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The New Death and others Kindle Edition

by James Hutchings (Author)

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Death gets a roommate...

An electronic Pope faces a difficult theological question...

A wicked vizier makes a terrible bargain...

44 stories. 19 poems. No sparkly vampires. There's a thin line between genius and insanity, and James Hutchings has just crossed it - but from which direction?

Length: 158 pages

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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File Size: 1898 KB
Print Length: 158 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: James Hutchings (September 27, 2011)
Publication Date: September 27, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B005Q8Q8DY
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- #1898 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Metaphysical & Visionary
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

a smorgasbord of myths, fables, parodies and puns

By kimbacaffeinate on October 12, 2011

Format: Kindle Edition

The New Death and others is an interesting collection of short stories and poems. As with any collection of stories, I liked some of them, hated a few and others were just OK for me. Two memorable ones were "How the Isle of Cats Got Its Name" and "Weary Love"

James Hutchings has an active imagination. This body of work is a smorgasbord of myths, fables, parodies and puns. There were political and religious views woven into a lot of the work. Some racial and ethnic profiling may upset the unsuspecting reader. In all honesty, a lot of the intended humor missed its mark with me. I would have liked to have seen an overall theme to this novel. When I purchase a collection of works, it is usually because the stories or poems all share a common theme that interests me. While some of the tales had a good story line, I felt cheated. They weren't developed enough and felt rushed. I would have preferred a longer story with more details. Hutchings's fantasy stories show promise. This collection is available as an eBook .
I want to thank author James Hutchings for providing me with a copy of his eBook in exchange for my unbiased review.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Read the "look inside"; if you like, buy immediately. Otherwise...

By Steven Saus on August 14, 2012

Format: Kindle Edition

The book is a collection of flash fiction - short-shorts that usually clock in under a thousand words. I was intrigued by the gorgeous cover, and as someone who does a lot of work in flash fiction and drabbles myself, I was really open to the idea of the book.

I really, really wanted to like this book. The ideas are clever. There's obviously a lot of thought put into each of these short tales. But there was something about the execution that left me admiring the effort, but ultimately cold.

Many of the stories are told in a kind of mythic, distant third person narrative voice, which tends to rub me the wrong way. For example, The God of the Poor - the first flash fiction in the collection.

The concept is wry, satirical, and quite astute. I love the idea. But there's something about the execution that just didn't gel for me. However, I showed it to a friend of mine, who didn't share my reaction - they just liked it.

So go read a bit of the preview. If you enjoy the preview, you will love the rest of the book. If you don't, you will not love the rest of the book.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Inject Some Fun Into Your Dark Fantasy Reading

By Maxine Cox on December 8, 2011

Format: Kindle Edition

If you like your short stories cynical and twisted, or your fairy tales fractured, then this is a perfect coffee table book full of cynical and twisted tales, interspersed with some very good dark poetry.

Mr Hutchings left a message on my blog asking if I would read and review his book. I had put the call out to `independent authors' in an earlier post for my 2012 Reading List, but I think this was a random request and I'm so pleased to have been asked as this little book really tickled my sense of humour and touched those dark chords that draw me to unsettling and unusual fiction.

I have never read a book quite like this, it has no particular order, being a total mix of work which makes it perfect for picking up and selecting a page at random. I didn't like some of the stories, but I did appreciate most of them, and the poetry I thought was wonderful.

An obvious cat lover, there are several references to cats throughout, such as the disturbing How the Isle of Cats Got Its Name and the gorgeous little poem My Cat is Not Like Other Cats, which all of us cat lovers can definitely identify with! In The Death of the Artist it is revealed that all writers and artists have cats, a fact which takes on a sinister significance; and now I fully understand that when my Tenshi is staring intently at nothing she is actually enhancing her mental powers!!

Of all the short stories I really liked the atmospheric The Scholar and the Moon which has less of the cynicism that prevails in most of the other work, and the nightmarish The Dragon Festival. The poetry, as I have said, is very good with some of it being based on actually stories by Lovecraft, Dunsany and an author I have only just recently `discovered' - Clark Ashton Smith.Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Cynical and Adorable

By Melissa Smith on November 25, 2012

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I agree with other reviewers here who have remarked on the cynicism of The New Death and Others. Where James Hutchings approaches his material with a dark eye, he also finds the richest mine of comedy. The writing is whipsmart and sharp, sometimes to a fault. I personally found it hilarious. I had to read "The Construction Workers of Telelee" out loud to my partner because I couldn't stop laughing at it over breakfast.

The closest comparison to this book that I know of is Grimm Brothers fairy tales. Like the Grimm Brothers, Hutchings enjoys brief allegorical forays into current issues.

The self-pub and small pub movements of the last little while have really injected fresh energy into short form writing. Hutchings' book is full of quick hits that take full advantage of this trend. At the same time, collections like this one really allow you to explore one writer's voice. Like many independent collections it's not perfect, but it doesn't need to be. It's interesting and the perspective is a fresh blend of old and new. (For the grammar nazis among you, it is impeccably copy edited and error free.)

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Pretty good

Random very short stories and poems. Some of the stories were very funny. I am not a fan of the poetry portions ( I just don't like poetry, nothing against his in particular) but... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Demonite

This is A Slow and Torturous Read

When I first saw this book, I thought it would be an interesting read. The title seemed catchy. Plus, I've been wanting to read some anthologies of short stories lately anyhow. Read more

Published on March 3, 2013 by Melissa's Midnight Musings

Clever, Passionate, And Concise

Mr. Hutching's wonderful collection of poems and vignettes is captivating and insightful. Every sentence says volumes about the author's own worldview, without sounding pedantic. Read more

Published on January 29, 2013 by David Isenhower

Really excellent stuff

This collection impressed me a lot. It's clever and funny and highly intelligent, and I loved it.

It's not the sort of thing I usually read, but when I got used to it I... Read more

Published on January 6, 2013 by Brent Nichols

A Little Wit thrown in like Olives in a Martini. Don't pass this one...

I recently got a chance to read The New Death after James sent me a free copy requesting a review some months back. This collection of short stories is written in the style of H.P. Read more

Published on December 26, 2012 by Weston A. Kincade

Short and sweet.

If you like anthologies check out The New Death and Others by James Hutchings. This is a book of flash fiction and poetry that deal with mythology, fairy tales and horror. Read more

Published on December 9, 2012 by David Watson

witty, humorous and some thought provoking writing

What I liked:
There were some really good stories-The End,Everlasting Fire, The Uncharted Isle being three of my favorite ones. Read more

Published on October 4, 2012 by Midu

My first foray into flash fiction--an enjoyable experience

MARK'S REVIEW

This was my first serious foray into flash fiction, and the experience didn't disappoint. Read more

Published on August 26, 2012 by Masquerade Crew

Old world meets New World

A collection of short, narrative stories. Like a collection of modern folktales, gods such as Death, Time and Modesty are often personified, but with a modern twist. Read more

Published on July 28, 2012 by James L. Steele

Great dark/humorous short stories

I received a few months ago a review copy of The New Death and others.

I don't usually review literature; first because I'm not an expert at it (I'm not an expert at... Read more

Published on July 23, 2012 by Jose L. F. Cardoso

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