Bücher von Tc Phillips

As long as people have drawn breath, they have pondered the divide between the world of the living and the realm of the dead. From the grief-stricken to the grotesque, the haunting to the humorous, stories about those who have crossed back through the veil between worlds have frightened, inspired, and awed humankind for countless centuries.Featuring poetry and short fiction from 29 Australian and New Zealand authors, this collection begs to ask the question: Is death truly the end?

In 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle had decided he would put an end to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes so that he could concentrate on "more serious" literary endeavours. Thus the great Professor Moriarty was born, a character designed solely to give London's greatest detective a worthy death in The Final Problem, what was originally planned as Conan Doyle's last hoorah to the character.Sherlock Holmes could not be so easily defeated however, not even by the man who created him, and public outcry forced Conan Doyle to return to the character once more, and he soon set to work on The Hound of the Baskervilles.Similarly, we too have been unable to leave our own Sherlockian adventures where we last left them, and have challenged seven Australian authors to continue the daunting task of writing a Sherlock story, where the great man himself is conspicuously absent. The resulting work continues to be utterly fascinating, and we still find that, even in his absence, Sherlock Holmes is truly a force to be reckoned with.

A daemonibus docetur, de daemonibus docet, et ad daemones ducit (It is taught by the demons, it teaches about the demons, and it leads to the demons.) - Albertus Magnus 13th Century AD Featuring 23 devilish tales of Hell's most foul, demented and obscene denizens, Fire and Brimstone: A Demonic Compendium of the Fallen, Wicked and Accursed is a vile collection designed to twist your spirit and corrupt your very soul. Beware any who would seek to open these pages, for within lies a pathway to your own eternal damnation.

Immensely powerful and ancient beyond measure, dragons have captured the imagination of story tellers from all corners of the globe for countless centuries. Creatures of legend, from the wise and benevolent, through to corrupt and tyrannical, the mighty wing beats of these most awe-inspiring beasts still continue to reign majestically over our own dreams to this very day. With a flash of teeth, and breath of flame, the Great Wyrms are truly kings of the heavens and the rightful rulers of our wildest fantasies. In this collection fourteen original stories from some of Australia's most exciting authors, join a 19th century classic from pioneering fantasist E. Nesbit, as they pay homage the greatest lords of both fire and sky.

Containing 11 tales of murder and mayhem, mechanised Steampunk wizardry, fantasy and science fiction. Author TC Phillips invites you to take a walk through his often twisted sense of imagination and his ode to the authors who inspire him.