And yet more praise for my Crow story.

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"The Beast in the Lake" is a good tale of how teamwork, with the help of a clever leader, can overcome where brute force cannot. The beast of the title had managed to kill two princes of the realm, so Crow Thiefmaster, a friend of their father, decides to help. Through a combination of wit and ingenuity, Crow takes on the beast. It is quite an exciting story, and author Kevin Lumley is to be commended for it.

The quote above and another full review of Rage of the Behemoth can be found here:

http://otter.covblogs.com/archives/2009/04/
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Another nice review for my Crow: The Beast in the Lake story

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I'm pleased to say I can post up another good review for my short story feautured in Rogue Blades Entertainment fantasy anthology: Rage of the Behemoth.
The review of my tale was written over at the Library Thing book website.

The Beast in the Lake (2nd favorite of this theme)
This tale is a bit different, as it is related in first person. It works. I liked the main character here (Crow Thiefmaster). He is mysterious, even though it is told in a first person perspective. The behemoth practically steals the limelight in this tale. Another good ending.

You can read the entire review of Rage of the Behemoth here:

http://www.librarything.com/work/8586268/reviews/

And if you like the review you can order the entire anthology from Rogue Blades Entertainment here:

http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/

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A nice critique for my story in Rage of the Behemoth

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A chap who does reviews for The Cimmerian ezine recently posted up a review of the Rage of the Behemoth anthology.
Here's what he had to say about my short story contribution.

“The Beast in the Lake,” from Australian author, Kevin Lumley, is a fast-moving tale set in a vaguely ”Caledonian” milieu. His take on “Nessie” is a good one, working in several facets from the Scottish legend. The protagonist, Crow Thiefmaster, is a likeable (and honorable) rogue.




The entire review, of the majority of the stories in RBE's new anthology can be found here:

http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=5130

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The Rise of the Bayloks!

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Last year I wrote a very popular novella for the good people at the Brass Goggles steampunk forum.
My original story was called Gaslight Fantasy: A Ripping Yarn and I got many compliments on the action packed tale.
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,9781.0.html

I did suggest I might pen a sequel...and tonight I started on the new novella.
The Rise of the Bayloks!
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17888.0.html

I'm sure anyone reading this blog who enjoys plenty of thrills and action in their sci-fi/fantasy will like my alternative history fable.

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We're back!

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Linda and I have returned from our adventures overseas and we haven't slowed down at all.
In the month since we arrived back in Sydney we've been on two motorcycle trips that took us into the mountain areas of NSW.

I'm afraid my pulp horror novel has not yet been published; but whilst we were away I did have one of my short horror stories included in a British pulp horror anthology.
The anthology is called Creature Feature and was published in the UK by Ghostwriter Publications.
My story is called Le Carcajou and was quite short...but a dark and eerie tale nonetheless.
I'm 50/50 about the cover myself, although it does remind me of the covers that used to adorn the old pup magazines.



If you feel the urge to read some good old fashioned pulp horror fiction, the book can be ordered here: http://www.ghostwriterpublications.com/page18a.html

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I'm about to published in the UK and Linda and I are off on the adventure of a lifetime!

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And whilst I'm not at liberty to say exactly who...I'm shortly going to be published by a UK book company that actually gets books on shelves in the United Kingdom!
How cool is that?
The novel I recently completed is a pure pulp action/adventure/horror tale.
More on that in the very near future.

The other big news is that Shalako-Lin and myself are about to leave for the UK and embark on an epic motorcycle adventure spanning the length and breadth of the Continent and also taking in Morocco, Turkey and Eygpt.
As such my continuing and popular ALF Warz story will be put on hold for the entire three months that we will be on the road.
I shall try and conclude the latest installment before we depart. (Can't leave the mystery of the space vampires weighing on readers minds.)
We will be attempting to write a ride report as we travel and that will be posted up at ADVrider, the worldwide adventure motorcyclists website.
I will post up a link to that here when we begin our journey.
We've already bought a pristine condition BMW R 100 GS dual sport bike in the UK and it's awaiting our arrival in Essex.
We're packed, we're ready, we're raring to go. May 15th is our departure date and it cannot come quick enough.
The lure of exotic countries and cultures is calling to us.
Motorcycling: It's not just a mode of transport, it's an adventure!

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My Crow: The Beast in the Lake story appearing in Rage of the Behemoth

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Out now; the Rogue Blades Entertainment spectacular: Rage of the Behemoth.
A heroic adventure/fantasy anthology featuring some of today's best sword and sorcery authors.
The emphasis in this anthology being men and women battling giant creatures out of myth and mystery.
My own contribution is my character Crow the Thiefmaster and his epic fight with a fabled lake monster.
A limited number of special issue wraparound covers is also available, one of them showing a climatic scene from my story.


RBE also has an interview I did for them here:
http://www.roguebladesentertainment.com/2009/04/mini-interview-kevin-lumley/

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