Fall Into Fantasy returns with 15 tales spanning the breadth of fantasy. From captive dragons to a magical war, Demons and circus performers, fairies and ghosts, dwarves and genies, even a typical day in the life of an earthworm. Don’t miss a single entertaining, exciting tale.
Here’s who you’ll find within its pages.
Shane Porteous “Gathering Genocide” Barend Nieuwstraten III “Hearthshare” Alex Minns “The Concealed Witness” Andrew P. McGregor “Demon Dave: Dinner Time” Joanne Blondin “Astounding Performances” James Pyles “Theo Klaggorn, Private Detective” Anstice Brown “Beneath The Roots” J. C. Pillard “Three Drops In The Snow” Linda M. Crate “Flight Of The Fae” Matthew McKiernan “The Each-Uisge” Jabe Stafford “Dead Next Door” Clarissa Gosling “The Genie Of The Ring” R. A. Clarke “The Brightening” R. A. Meenan “Some Things Remain” Marsheila Rockwell “Play It Again, Sem”
Andrew M. Ferrell was born in Florence, South Carolina where his love of books was fostered at a young age by all of his family, but his grandfather in particular. After graduating high school, Andrew worked in several fields involving computers, quality control, and logistics. He also moved from living in Ohio to Northeast Wisconsin. He never gave up his dream of writing and published his first book in July of 2014, Beginnings - Family Heritage Volume 1. There are more planned in this series. An expanded Second Edition was released in 2016 along with his novella, Haunting of House 1273. Andrew splits his writing time with his family: his wonderfully supportive wife, their children, and two attention seeking dogs.
I found the stories in this anthology to be hit and miss. The diverse range of stories is impressive. Every subgenre of fantasy is covered in one book plus stories that are yet to be defined by a subgenre. Some of these stories were too far outside the box to hold my interest. Such as a day in the life of an earth worm, or pet cats and dogs defending their owners home against spectral invaders. I skipped more stories than I read, but the ones I did read, I enjoyed a lot. My favourite story was a noir detective story set in a modern, urban, D&D setting.