Fallen Gods: Act I

by Russell Proctor

Times are tough for the old gods. The world has left most of them behind and only a few now remain: the Fallen Gods, still clinging to hopes of return as legitimate deities.
Dionysus, god of wine, theatre and ritualistic madness, has taken human form and runs both a disreputable music hall and a more legitimate regular theatre in Victorian Era London. All he wants is to do is fit in with the times and lead a quiet and obscure existence, assisted by his loyal maenads, Mags and Leah.
But to his dismay other forgotten gods, and a tribe of rakshasa demons, wish to conquer the world for their own. Dionysus and his followers must oppose their various attempts to enslave humanity, and still get the curtain up on time.
Fallen Gods Act I is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories:
The Resurrection Box
Susannah
The Moonsnatcher
Mister Foxwood's Holiday

270 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2022

About the author

Russell Proctor is an Australian writer, but has also been many other things in his working life, including a lawyer, teacher, professional actor, medical project manager and even a pizza delivery boy.

At present he is semi-retired, tutoring school and university students in the evenings and writing during the day.

His interests include hiking, astronomy and cats. He has travelled extensively throughout the world, preferring out of the way places to modern civilization, for example having visited Antarctica, walked the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. He does not describe himself as a thrill-seeker, but certainly prefers his travels to include adventures
rather than just “tourist traps”.

A skeptic and futurist, Proctor has examined the methods and ideas of science and pseudo-science in his novel Plato’s Cave, which satirizes humanity’s endless quest for meaning in life and conflicting beliefs about the nature of reality.

His professional acting days included working in film, TV and stage productions. He has also written and directed plays and musicals. He is currently working on a horror/fantasy series for Permuted Press, of which The Red King is the first part. Further information about him and his work can be found at his website, www.russellproctor.com.