Winter's Eye

by Martin E. Brandt II (editor), Brandon Barrows, Tommy Brownell

There are few objects that have survived the history of mankind. They are the rarest relics of our darkest primordial past. Once such item is the Winter’s Eye. No one knows the shape it takes and the histories of it contradict what its power may be. None of this matters as people crave power and tend to never question the cost till it’s too late. Throughout time, space and dimension the Winter’s Eye has traveled. Here in lies the stories, fragmented chronicles, of its twisted tale. The creative teams of Brandon Barrows, Amanda Orneck, Gianfranco Staltari, Kay, Tommy Brownell, Ionic, Martin Brandt, Charles Dowd, Ben Soto and more spin together a twisted web of short stories giving a glimpse of the Winter’s Eye.

66 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2013

About the author

Martin E Brandt has created and written several comic book series over the years. He co-created and wrote the comic Kidthulhu: Tales of Madness, a successfully funded project on Kickstarter in 2015 and the second issue in 2016.

Martin has a fondness for mythology, folklore, and horror that inspired his first published work Grim Furry Tales: Seeds. He was among the winners of Small Press Idol for creating and writing Stitchwork. Martin has also created and curated several small press graphic novel anthologies that include Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future, Grim Crew Presents Winter's Eye, and Extraordinary.

Outside of writing, you can find Martin raising his daughters with his wife, supporting the technology needs of journalists in DC, and obsessing over game design and mechanics.

Reviews

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection of stories all relate to an artifact called the Winter's Eye, which is strangely inconsistent between stories (in one case it's literally eyes on a man's body, while in others it's a necklace or a pearl). The item occasionally is important, but in other cases it's just a cameo. The stories range from weird (an alternate version of Robert Plant is carrying on Jim Morrison's legacy, but killed by Gangsta rappers) to just dark (a story about a gambler's debts goes very dark very quickly). The art is serviceable but not impressive, and I had serious issues reading the fonts in several stories. This is something I only picked up because it was on Kindle Unlimited. For that, it's okay, but I wouldn't recommend anyone go out of their way to find it.