumbled into my story. I need to give back.

What do you most enjoy about your own work?

Writing is cathartic, and, I forget who said it but it’s true, it’s a voyage of self-discovery. On the not-so-narcissistic-side, writing for me, is a way to connect with people, either other authors (Yes! I’ve always wanted to string those three words together!) who are writing, or readers who’ve read my work. We are all connected, but I like tugging on the strings sometimes.

What are you most trying to convey in your story?

Well, I think the theme that I’m trying to convey is the connectivity we all share, even in the most misanthropic of all of us. My main character really doesn’t like other people, and he has great cause to, but in the end, he learns the value of friendship, even if it’s an unexpected connection. But, I expect different readers to come up with different meanings. I hope that there are other themes there that can be explored or interpreted. That’s the fun of reading.

From the other stories in the publication, which one most attracted you, and why?

I’m going to cheat here and say I love them all. I’m going to do that because I can say what a labor of love they all have been for their creators. I’m fortunate enough to have seen many of these stories in various stages. What you see in the publication, or on TV and film, is only a sliver of ice on the tallest iceberg of what actually is written, researched, edited, and agonized over. I think all the stories have shown that dedication, and all the authors should be commended for going from a blank page to publication.

This is the first publication for Inklings Press. What future plans are there?

From the very beginning, I’ve envisioned a publication that keeps writing and supporting others to write. We are going to see new stories, new authors, and more excitingly, we are going to see the craft of these writers grow. I’m thrilled at that prospect. I’m plugged into this program. I’m connected. We have our next Anthology out in October and countless others after that. Will you connect with us too? Contact us on Facebook or our Website at www.inklingspress.com to join us!

Brent A. Harris has his story, The Bear-Trap Grave, published in Tales from the Tavern. Please Like his Author Page or share this article, and of course, download your copy of the anthology!

Tales From The Tavern, featuring stories by Leo McBride, Brent A. Harris, Alei Kotdaishura, Matthew Harvey and Ricardo Victoria, is available on Amazon here.

To find out more about Inklings Press, visit http://www.inklingspress.com/

You can follow Brent A. Harris on Twitter at @BrentAHarris1 or through his author page on Facebook here.

Reader review of Brent's story in Tales From The Tavern: "Finished The Bear-Trap Grave last night. It was good! I can totally see more stories from that world." Share your review comments below!

NOW AVAILABLE: Tales From The Tavern - small stories of big fantasy!

TALES FROM THE TAVERN is the debut publication of Inklings Press, featuring five tales of fantasy from five new writers.

In The Bear-Trap Grave, Brent A. Harris examines the meaning of friendship for people isolated from civilization in a story from the edges of a fantasy realm.

True story, by Alei Kotdaishura, examines how often the ‘official’ version of an fantasy tale rarely has any similarity with the... true story.

Matthew Harvey brings a traditional fantasy story in the form of Battle at Veldhaven, a real treat of the genre.

Silver Horn by Ricardo Victoria is a more comedic take on the traditional heroic quest as a young man discovers more about his own past while taking on his epic journey.

In A Taste for Battle, Leo McBride uncovers the aftermath of a drunken rant by a charming rogue that ends with him and his friend in a rough spot against an invading army.



The book is available on Amazon here. Or for those who prefer the UK version of the site here.

You can also read Q&A sessions on the blog here with authors Ricardo Victoria and Leo McBride. Keep an eye on the blog for upcoming Q&A sessions with fellow authors.

A Q&A with author Ricardo Victoria

Ricardo Victoria is one of several writers featured in the new fantasy anthology Tales From The Tavern, published by Inklings Press. The book is newly available on Amazon, also featuring Brent A. Harris, a California-based writer, Alei Kotdaishura from Mexico - where Ricardo also hails from, Leo McBride, based in The Bahamas, and Matthew Harvey, from the UK. Inklings Press caught up with Ricardo for a Q&A about the project. 

Hi, how are you?

Fine, nursing a cold and a busted knee, falling from the stairs at midnight can really mess with them, especially if they hit the floor like meteors.

Sounds painful.

Just a regular day for me. I tend to be accident prone when it comes to my knees and ankles. That’s why I never made it as varsity basketball player.

That’s why you are a writer now?

Something like that.

Inklings Press started out as a group of fellow writers encouraging one another – how did that project help you?

In more ways than expected. First, it helped me providing an outlet to get all those stories in my head out. It created a close-knit yet open group of friends that act as your sounding board, critic, editor and audience to your writing. They also became the spur and motivation to finally work hard in my first novel. Also, it made me learn design basics and dust up my graphic design skills with the whole webpage and cover design. But most importantly it is a way to prove myself that it can be done and not just a daydream to keep me busy dealing with the day job or just therapy to deal with my chronic depression.

You suffer depression?

Yes. And I’m not shy to admit it since I consider mental health a real issue that should have increased awareness. And that’s where my writing enters, as it started as a therapy when I first got diagnosed during high school but now has become something more, something else.

Your group is scattered quite widely around the world – was that a problem? How did you manage to keep one another on track?

Not really, the wonders of modern communication allow us to send the messages no matter the time zone so when the other person connects, they can catch up. The only real issues were with Matthew, since he works the night shift and his work is based in UK, so between that and the time zone difference, he rarely had time to be online – I don’t blame him, he needs to sleep and eat too - but we soldiered on. The other issue was that our main editor got married in the middle of the process, which delayed it a bit, understandably. And for how we keep others on track? Basically Brent and I co-share the whip to… well whip people to get them work. Although lately Brent, who is quite hyperactive, has taken a more dictatorial role… maybe it is time for a coup d’etat where I shall rule with an iron fist in a velvet glove… did I said that out loud?

Yes you did.

Crap. Let’s move on.

Agreed. Does your location play into the kind of fiction you write? Are you inspired by your surroundings? If not, what has proven to be your inspiration?

Yes and no. Local myths and the celebration of the dead in Mexico really inspire me, as well as the Mexican tendency towards cynic and laughing about pretty much. It is a colorful mix of horror and comedy, which considering my major influences might explain my interest in gothic horror, comedy and science fantasy. But I’m equally inspired by the travels I have done in my life, be it Japan, Disneyworld, Paris, Dublin. I also lived for three years in UK, in the Midlands for my PhD, so I have the opportunity to travel around UK a lot and the experiences that I had there plus the friends I was so lucky to meet there have informed much of the plot structure and planning on the novels I’m working on right now.

I’m also inspired by comics, videogames and whatever I tend to dream about, which is very lucid so there is that.

You mentioned other influences, such as videogames and dreams, do you want to tell us more?

That’s what this interview is, isn’t it? In terms of literature, my main influences are Sir Terry Prattchet, Lovecraft, a bit of Asimov and G.R.R. Martin, Celtic, Mexican, Japanese and Native American mythology and World History. As for the others, I feel inspired by Final Fantasy 6 & 8, Secret of Mana (all JRPGs [Japanese Roleplaying Games - Ed]), and superhero comics such as Green Arrow, Iron Man, Nextwave and Batman. And JK Rowling is a role model of sorts for me as writer, in terms of how she developed and trusted her ideas and how she managed her brand.

Those are a lot of influences.

Apparently and according to my therapist, I also have ADHD, so I need to keep busy and the easiest way is reading as much as possible.

What are you reading right now?

Abomination by Gary Whitta and The Martian by Andy Weir.

How long have you been writing fiction, and what gave you the impetus to become a published writer?

I think since I learned to write. My mom still has some of those earlier, innocent stories with puppies. But since high school I have this need to write, to create worlds, or better said world as in the case of my novel Tempest Blade that I hope someday expands not only in a series of books and RPGs. And this need requires a lot of effort, so to honor that effort, I had to get these ideas out so others can read them, comment them and hopefully like and share them. It transformed from therapy to this need to leave a legacy for my, for my family, for my future children. My dream is to have a book with my name on the cover and share this wonderful world I have in my mind and that I visit in my free time.

What do you most enjoy about your own work?

Tough question, since I’m my worst critic. Maybe that’s why it has taken my so many years to seriously start Tempest Blades after going through several iterations, so many that Stephen probably hates them by now. I don’t like my stories to sound cheesy or forced. They have to feel real. But what I enjoy the most is the worldbuilding, the character developing and trying to come with clever quips. It is a fun process inside my head since the characters have taken life by themselves and now I tend to have discussions with them in politics, history and science.

What are you most trying to convey in your story?

First, I would like to write the kind of stories I would like to read. To share this sense of wonder, fun, sometimes fear, sometime love, discovery and epicness that I felt when I was younger watching cartoons and anime, reading fantasy books. I want to recapture that joy of live that makes you get up no matter how hard you get knocked down and face that giant monster no matter the odds while joking away. That’s what I’m doing in my novel and that is what I did with Silver Horn, which was a micro-experiment in that regard, mainly written for a local contest, and in its original version –in Spanish - got blessed with winning first prize in that contest, which to be honest was unexpected, since one of my best friends since high school was participating and he is by far a more accomplished writer with a couple of awards in his belt. Maybe that explains our current rivalry. Silver Horn is probably my only story so far that I can read again and smile without being overtly critical. And ended being canon in my Tempest Blade setting, since Fraog, the protagonist of Silver Horn, is now the dad of my main character.

From the other stories in the publication, which one most attracted you, and why?

It would be unfair to pick just one as all of them are great stories and all the authors are my friends, so it is tricky to choose one or another. But if I have to pick one I would say that Bear Trap Grave by Brent. At first I admit I had hard time reading it, but after it got finished I enjoyed it as much. It reminded me a lot of the maudlin atmosphere in the stories by Fenimore Cooper and Algernon Blackwood and for some reason that kind of stories with society outliers tend to get me emotionally when and if they are well written.

This is the first publication for Inklings Press. What future plans are there?

First, get the word around on Tales from the Tavern, as it is a project I believe in and want to be as successful as possible. Second, we are working on a Mystery/Horror anthology aimed to be out by Halloween/Day of the Death, so I’m gonna flex my muscles with a Lovecraftian story inspired by the Day of Death and the mystic lore of the northern desert of Mexico. That story has a funny history behind it, which is a topic for another day. On the other hand, the cover is already designed and is using a photo I took, which means I will become as well a published photographer. Third, try to finish the first draft of Tempest Blade so I can annoy Stephen and Brent with revisions and then aim for publishing and work of the sequel and some other short stories I have in mind.

Thank you for your time.

Not a problem. Now I need to go and find something to eat. Being creative makes me hungry.

Tales From The Tavern, featuring stories by Leo McBride, Brent A. Harris, Alei Kotdaishura, Matthew Harvey and Ricardo Victoria, is available on Amazon here.

To find out more about Inklings Press, visit http://www.inklingspress.com/

Devil in the detail - Daredevil episode 11: The Path Of The Righteous

A look back over the Daredevil series on Netflix - including spoilers.

Everything falls apart

It's not a good time to be Wilson Fisk. Like the man-mountain he is, he bursts into the hospital at the start of the episode, carrying his beloved Vanessa, felled at the end of the last episode by the poison in the champagne at the party. "Do you know who I am?" he roars to the hospital staff, but is proven powerless in the face of an enemy he can't punch, he can't outmanoeuvre, he can't buy - and is left standing dejected in front of a tiny nurse who blocks the way of the most feared man in Hell's Kitchen.

At this stage, Owlsley looks to be the leading contender for who put the poison in the drinks - he's protesting a little too much to be innocent. Vanessa lives... for now, though several other party guests die. And Wesley sets about trying to be the strong figure taking care of business while Fisk falls apart - a move that doesn't pay off at all...

Superhero v supervillain

Gladiator - Melvin Potter - cropped up earlier in the series as the tailor for the Kingpin - and now he and Daredevil go toe-to-toe. Much as in the comic books, the fight ends up being half-hearted as it is revealed that Fisk is making Gladiator work for him by threatening Betsy, the woman he loves. (In the comics, that's Betsy Beatty, his therapist. Later, she becomes his wife in the comics)

During the fight, Gladiator throws a saw blade at Daredevil, which is a nice Easter egg as the character in the comics carries throwable saw blades at times.

The two come to an agreement, and Potter promises to make a suit for Daredevil. No, more than a suit. As Daredevil says, "A symbol."

Karen takes centre stage

For much of the series, Karen Page has been shunted off to the side of the story and too often appears to be a victim. Here, however, she steps right up. First, she calls in on Matt and sees right through his "got hit by a truck" story and calls him out on it. Then, she pushes at Ben Urich to tell the story of Fisk having killed his father, though Ben rightly points out that won't work yet. She also confronts Foggy to pull him out of his funk and ask him what's going on between him and Matt. Things then take a turn for the worse. A tearful call follows between Karen and Ben, with Karen saying "Thank you for being there... for caring." This comes after Wesley discovers that Karen visited Fisk's mother and you just know the set-up is on for Karen to become a victim again... and then she isn't.

Karen is captured by Wesley, that much is true, who has armed himself with a gun from one of Fisk's lackeys. She wakes in a room and facing a very grisly fate, it would seem. Wesley is in charge of the situation, in control. He tells her she was supposed to fade to "wherever you people fade". She asks: "Is that supposed to scare me?" Wesley calmly replies, "No. This is." And places the gun on the table. 

There's no Matt to come to the rescue here. No Foggy. And Karen doesn't need them. She discovers during the conversation that Wesley hasn't told Fisk about going to see his mother. She tells Wesley to kill her, Wesley keeps talking, but in a moment of distraction, Karen is able to seize the gun. Smiling, Wesley thinks he can talk his way out of it. Karen snaps back: "Do you really think this is the first time I've shot someone?"

And puts six bullets into his chest. 

Oh. Good. Grief. 

End of episode. Cliffhanger leaves you waiting...

A Q&A with author Leo McBride

Author Leo McBride - the pen name of Altered Instinct host Stephen Hunt - has a story featured in the new fantasy anthology Tales From The Tavern, published by Inklings Press. The book is newly available on Amazon, also featuring Brent A. Harris, a California-based writer, Mexican writers Alei Kotdaishura and Ricardo Victoria, and UK-based writer Matthew Harvey. Inklings Press caught up with Leo for a Q&A about the project. 

Inklings Press started out as a group of fellow writers encouraging one another – how did that project help you?

Honestly, when it started out, I wasn't sure where it was going. I thought it was a bit of editing advice here, a bit of writing advice there. But thanks to the persistence of Ricardo Victoria initially and then Brent A. Harris, it grew from a little bit of chat between us to a real drive towards getting published. I really have to take my hat off to them, they were inspirational, and I mean that even though I'm sure they're blushing if they read this. Later, Alei Kotdaishura and Matthew Harvey came on board. There's a couple of others bubbling under too who may well join in for later work - but I won't mention them until they're ready to come forward. It's a real encouragement to see people eager for your work, though, and a little daunting when I see what they are capable of too!

Your group is scattered quite widely around the world – was that a problem? How did you manage to keep one another on track?

It wasn't really. Time zones were perhaps the only awkwardness - but then given my weird working hours, that probably helped. Here I was on east coast US time but finishing up at midnight at work meant it was still mid-evening for my fellow writers. Except for poor old Matthew who was snoozing away in the small hours in the UK! But no, we nudged one another along through Facebook and Twitter, each of us understood deadlines for getting particular tasks carried out by and here we are, with the first collection published, which feels kind of magical, I have to say. 

Does your location play into the kind of fiction you write? Are you inspired by your surroundings? If not, what has proven to be your inspiration?

Yes and no. It depends on the story, really. For example, there's a horror story I'm working on at the moment that is absolutely, 100% inspired by some local myths here in The Bahamas, and another sci-fi story that draws on the island locations. But for the story published in Tales From The Tavern, that was very much inspired by an old gaming session with friends. I wanted to shake out the characters which may at some point feature in a fantasy novel I've been tinkering with, and putting them in a short story really gave a chance to feel who the characters were and how they interacted with one another - even if one of them might not be very likeable! 

How long have you been writing fiction, and what gave you the impetus to become a published writer?

I've been writing fiction forever, since I was a little kid still learning to write letters. Over the years, that creative impulse has been redirected in different ways, but more recently, the drive to actually get more focused on the writing came through the NaNoWriMo project. For those who don't know, that's the National Novel Writing Month - every year, there's a challenge to complete a novel in a month. Now, I've never been close to completing the whole thing, but taking part really helped me shape my writing again and just to get on with doing it. The local co-ordinator here, Alicia Wallace, is full of drive and energy which is so infectious. From that, I am very well on with Fresh Blood, the novel I set about creating that first year in NaNoWriMo and which I hope to wrap up this year for publication. There's nothing quite like people asking "How much more have you done?" for nudging you along the right path. 

What do you most enjoy about your own work?

Now that's a tough one. I agonise over my own work, so it's not easy. But what I do enjoy is being able to express myself and my ideas and hopefully tantalise readers and make them want more.

What are you most trying to convey in your story?

In A Taste For Battle, from my perspective, it was all about two things, establishing character and starting some world building. These characters are likely to return at some point and so I wanted to see how they interacted, see them as friends of sorts, even if they make bad decisions and might not entirely be honest all the time. 

From the other stories in the publication, which one most attracted you, and why?

It was a pleasure reading them all, of course, but the one that stuck with me most from the book was True Story, by Alei Kotdaishura. It played around with expectations, had a lovely, warm humour to it, and left me with no idea how it was going to finish up. A lovely concoction of a story. It was the first story I've read by Alei, so I'm looking forward to reading more. 

This is the first publication for Inklings Press. What future plans are there?

Earlier on, I mentioned working on a horror story at the moment, which I'm hoping might feature in the next collection by Inklings Press, which will be a horror anthology aimed for around Hallowe'en. The idea over at Inklings is to try to serve as a platform for new writers and new work, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops as it grows. It's a pleasure to open up a book with no idea of what to expect from the writers and where the stories will go. As future plans go, that's one I very much want to see turn to reality.

Tales From The Tavern, featuring stories by Leo McBride, Brent A. Harris, Alei Kotdaishura, Matthew Harvey and Ricardo Victoria, is available on Amazon here.

To find out more about Inklings Press, visit http://www.inklingspress.com/

Tomorrow, fellow author Ricardo Victoria will join us for a Q&A on the blog. 

The process of self-publishing

THE past week has seen my writing feature in not one, but two books on Amazon - and both have gone through the self-publishing route.

Here's the shameless plug bit - the first one, Quartet, a collection of four stories of mine, is available here   while the second, Tales From The Tavern, a fantasy anthology featuring writers from around the world including one story of mine, is available here.

But a shameless plug isn't the point of the post. Rather, I thought I'd talk you through the process of self-publishing - because it seems like a very intimidating thing to do, but isn't as scary as you might think.

The first task is the hardest one: write. Creating work that you think is ready to put in front of others and ask them not only what they think but to put down money to find out if they like it can be a frightening prospect. But if you want to write, then you more than likely want to find out what others think of your work. I'm also presuming that if you're reading this then you've reached the point of wanting to make your work widely available to others - so you most likely have some writing ready to go.

The second task is to ask if it is really ready. Editing the work is crucial. When you read what you have written, you don't read what you actually wrote but what you think you wrote. Nuances that you may not have noticed in the writing, outright errors, unfortunate double meanings can all be easily missed by the writer as they re-read their own work. So you need extra eyes - ideally a couple of readers and an out-and-out editor who will sit there with pen and paper and mark up anything out of place or that jars. People will be put off by errors as they read, especially if you've asked them to pay for it! Think how annoyed you would be to find typos or mistakes in a book you have bought and be professional enough to eradicate them from your own work. Where to find an editor? I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by editors in my working environment - I'm a journalist - but if you don't have anyone you can call on then it's worth considering paying someone to edit your work. There's various avenues of doing so - from freelance sites to recommendations from other writers. Which avenue you choose is of course up to you - but just remember the end goal of a polished product.

Once your writing is complete, you will need a cover - again, there's various ways of doing this but remember for your design that it will appear as a small thumbnail on Amazon. Make the words stand out so that they are readable and accessible.

Compile your completed work as a Word-compatible document. You may also need to add a table of contents. Amazon recommends following the steps here to complete that. A table of contents can help your reader navigate their way through your book, to hop to another chapter quickly and easily.

Then it's a simple matter of logging on to your Amazon account and going to the Amazon Kindle Direct section. You link up your account to Kindle Direct and then go to the bookshelf where you are given the option of adding a new title for sale. You will need to fill in some tax information for the US if you're using Amazon.com - that's my base area so I had to, I can't vouch for what happens if you're not, but then that is the biggest Amazon market so for availability you'll likely want to. That process is simple, and can all be completed online with straightforward questions and answers. Make sure you're logged on from a secure location though - filling in tax questions is not the thing to do from a web cafe!

After the essential paperwork is completed, Amazon then asks you to fill in the information about the book - title, author, etc - and upload your completed document. You upload the cover image as a separate file, and it asks you to do that.

Once that is done, you click to complete the process and your document goes into a stage called REVIEWING. This is when the Amazon algorithms check to see if your document works, if it will convert fine into the mobi files that Kindle uses and all the other necessary checks to ensure that when Amazon sells the product that it works as intended.

Those checks completed, Amazon then moves the book to PUBLISHING status. This is the point at which it is placed in the various Amazon stores, keywords are added for searching and book description is added. When that is finished, the book moves to LIVE status.

For each of these stages, it says that it can take up to 72 hours for Amazon to complete the process. In practice, I've found that it takes two or three hours. You can sit there feverishly hitting refresh if you're a crazy obsessive like me. Or you can leisurely wait for Amazon to send you an email telling you the process is complete.

Upon publication, the next area you will be checking regularly is the reports section, which will show you a chart of the daily progress of your sales and a summary of the amount of royalties received in each currency. You'll need a way of course for Amazon to be able to send you money, but there are various options for that.

And that's it. From start to finish, from pen on page to customers purchasing from you over the internet. Of course, now comes the hard part... convincing people to buy your book. But that? That's a whole different story.

NOW AVAILABLE: Quartet - four short stories of the fantastic

An old man on the run from a kingdom's knights...

A young boy with a strange relationship to a grandfather clock...

A photographer who may have captured more than it seems in his work...

A homeless man who may be more than he seems.

Four stories. Four tales of the fantastic. Four opportunities to explore horizons.

These are the four stories making up Quartet, now available to buy on Amazon, featuring the work of author Leo McBride.

You can buy the ebook here.

We'd love to hear your feedback too, so let us know what you think - either with an Amazon review or in the comments below.

If you'd like a sample of my fiction, try out the free short story Vote Change here.

Comments about Quartet from readers:

"Spending a lovely Bank Holiday with my Kindle.

Have just read 'The Quartet' by new author Leo McBride, aka Stephen Hunt, available at Amazon.co.uk. Not my usual genre, but very enjoyable and thought provoking!"

"Really enjoyed 'The Quartet', especially 'Percy'. Enjoyed the historical twist! However you can't leave it there - what happens next!!"

Let me know what you think - for good or ill! Be delighted to hear from you.