Dreamtime Dragons

by Nils Nisse Visser, Mary R. Woldering, Jaq D. Hawkins

Stories, drabbles and sample chapters; the Dreamtime dragon authors are a collective of storytellers brought together by their love of Fantasy in all it's guises.

Travel the Wyrde Wood with a giant wyrm or defend a pod of humpback whales with a dragon, explore the deepest goblin caverns, search for a dragon egg in the midst of a Viking raid or in a post-apocalyptic city where five gold coins is the price for the prize you seek!

Explore imaginary worlds with creatures of Fantasy and dragons... lots of dragons! Noble dragons, funny dragons, cloud dragons, spirit dragons and even a revenge dragon!

Humour, drama, mythology and more await in 12 stories and drabbles, plus 8 novel excerpts that will lead you to your next great Fantasy read! Find the Dreamtime Dragon authors on Facebook in the group, Dreamtime Tale Fantasy! ALL proceeds have been pledged to the Abington Ferret Refuge in Northamptonshire.

Included in this volume you'll

101 Ways to Use a Dragon ( A work in progress by Nav Logan):
A young Irish student goes on a quest to find his own dragon, much to the chargrin of his mother, his neighbours, and most of all his landlady, Mrs. O.

Shandikaar by Guy
An excerpt from Of Dragons and Men

Hauling Fire by A.J.
Running a haulage firm can be difficult at the best of times, but when you are tasked with hauling something for a wizard you may not want to see what's in the crate.

Cloud Dragons by Jaq D
Airship pirates flee from enemies both real and imagined... or is the monster in the clouds real?

Modern Dragon and The View from the Other Side by Assaph
Two pieces of flash fiction, that will challenge your view of dragons.

The Wyrm in the Tarn by Nils (Nisse)
An excerpt from Escape from Neverland (Book One of the Lord of the Wyrde Woods series)

A Soft Spot for Dragons by Marc Vun
An excerpt from Tales of Uncle, book three of the Flame in the Bowl series

Cold and With Dragons by Jonathan
A dragon drabble

At the Red Boar by Rick
An excerpt from Heroes Never Fade

Red Fire Dragon by Benjamin
An excerpt from Death of Magick

Arthur and the Egg by Leslie
What would you do if you woke up one day to a dragon standing at the edge of your city?

Ana's Dream of Flying by Mary
A young black girl in 1961 in Memphis discovers the truth about her art, its connection to other realms, and a long lost dragon spirit who has been looking for her.

The Offering by Jonathan
A short tale of love, honour and revenge, with a malevolent dragon thrown in for good measure.

Gold is Everything by Rick
Olav is consumed by his one true love, and he’ll do anything, even kill, to satisfy his desires.

Free Will by Nav
An excerpt from The Black Knights of Crom Cruach (The Stormbringer Saga Book Two)

Fear and Heat by Jaq D Hawkins
An excerpt from Demoniac Dance, book two of The Goblin Trilogy

Biters by Guy
An excerpt from Songs of Autumn

The Dragon Raid by Nav
A drabble

Freósan Draka Treów by Nils Nisse
Lewinna Wulfgardohter has yearned to follow in her father’s footsteps all her life, but she can’t because she is a girl. When events conspire to make her wish come true, she is struck by doubts in the face of immediate and present danger.

Genres: Fantasy

247 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 30, 2017

About the author

Spent childhood and youth abroad in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. Didn't have much to show for it at the end of the road, except for some great experiences, a host of friends, and a spoonful of English. Being fundamentally lazy, tried to make a living with the language skills of the latter, rather than learning new tricks or developing fresh skills. I.e. secondary school teacher of English at various Dutch secondary schools. However, my insistence that education should be fun in order to be effective didn't really fit in with a system that is geared to paperwork rather than pupils.

Currently trying to make a living as a full-time writer in Brighton, UK.

Reviews

[W.C. Quick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceeded all my expectations

I am already a follower of three of these fine writers and looked forward to the release of this Dragonfest anthology. Some of the stories are flash fiction, ranging from humorous to pleasantly disturbing. They are all filled with striking imagery, heat and passion. For Dragon fans, this collection is well your time

[Hilary Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a taster to a range of great authors, this book is an ideal starting place. Don't worry about the comment about sample chapters - these chapters are all stand-alone and won't leave you feeling cheated on a cliff's edge. I've read at least one book by each of these authors before and can say that the book is a fair reflection of their writing styles though it was rewarding to see some authors (waves to Mary) writing outside of her usual time and period and to get short stories to support the books from others (waves to Nils). I think regardless of your choice in reading fantasy, there will be something to take your fancy - dragons come in modern, mythological, historical and epic fantasy modes. They are real, physiological and make your own mind up. Not all will have you for dinner but all are true dragons. It is hard for the author in this world where the big publishing houses seem to stick to tried and tested paths - it is very good to see authors provide handrails and ropes so people can explore the less well travelled paths. I hope you will join them and find hidden spots of wonder. As a bonus, all their profits go to an animal rescue - easier than splitting hopefully more than meagre profits between 12 authors and the 3 illustrators who have created a fantastic cover. Pity Guy Fawkes is past as reading of dragon while rockets bang and fill their air with smoke and flame was a bonus.

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOOO BOY!! I mean, I know I am one of the contributing authors in this, and I’d read a couple things to participate in the editing process, but it wasn’t everything, so I was really interested in finding out what everyone else had written.

OH MY LORT SO MUCH AMAZING!! Navy Logan is DEFINITELY going on my Author Radar. His “101 Uses For A Dragon” so endearing and chaotic and wonderful, Sir Terry Pratchett couldn’t have done any better! Always a pleasure to read Nils Visser—his deep-seeded fantastical folklore will haunt your dreams! The sample chapters included in this compilation had me SALIVATING. Such glorious imagery, and unique perspectives on dragon lore—a wonderful experience, and well worth the price of admission for these few things alone, to say nothing of the fun and fascinating drabbles, too!

[Lora Milton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an outstanding collection of stories, all having to do with dragons in some way. The stories are from twelve different authors so styles vary, but there wasn't a dud in the bunch. One by the editor was written in present tense, but it was actually done well which is rare.

I've read a few of the authors before so I knew I could expect above average quality for at least some, but I was pleasantly surprised overall. I've added A,J. Noon to my favorite author list and sent for samples of his other work. I do like a bit of humor in my Fantasy!

The editing was also above average, even for big publisher books. I counted four minor typos for the whole book, plus two in the author bio section. I bet they didn't check there!

It was an enjoyable collection and included sample chapters from some of the authors' other books as well, but they were self-contained segments that didn't leave me wondering what was going on.

It's also good knowing that any money generated from the project is going to a ferret rescue center. So a good read and something to help animals. Win-win! And the cover art on the paperback version is amazing!

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of first chapters, excerpts, a few short stories and other samples from various writers. As with any sampling -- some were excellent and some left much to be desired.

Overall it wasn't a bad read and it was a nice way to sample the writing of multiple authors. I was a bit surprised once I started reading, since I clicked on a post on facebook that presented this as an anthology (which it isn't) and didn't bother to read the description on amazon and instead just clicked "buy" so I was expecting a collection of complete stories.