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On Fire
BURN, BABY, BURN
Capable of creation and destruction, fire burns within us.
Behind the thick, black smoke of our lives, we blaze with our own unique flame.
While love compels some, others feed greed and lust into their hearths.
A tool for the deft hand, used with magic or as a weapon, but irresponsibility leaves deep burns and promises dreadful consequences.
ON FIRE brings to light twenty-five tales that explore this unpredictable yet beautiful element.
Handle with care.
Capable of creation and destruction, fire burns within us.
Behind the thick, black smoke of our lives, we blaze with our own unique flame.
While love compels some, others feed greed and lust into their hearths.
A tool for the deft hand, used with magic or as a weapon, but irresponsibility leaves deep burns and promises dreadful consequences.
ON FIRE brings to light twenty-five tales that explore this unpredictable yet beautiful element.
Handle with care.
456 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2017
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About the author
Anthony S. Buoni
19 books11 followersLiving and creating in New Orleans, Louisiana, Anthony S. Buoni haunts swamps and bayous along the Gulf of Mexico, writing, editing, producing, and lecturing about his craft. A practicing pagan, he's responsible for the BETWEEN THERE anthologies as well as his screenplay-novel, CONVERSION PARTY, available through PULPWOOD PRESS. Recently, he's co-edited and co-produced two exciting anthologies with Alisha Costanzo with their independent imprint, TRANSMUNDANE PRESS: DISTORTED: vol 1 and UNDERWATER: vol 1.
In the past, he produced the underground zine MEOW and the illustrated horror rag OUTRÉ from MEOW PRESS, and his work has appeared in WATERFRONT LIVING, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, and SMALL HAPPY. Currently writing a New Orleans monster novel as well as putting the final edits on novels featuring ghosts, zombies, and a café between life and death filled with secrets and philosophy. His next book, a collection of dark short stories, is due for publication in early 2016.
When not writing, Anthony is a Bourbon Street bartender and underground musician and DJ, drawing down the moon with new wave, trance, and melancholy tunes. Other interests include film, gardening, comic books, and playing video games with his son, Fallon.
In the past, he produced the underground zine MEOW and the illustrated horror rag OUTRÉ from MEOW PRESS, and his work has appeared in WATERFRONT LIVING, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, and SMALL HAPPY. Currently writing a New Orleans monster novel as well as putting the final edits on novels featuring ghosts, zombies, and a café between life and death filled with secrets and philosophy. His next book, a collection of dark short stories, is due for publication in early 2016.
When not writing, Anthony is a Bourbon Street bartender and underground musician and DJ, drawing down the moon with new wave, trance, and melancholy tunes. Other interests include film, gardening, comic books, and playing video games with his son, Fallon.
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May 28, 2018
A bit of horror, a touch of magic and bubble, bubble! (Evil laugh)
"Capable of creation and destruction, fire burns within us. Behind the thick, black smoke of our lives, we blaze with our own unique flame." Summer compelled by love but others are fueled by anger and hate. Their magic is vengeful and dangerous. This is the magic that comes to life in the pages of this book.
This is an anthology of 25 stories total. The stories are all very well written, each with the author's own individual style of course. The cover art is very beautiful and eye-catching. And all in all it was a delight to read.
The special thing about this book however, is that it is allowing me to do my very first spotlight segment... Rohit Sawant is the author who wrote the story entitled "Bunsen Burn and Beaker Bubble". He is the author that made this review possible.
In his story Don Langham is a jealous and spiteful sociopath who turned psychopath when he decides to set fire to one of his teachers houses. Through this tragedy a witch comes out of her broom closet to cast a revenge spell upon Don. No one could ever be THAT into Edgar Allan Poe's writing! (Evil laugh again).
Rohit's writing is a bit difficult to follow at first. He seems to take metaphors in creative writing to an extreme that not many are used to anymore. The very beautiful in its in its own right it seems to almost clash with the new age and edgy language that is used throughout the story. Those two elements separately however would make for a more easily understandable story.
The plot was amazing however and the story idea made me chuckle out loud. Very reminiscent of Poe himself. He would be very proud to have read your story Rohit! Bravo!
I would definitely look forward to reading more from this author as well as the other authors in this book.
"Capable of creation and destruction, fire burns within us. Behind the thick, black smoke of our lives, we blaze with our own unique flame." Summer compelled by love but others are fueled by anger and hate. Their magic is vengeful and dangerous. This is the magic that comes to life in the pages of this book.
This is an anthology of 25 stories total. The stories are all very well written, each with the author's own individual style of course. The cover art is very beautiful and eye-catching. And all in all it was a delight to read.
The special thing about this book however, is that it is allowing me to do my very first spotlight segment... Rohit Sawant is the author who wrote the story entitled "Bunsen Burn and Beaker Bubble". He is the author that made this review possible.
In his story Don Langham is a jealous and spiteful sociopath who turned psychopath when he decides to set fire to one of his teachers houses. Through this tragedy a witch comes out of her broom closet to cast a revenge spell upon Don. No one could ever be THAT into Edgar Allan Poe's writing! (Evil laugh again).
Rohit's writing is a bit difficult to follow at first. He seems to take metaphors in creative writing to an extreme that not many are used to anymore. The very beautiful in its in its own right it seems to almost clash with the new age and edgy language that is used throughout the story. Those two elements separately however would make for a more easily understandable story.
The plot was amazing however and the story idea made me chuckle out loud. Very reminiscent of Poe himself. He would be very proud to have read your story Rohit! Bravo!
I would definitely look forward to reading more from this author as well as the other authors in this book.
May 27, 2024
A total of 25 great and magical stories from different authors. Well written and the plot was fantastic and amazing. I will keep reading the authors from this book. Highly recommend it. I received a free copy for an honest review.
April 1, 2018
I have a story in this themed anthology that presents fantasy, SF, and even some horror. I liked some stories more than others but it's fascinating to see how different writers were inspired by the subject.
December 4, 2017
Disclosure - I am one of the authors
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