Book Info
Name of Book : A Cast of Crows
Author : Danielle Ackley McPhail
Publisher : eSpec Books
Publication Date : Oct 1, 2023
No. of Pages : 218
Format : Netgalley DRC
Why did I choose the book ?
A Cast of Crows by Danielle Ackley McPhail was available on Netgalley for review. The genre is totally new for me, and that too is Edgar Allen Poe's work.
Where to get the book ?
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Author Introduction
Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include six novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire's Devils, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, The Fox's Fire, The Kindly One, Dawns a New Day, and the non-fiction writers’ guides, The Literary Handyman, Build-a-Book Workshop, and More Tips from the Handyman. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, Footprints in the Stars, and Devilish & Divine. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.
Blurb
Life and Death and All Points In Between Crows have seen it all, and though they haven't always lived to tell the tale, still they play their part. We bring you ten tales inspired by the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, paying tribute to his undying fascination with mankind's decaying state, both mental and physical. In conjunction with the Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival, we bring you stories by Aaron Rosenberg, David Lee Summers, Judi Fleming, Dana Fraedrich, James Chambers, Jessica Lucci, Doc Coleman, Michelle D. Sonnier, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, and Ef Deal. Introduction by Levi Leland and Virginia Poe of the Beyond the Oblong Box Podcast.
My Opinion
A Cast of Crows by Danielle Ackley McPhail is a Poe-inspired collection of short stories. Almost all the stories have the same element: a raven, which is the star of attraction. The stories are creepy, dark, and have a sense of excitement. Only some of the stories I read were incomplete, which crashed some of my hopes. But it is indeed a good start for a reader who has not read Poe's work. It will give them a fair idea of his style of writing. The authors have done a commendable job, as it is not easy to recreate a legend's work. For me, it is a 4-star read and definitely an exciting one.
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