M. Morvale

Author of "A Tenpenny Weird" series of short stories and novels

[michaelmorvale]

My first short story is up!

Ferendune: A Tenpenny Weird Short Story eBook : Morvale, Michael, Howard, Lauren, Morvale, V.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Currently only available on Kindle, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to get a few more short stories together for an anthology soon.

[theironwarsmith]

The first short story is up on Amazon, I have two more ready to go but this is the start hopefully. Writing these stories is what has been distracting me from Warhammer and quite a few other things recently. I do have something bigger in the works, a much longer story, but I need to get my head around where I want it to go.

I will be putting the short stories into an anthology at some point in the future but we will see what happens. A vast majority of the stories I write will be in their own alternative history setting that diverges subtly in some ways and more obviously in others from our own timeline.

[michaelmorvale]

I am slowly getting closer to finishing the first full length novel.

Whilst I have a total of three short stories that are done, with a few more waiting in the wings to be finished. I am debating if I should publish those together as an anthology first, or finish the bigger book and publish that instead.

[michaelmorvale]

I think my short story, Ferendune, has achieved its goal for me: it has boosted my confidence and given me the drive to write a larger, full story. Hopefully, I'll be able to tell you more about it soon. I have the rough story outlined and I am currently writing the fifth chapter of it. It can be a struggle but I want to get there.

[michaelmorvale]

I've had more feedback, so far it has all been positive. Two 5 star ratings, plus a doctor I know liked it as well as my father. The latter may be biased but, knowing that my dad is quite genuine with his opinions, it makes it worthwhile to listen to.

Positive encouragement is something that I thrive on, I'll continue to push on as I want to get something larger published by the end of the year.

However, the hardest thing I am experiencing is that I am coming up with more ideas for short stories which distract me from the larger novel as I need to write them down with enough information so that I can come back to them. The upside to this is that those will expand the alternative timeline I am creating.

[michaelmorvale]

If this writing ever takes off, I'd love to write a novel set in any of my favourite franchises. But on my terms, like I don't want to be told "Do X so Y wins". Creativity at its best when it is not bound by external demands.

[michaelmorvale]

I got my first review, 5 stars. It has made me so happy. It helps me want to write more, this level of encouragement.

[michaelmorvale]

It is an odd feeling, putting myself out there like this. Part of me doesn't expect this to go too far but another part of me is hoping that it can.

I'll keep pushing though and looking on to the next step. Whilst I have begun writing a larger, full length novel, I also want to keep world-building with the short stories but I think it'll be best to work with putting them into anthologies rather than individual releases. Mostly because I want to have a physical copy.

I have two more short stories ready to go, one set in 2025 and another in 2063, there is a third I am writing that is also set in 2025 but I haven't decided if that will be released or if it is just for me.

The initial idea of the Tenpenny Weird series was to have lots of individual short stories that would build this alternate timeline where the world is bleaker and events have played out differently, also that there are beings that have been forgotten.

[michaelmorvale]

Ferendune is a dark historical horror tale set in 536 AD in the valley of the Gewisse, during a time of uncertainty when Saxon settlers and native Britons uneasily share the same land. When a deadly fog begins to seep from an ancient stone circle near a place known as Ferendune, a small group of warriors from both peoples is sent to investigate the strange deaths and disappearances surrounding it.

As they approach the ancient site, tensions between the Saxons and Britons threaten to tear the group apart, but the greater danger soon becomes clear. Something ancient stalks the mist. An unnatural presence tied to the stone circle and the forgotten people who raised it long before either culture arrived. The creature moves through the fog with predatory intelligence, hunting the group.

Accompanying the warriors is a mysterious seer named Inanna, a woman whose knowledge of the supernatural runs deeper than she is willing to explain. As the horror closes in, it becomes clear that the thing haunting the circle is not merely a monster, but a remnant of a far older world. One that has begun to stir again.

Ferendune: A Tenpenny Weird Short Story (Tenpenny Weird Tales) eBook : Morvale, Michael, Howard, Lauren, Morvale, V.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle S

[michaelmorvale]

My first short story is up!

Ferendune: A Tenpenny Weird Short Story eBook : Morvale, Michael, Howard, Lauren, Morvale, V.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Currently only available on Kindle, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to get a few more short stories together for an anthology soon.

[michaelmorvale]

The first short story will be coming to Kindle soon