Echoes
of a Song
A
Legacy of the Mask Tale
by
A.L. Butcher
Genre:
Historical Fantasy
A
dozen tumultuous years after the dramatic events at the Paris Opera
House Raoul, Comte de Chagny is still haunted by the mysterious Opera
Ghost – the creature of legend who held staff at the Opera House
under his thrall, kidnapped Raoul’s lover and murdered his brother.
In Raoul’s troubled imagination the ghosts of the past are
everywhere, and a strange and powerful music still calls in his
dreams.
Madness,
obsession and the legacy of the past weave their spell in this short,
tragic tale based on the Phantom of the Opera.
Approx
8000 words.
Winner
of the NN Light Reviewer Award for Fantasy 2019.
Tears
and Crimson Velvet
A
Legacy of the Mask Tale
Madame
Giry finds herself embroiled in the tragedy unfolding at the Opera
house; mystery and murder stalk the corridors and, it is said, a
ghost haunts the place. Giry knows the truth, for she recalls the
caged man she met so many years ago. This is her story, their
story.
When
murder and mystery begin at the Opera House one woman knows who is
behind it, and what really lies beneath the mask. Secrets, lies and
tragedy sing a powerful song in this 'might have been' tale.
Winner
of the NN Light Book Heaven short story award 2020.
British-born
A. L. Butcher is an avid reader and creator of worlds, a poet, and a
dreamer, a lover of science, natural history, history, and monkeys.
Her prose has been described as 'dark and gritty' and her poetry as
'evocative'. She writes with a sure and sometimes erotic sensibility
of things that might have been, never were, but could be.
Alex
is the author of the Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles and the Tales
of Erana lyrical fantasy series. She also has several short stories
in the fantasy, fantasy romance genres with occasional forays into
gothic style horror, including the Legacy of the Mask series. With a
background in politics, classical studies, ancient history and myth,
her affinities bring an eclectic and unique flavour in her work,
mixing reality and dream in alchemical proportions that bring her
characters and worlds to life.
She
also curates speculative fiction themed book bundles on BundleRabbit
- for the most part the Here Be Series
Alex
is also proud to be a writer for Perseid Press where her work
features in Heroika: Dragon Eaters, Heroika Skirmishers - where she
was editor and cover designer as well as writer; and Lovers in Hell -
part of the acclaimed Heroes in Hell series.
http://www.theperseidpress.com/
Awards:
Outside the Walls, co-written with Diana L. Wicker received a Chill
with a Book Reader's Award in 2017.
$20
Amazon giftcard,
Free
Audible edition of both books (UK, US, DE),
Signed
print copy (or large print - winners choice) of either book,
Free
copy of Kitchen Imps and Other Dark Tales (fantasy) in either ebook,
signed printed edition or audible.
-1
winner each!
Thanks!
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