Preludes: four tales of the fantastic [Kindle Edition]

Ty Johnston (Author)

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Product Description

Three short stories of the fantasy genre, plus one non-genre story related to fantasy.

A Dragon's Tale
Dragon's and knights have always been known to be enemies, but does it have to be that way?

Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box
A young writer looks ahead to an uncertain future, but a chance meeting with a famed film director shows her a path.

Interlude in Lombardy
The opening night of an opera in 1800s Italy has a dark secret behind it, but is the secret itself a lie? A mysterious sorcerer is called upon to discover the truth, but the truth about the sorcerer is the darkest.

Coyote
A modern Native American youth struggles to prove his manhood. But to whom?

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 60 KB
• Publisher: Logical Misanthropy; First edition (June 9, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002CQUSRA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,965 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Ty Johnston was born in Kentucky. After earning a degree in journalism, he spent the next two decades as a newspaper editor. During that time he wrote numerous short stories, nearly all of which have been published in print or digital formats. In his forties, now a former journalist, he decided it was time to get serious about his fiction writing. He is the author of The Kobalos Trilogy of epic fantasy novels, City of Rogues, Road to Wrath and Dark King of the North. He has been published online at Every Day Fiction, Demonic Tome, The Ranfurly Review, Flashes in the Dark and other venues. His stories have also appeared in print in the anthologies "Deadlines," "The Return of the Sword" and "Demons: A Clash of Steel Anthology." Ty's main writing and reading interests generally are in the horror and fantasy genres, but he also enjoys branching out into literary works from time to time.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, June 14, 2009

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This review is from: Preludes: four tales of the fantastic (Kindle Edition)

I enjoyed the first story the most. The dragon was great and had the thought processes that I would imagine an almost immortal being would have.

I expected more out of the Spielburg story, I think, so it was a little disappointing.

Interlude in Lombardy was terrific.

Coyote seemed a bit trite with its 'moral'. Well written, but rather boring and predictable.

Overall: Very well written work and edited for publication. Worth the money just for the first and third stories. :-)