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Tales of Capes and Cowls
"Look, up in the sky, it's Ultragod!"
Superheroes have conquered movies, television, video games, and (of course) the comic book. However, there's still a dearth of fantastic superhero literature out there. Tales of Capes and Cowls is a wonderful collection of nine short stories, novelettes, and a novella about the text-based adventures of superheroes.
Inside, you'll find stories about a supervillain recruited to kill Hitler before he wins WW2 using magic, a street level hero out to stop an insane AI, a group of young heroes befriending a powerful wizard, a daring jailbreak, and a 1960s romp with that era's modest heroes! Works by C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga), David Niall Wilson (Hoods), Keith R.E. DeCandido (Super City Cops), Richard Roberts (Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain), and more!
Superheroes have conquered movies, television, video games, and (of course) the comic book. However, there's still a dearth of fantastic superhero literature out there. Tales of Capes and Cowls is a wonderful collection of nine short stories, novelettes, and a novella about the text-based adventures of superheroes.
Inside, you'll find stories about a supervillain recruited to kill Hitler before he wins WW2 using magic, a street level hero out to stop an insane AI, a group of young heroes befriending a powerful wizard, a daring jailbreak, and a 1960s romp with that era's modest heroes! Works by C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga), David Niall Wilson (Hoods), Keith R.E. DeCandido (Super City Cops), Richard Roberts (Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain), and more!
350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2022
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C.T. Phipps
93 books670 followersC.T Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is a regular reviewer on Booknest.EU and for Grimdark Magazine.
He's written the Agent G series, Cthulhu Armageddon, the Red Room Trilogy, I Was A Teenaged Weredeer, Lucifer's Star, Psycho Killers in Love, Straight Outta Fangton, The Supervillainy Saga, and Wraith Knight.
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He's written the Agent G series, Cthulhu Armageddon, the Red Room Trilogy, I Was A Teenaged Weredeer, Lucifer's Star, Psycho Killers in Love, Straight Outta Fangton, The Supervillainy Saga, and Wraith Knight.
Blog: http://unitedfederationofcharles.blog...
Website: https://ctphipps.com/
C.T. Fanclub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/14917...
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ctphipps
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
July 20, 2022
Tales of Capes and Cowls
By Various Authors
This was an interesting book with a good variety of bad guys dealing with law enforcement. I'll be honest, a couple of them I found to be a little boring but the majority were pretty great. I really liked the super villain locked up in a special prison built just for supers. She could shrink to the size of Damsel fly. She also could shrink other things too! That was one of my favorites. I was thankful for the gifted copy.
By Various Authors
This was an interesting book with a good variety of bad guys dealing with law enforcement. I'll be honest, a couple of them I found to be a little boring but the majority were pretty great. I really liked the super villain locked up in a special prison built just for supers. She could shrink to the size of Damsel fly. She also could shrink other things too! That was one of my favorites. I was thankful for the gifted copy.
January 12, 2023
TALES OF COWLS AND CAPES is an anthology of superhero stories by myself and some of my favorite authors, including Keith R.A. DeCandido and Richard Roberts. I'm a huge fan of their works with a particular love of the SUPER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT books as well as the PLEASE DONT TELL MY PARENTS I'M A SUPERVILLAIN. Both of which have stories set here and the latter actually containing a full novella.
I also contributed a good deal to the book with "Merciless vs. Sidekick Girl", "Merciless vs. Hitler", and "The Freelancer's Cunning Plan." There's also a short story by Michael Suttkus set in the Supervillainy-verse called "Escape from Ironhyde" which is a classic supervillain escape plan.
I think these are all great superhero books and anyone who checks them out will love em.
I also contributed a good deal to the book with "Merciless vs. Sidekick Girl", "Merciless vs. Hitler", and "The Freelancer's Cunning Plan." There's also a short story by Michael Suttkus set in the Supervillainy-verse called "Escape from Ironhyde" which is a classic supervillain escape plan.
I think these are all great superhero books and anyone who checks them out will love em.
August 19, 2022
Now this was a fun read! A short story collection of super-heroes/villains set in various universes by a diverse set of authors. One of my favorites in this collection is "Summer of Lob" by Richard Roberts where we get how Bull ended up in L.A. Another is "Escape from Ironhyde" by Michael Suttkus that has a jailbreak gone a wee bit awry! I I need to check out more tales set in David Niall Wilson's Hoods and Donovan DeChance universes after reading "Hopscotch." But if you are looking for a fun time of seeing super-heroes get theirs, pick up Tales of Capes and Cowls and you will not be disappointed!
June 20, 2022
This is a fun collection of superhero fiction. The various short stories take place in different authors' superhero worlds and look at them through different characters' lenses.
From the police tracking down what really killed a hero, to an almost perfectly planned escape from super-powered prison, to a villain just looking for a good fight, and of course saving the multiverse, these cover a wide range of characters.
I enjoyed the humor and character interactions in these stories and see them as a gateway introducing me to still more super heroic (and villainous) fiction.
From the police tracking down what really killed a hero, to an almost perfectly planned escape from super-powered prison, to a villain just looking for a good fight, and of course saving the multiverse, these cover a wide range of characters.
I enjoyed the humor and character interactions in these stories and see them as a gateway introducing me to still more super heroic (and villainous) fiction.
July 1, 2022
The good thing about an anthology like this is that there is scope for something a bit different, whether it’s more focus on a minor character or a different author all together.
The bar was set high with Merciless v Sidekick Girl, but it was The Freelancers Cunning Plan that I enjoyed most. It was cool to see Atlas city and the very sneaky Freelancer.
The bar was set high with Merciless v Sidekick Girl, but it was The Freelancers Cunning Plan that I enjoyed most. It was cool to see Atlas city and the very sneaky Freelancer.
April 13, 2023
A collection of tales featuring superheroes, but mostly supervillains.
Humorous, but not as funny as it thinks.
Humorous, but not as funny as it thinks.
October 13, 2023
Some stories are good, some okay, but the last one, by C.T. Phipps was great!
April 4, 2024
Interesting batch of superhero and super villain stories.
Some were very entertaining and some were not so much.
Some were very entertaining and some were not so much.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews