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Joe Ledger #2.2 - Changeling
Midnight Echo Issue 9
Edited by Geoff Brown aka GN Braun, Midnight Echo Issue 9 features more than 100 pages of fiction, art, interviews, book releases, and more!
Table of Contents:
Literature:
Changeling by Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger #2.2)
Black Train Blues by James A. Moore
Black Peter by Martin Livings
The Road by Amanda J. Spedding
Coffee Rings by Kristin Dearborn
The Wee Folk by J.G. Faherty
From the Forebears by Steven Gepp
Little Boy, Little Girl, Lost in the Woods by Mark Patrick Lynch
The Fathomed Wreck to See by Alan Baxter
Poetry:
Ganesh by Talie Helene
Comic:
Allure of the Ancients; The Key to His Kingdom - story by Mark Farrugia, illustrations by Greg Chapman
Special Features:
The Mythology of Mid-World by Robin Furth (non-fiction)
Russian Field of Mysteries by Tony Vilgotsky (non-fiction)
An Interview with James A Moore
An Interview with Mel Gannon
Regular Features:
A Word from the AHWA President - Geoff Brown
Tartarus - Danny Lovecraft (poetry column)
Pix and Panels - Mark Farrugia (comic column)
Black Roads, Dark Highways #4 - Andrew McKiernan (column)
Celluloid Nightmares - Mark Smith-Briggs
Sinister Reads (all the latest releases from AHWA members)
Table of Contents:
Literature:
Changeling by Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger #2.2)
Black Train Blues by James A. Moore
Black Peter by Martin Livings
The Road by Amanda J. Spedding
Coffee Rings by Kristin Dearborn
The Wee Folk by J.G. Faherty
From the Forebears by Steven Gepp
Little Boy, Little Girl, Lost in the Woods by Mark Patrick Lynch
The Fathomed Wreck to See by Alan Baxter
Poetry:
Ganesh by Talie Helene
Comic:
Allure of the Ancients; The Key to His Kingdom - story by Mark Farrugia, illustrations by Greg Chapman
Special Features:
The Mythology of Mid-World by Robin Furth (non-fiction)
Russian Field of Mysteries by Tony Vilgotsky (non-fiction)
An Interview with James A Moore
An Interview with Mel Gannon
Regular Features:
A Word from the AHWA President - Geoff Brown
Tartarus - Danny Lovecraft (poetry column)
Pix and Panels - Mark Farrugia (comic column)
Black Roads, Dark Highways #4 - Andrew McKiernan (column)
Celluloid Nightmares - Mark Smith-Briggs
Sinister Reads (all the latest releases from AHWA members)
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About the author
Geoff Brown
87 books129 followersGeoff Brown aka G.N. Braun is an Australian writer and twice Australian Shadows Award finalist-editor raised in Melbourne’s gritty Western Suburbs.
He is a trained nurse, and holds a Cert. IV in Professional Writing and Editing, as well as a Dip. Arts (Professional Writing and Editing).
At graduation, Brown was awarded ‘Vocational Student of the Year’ and ‘2012 Student of the Year’ by his college.
He writes fiction across various genres, and is the author of many published short stories. He has had numerous articles published in newspapers, both regional and metropolitan. He is the past president of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2011-2013), as well as the past director of the Australian Shadows Awards. He was an editor and columnist for UK site This is Horror, and the guest editor for Midnight Echo #9.
His memoir, Hammered, was released in early 2012 by Legumeman Books and has been extensively reviewed. It has been expanded on for rerelease in 2019.
He is the co-founder/director of Cohesion Press and Asylum Ghost Tours.
He is a trained nurse, and holds a Cert. IV in Professional Writing and Editing, as well as a Dip. Arts (Professional Writing and Editing).
At graduation, Brown was awarded ‘Vocational Student of the Year’ and ‘2012 Student of the Year’ by his college.
He writes fiction across various genres, and is the author of many published short stories. He has had numerous articles published in newspapers, both regional and metropolitan. He is the past president of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2011-2013), as well as the past director of the Australian Shadows Awards. He was an editor and columnist for UK site This is Horror, and the guest editor for Midnight Echo #9.
His memoir, Hammered, was released in early 2012 by Legumeman Books and has been extensively reviewed. It has been expanded on for rerelease in 2019.
He is the co-founder/director of Cohesion Press and Asylum Ghost Tours.
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July 16, 2013
I've been a fan of the magazine of the AHWA (Astralian Horror Writers Association) since issue 5 and here we are at issue 9 of this great quarterly.
Over the last year or so, I've discovered a number of new writers either directly or indirectly through the pages of Midnight Echo and issue 9 is no exception.
Between the covers of the Myths & Ledgends issue from May of 2013 I found "Black Peter." a haunting story of racism and monsters set in Bari Italy from Martin Livings, "Ltttle Boy, Little Girl, Lost in the Woods," sort of an old school fairy tale of a couple unable to have children from Mark Patrick Lynch, and "The Fathomed Wreck To See," a fanciful story of a lost man and an enchanting siren. All great tales from writers I may have never read had it not been for Midnight Echo.
In addition to many new voices for me there were several stories from other writers I already admire. For example, James A. Moore has a story here about a ghost train called, "Black Train Blues." How can you go wrong with a ghost train? There's a fun story about "The Wee Folk" from JG Faherty, and a terrific Joe Ledger short from Jonathan Maberry entitled, "Changeling." That one has a killer opening line, "The world keeps trying to kill me."
In addition to the stories, Midnight Echo also includes author interviews, poetry and topnotch artwork. Just look at that cover.
Midnight Echo 9 is available for the Kindle for under 3 bucks or the print format is available from www.midnightechomagazine.com.
Strongly recommended.
Over the last year or so, I've discovered a number of new writers either directly or indirectly through the pages of Midnight Echo and issue 9 is no exception.
Between the covers of the Myths & Ledgends issue from May of 2013 I found "Black Peter." a haunting story of racism and monsters set in Bari Italy from Martin Livings, "Ltttle Boy, Little Girl, Lost in the Woods," sort of an old school fairy tale of a couple unable to have children from Mark Patrick Lynch, and "The Fathomed Wreck To See," a fanciful story of a lost man and an enchanting siren. All great tales from writers I may have never read had it not been for Midnight Echo.
In addition to many new voices for me there were several stories from other writers I already admire. For example, James A. Moore has a story here about a ghost train called, "Black Train Blues." How can you go wrong with a ghost train? There's a fun story about "The Wee Folk" from JG Faherty, and a terrific Joe Ledger short from Jonathan Maberry entitled, "Changeling." That one has a killer opening line, "The world keeps trying to kill me."
In addition to the stories, Midnight Echo also includes author interviews, poetry and topnotch artwork. Just look at that cover.
Midnight Echo 9 is available for the Kindle for under 3 bucks or the print format is available from www.midnightechomagazine.com.
Strongly recommended.
January 10, 2014
Yet another fantastic issue of Midnight Echo. I DO have a story in it, but you can skip that one... my favourite stories were "The Road" by AJ Spedding, which was rich in confusing but somehow almost comprehensible symbolism, and Alan Baxter's "The Fathomed Wreck to See".
June 25, 2015
This was an excellent addition to the series. No complaints at all.
June 27, 2021
I didn't read the whole thing, just the audio version of Changeling by Jonathan Maberry. This is a short story that you can listen to without the rest of the Joe Ledger series, but you'd appreciate it a LOT more as a story if you had already read books one and two of the Joe Ledger series. It takes place after book two, and will have spoilers for the end of that book if you listen to it out of order.
I won't talk about those spoilers. The Joe Ledger series is about a very gifted but still human former detective who is recruited to an extremely secret service in charge of stopping world-ending pandemics and other terrorist actions.
In this short story, some scientists are trying to create soldiers that can change form as needed to make them even more dangerous, and Joe is sent in to figure out why the scientists went missing.
It's a decent enough story and if you just finished book two and then the short story about Joe and his new dog, you really want to listen to it and find out how he's doing.
I won't talk about those spoilers. The Joe Ledger series is about a very gifted but still human former detective who is recruited to an extremely secret service in charge of stopping world-ending pandemics and other terrorist actions.
In this short story, some scientists are trying to create soldiers that can change form as needed to make them even more dangerous, and Joe is sent in to figure out why the scientists went missing.
It's a decent enough story and if you just finished book two and then the short story about Joe and his new dog, you really want to listen to it and find out how he's doing.
July 31, 2021
Only read Changeling by Jonathan Maberry- his Joe Ledger series is absolutely addictive!
November 27, 2021
Read The Changeling.
August 7, 2013
Midnight Echo is the official magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association. Midnight Echo comes out about twice a year. Each issue contains over 100 pages of horror literature, art, poetry, a regular column on understanding poetry, author interviews, articles on movies and a vampire comic called Allure of the Ancients which is illustrated by Greg Chapman.
The theme for issue 9 of Midnight Echo is mythology. The issue contains an article on Russian mythology and every story in the magazine deals with mythological creatures. Some of the stories in this magazine include Changeling by Jonathan Mayberry which is about shape shifters, The Wee Folk by JG Faherty about a group of little people who live in the woods and kill those who bother them and there is another great story by the name of Little Boy, Little Girl Lost In The Woods by Mark Patrick Lynch which gets into witches and Hansel and Gretel. This story shows how much fun fairy tales can be with a horror twist thrown in.
My favorite story is The Fathomed Wreck To See by Alan Baxter which takes a look at the myth of Sirens. This story is so amazingly good that I’m dying to ruin it so I can talk about it, but I won’t because I really think you should buy Midnight Echo issue 9 and read it for yourself. The story is about a man named Dylan who is having problems with his wife and a Siren who wants Dylan to herself. This is a love story but it looks at the dark side of love and is not one of those make you feel good kind of love stories.
Proving that Midnight Echo is not your normal horror magazine is the regular column called Tartarus by Charles Lovecraft which helps explain how metre and resonance are used in dark poetry. There is also a great article on movies based on Australian myths including films about a haunted house and one about an Aboriginal spirit that feeds on animals, women and children called the Bunyip. The magazine also includes articles on Middle Earth mythology, an interview with the creator of the comic Killeroo and an interview with author James A Moore.
Midnight Echo is an excellent horror magazine. This magazine is for the hard-core horror fan, the type that can’t go to long without reading a good horror story or watching a horror movie. It’s also for the people who are always on the look out for great horror fiction, art, and interviews with the people who make them. If you’re not a hard-core horror fan you might not be able to appreciate it, but If you live and breathe horror, you owe it to yourself to buy a copy.
The theme for issue 9 of Midnight Echo is mythology. The issue contains an article on Russian mythology and every story in the magazine deals with mythological creatures. Some of the stories in this magazine include Changeling by Jonathan Mayberry which is about shape shifters, The Wee Folk by JG Faherty about a group of little people who live in the woods and kill those who bother them and there is another great story by the name of Little Boy, Little Girl Lost In The Woods by Mark Patrick Lynch which gets into witches and Hansel and Gretel. This story shows how much fun fairy tales can be with a horror twist thrown in.
My favorite story is The Fathomed Wreck To See by Alan Baxter which takes a look at the myth of Sirens. This story is so amazingly good that I’m dying to ruin it so I can talk about it, but I won’t because I really think you should buy Midnight Echo issue 9 and read it for yourself. The story is about a man named Dylan who is having problems with his wife and a Siren who wants Dylan to herself. This is a love story but it looks at the dark side of love and is not one of those make you feel good kind of love stories.
Proving that Midnight Echo is not your normal horror magazine is the regular column called Tartarus by Charles Lovecraft which helps explain how metre and resonance are used in dark poetry. There is also a great article on movies based on Australian myths including films about a haunted house and one about an Aboriginal spirit that feeds on animals, women and children called the Bunyip. The magazine also includes articles on Middle Earth mythology, an interview with the creator of the comic Killeroo and an interview with author James A Moore.
Midnight Echo is an excellent horror magazine. This magazine is for the hard-core horror fan, the type that can’t go to long without reading a good horror story or watching a horror movie. It’s also for the people who are always on the look out for great horror fiction, art, and interviews with the people who make them. If you’re not a hard-core horror fan you might not be able to appreciate it, but If you live and breathe horror, you owe it to yourself to buy a copy.
May 18, 2022
As I am unable to get a copy of this fairly rare book, this review is solely for the Jonathan Maberry short story Changeling, also collected in Joe Ledger: The Missing Files. It is short story #2.2 in the Joe Ledger series, it is the immediate sequel to events in The Dragon Factory.
The start of this story details Joe's depression over the death of only the second woman he's loved and his struggle not to give in to his inner monster that just wants to lash out and kill to assuage the pain. It is real and heartfelt.
Church sends Joe to fix a problem with the Koenig Group, an offshoot division of DARPA that got privatized, then shut down. The group has Jakoby transgenic research and have received funding from North Koreans and Chinese for a project code named "Changeling" aimed at creating shapeshifting super soldiers. He is to partner with Barrier (UK's agency that inspired the DMS) agent Felicity Hope. What he finds down there is so fantastic yet horrible that I have no words to describe it, and can only provide some images, in the spoilers.
The start of this story details Joe's depression over the death of only the second woman he's loved and his struggle not to give in to his inner monster that just wants to lash out and kill to assuage the pain. It is real and heartfelt.
Church sends Joe to fix a problem with the Koenig Group, an offshoot division of DARPA that got privatized, then shut down. The group has Jakoby transgenic research and have received funding from North Koreans and Chinese for a project code named "Changeling" aimed at creating shapeshifting super soldiers. He is to partner with Barrier (UK's agency that inspired the DMS) agent Felicity Hope. What he finds down there is so fantastic yet horrible that I have no words to describe it, and can only provide some images, in the spoilers.
July 22, 2013
This is a great edition of Midnight Echo. The theme of myth and legend is presented in a subtle fashion with the authors taking old stories in new directions. There's also a great many non fiction pieces to discover. Highly recommended.
June 13, 2013
Only read Jonathan MaBerry's short Joe Ledger story. It is actually the entire reason I bought the e-magazine.
Great story!
Great story!
August 26, 2013
Great stories, loved the reworking of myths and legends. Also loved Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger story!
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