Death of a Superhero
"A cornucopia of vivid ideas, twists and emotions, conjured up by four authors at the top of their game: Brindley Hallam Dennis, Christopher Fielden, Kaya Ra Edwards and Mandy Huggins."
Anthony Howcroft, Editor in Chief at InkTears
Death of a Superhero Published by InkTears
Death Of A Superhero is a short story anthology published by InkTears, an independent UK publishing house that ran popular short story and flash fiction writing competitions.
Sadly, InkTears are no longer in business, but you can still purchase copies of this book, from me and from Amazon.
Buy Death Of A Superhero
You can buy eBook copies of Death of a Superhero from Amazon.
When InkTears ceased trading, they offered me the books they had left in stock to do with as I please, which was very kind of them. So, you can buy hardback copies of Death of a Superhero from me. They are £10 each, plus postage. If you're interested in buying a copy, please contact me.
The anthology contains five of my short stories:
- Death Of A Superhero (which the book is named after)
- Devil's Crush
- I Am The Warlock
- The Keith Of Death
- Troll's Head
The book also contains short stories by Brindley Hallam Dennis, Kaya Ra Edwards and Mandy Huggins. It's an honour for me to be published alongside such talented writers.
About The Anthology
After I was awarded 'highly commended' in the InkTears short story competition, Anthony Howcroft and Sara-Mae Tuson, who run InkTears, invited me to contribute to a collection of short stories they were publishing.
InkTears logo
One of the stories featured in the book, 'Devil's Crush', is available to read for free in the Short Stories section of this website. If you like the style of that story, you are likely to enjoy the anthology.
Death Of A Superhero book cover
'Devil's Crush' is also available to read as part of the free PDF taster of my book, How to Write a Short Story, Get Published & Make Money. I used 'Devil's Crush' as a case study in the book, after it won the Writer's Forum short story competition.
I was also very chuffed when I heard that InkTears were naming the anthology after one of my short stories. I read 'Death of a Superhero' at the book launch in London. You can learn more about that below.
InkTears launched another book called How To Begin A Wonderful Life at the same time as Death Of A Superhero.
How To Begin A Wonderful Life book cover
It features stories by Drew Taylor, Margaret Dakin, Mark Sheerin and Mike Scott Thomson (Mike won the inaugural To Hull And Back short story competition and runs the Adverb Writing Challenge with me - total legend).
Book Launch
The book launch for Death of a Superhero took place on Saturday 16th December 2017 at The Sun Pub, 21 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RH from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. The event was organised by Sara-Mae Tuson, one of the InkTears editors.
Sara-Mae Tuson and Chris Fielden, at the launch in London
There were readings from some the authors featured in the anthology at the event. They were Mandy Huggins, Brindley Hallam-Dennis and myself.
Some beautifully presented hardback books, published by InkTears
There was another anthology, called How To Begin A Wonderful Life, launched by InkTears on the same day. Two of the authors featured in that book (Drew Taylor and Mark Sheerin) also read at the event.
Brindley Hallum Dennis, Sara Mae Tuson and Drew Taylor
I'd like to say a huge thank you to Anthony Howcroft (founder of InkTears) and Sara-Mae for all the hard work they put into producing the books. They look amazing.
Chris Fielden, reading 'Death of a Superhero' from Death of Superhero - confused? I am...
An added bonus of having a launch in London was that I was able to invite some writers I've liaised with (sometimes for years) via the website but never met. They are:
Many Huggins and Christopher Fielden
Amanda is a very successful short story and flash fiction writer from Leeds. She and I have been Facebook friends for while, but hadn't met before the launch.
Christopher Fielden and James Woolf
James is a prolific short story writer. He also writes plays and has just finished a novel. He has also written for my website. You can read his award winning short story and accompanying guest post here.
Christopher Fielden and Özge Göztürk
I've liaised with Özge because I list the London Independent Story Prize, a flash fiction competition that she is ivolved with running.
Christopher Fielden and Nick Sweeney
Nick is another accomplished writer, of both fiction and non-fiction, who has written for my website. You can read his award winning story and accompanying guest post here.
Below are a few more pictures taken at the book launch.
Drew Taylor
Mandy Huggins
A stack of lovely books
Mark Sheerin
Brindley Hallam-Dennis
Death of a Superhero
Writers in the pub, with books and pies and wine and stuff
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