Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology (51 page)
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Authors: Various
Felix didn’t relish this. He was mad at Ulrika for what she had put him and the Slayer through. But her heart – cold and unbeating as it was – was in the right place. The threat to the Empire
had
been averted.
‘Let her go,’ Felix said.
‘You do not tell me what to do, manling!’ Gotrek thundered.
‘I’m not telling you, Slayer. I’m asking you.’
For a moment Gotrek seemed about to slice Ulrika’s head clean off. Then he growled in frustration and released her. She was on her feet in a second, but smart enough not to draw her weapon. She touched the fine cut on her neck and then licked the blood from her fingers.
‘You had best stay away from us in future,’ Felix warned. ‘Next time I may not ask Gotrek to spare you.’
Ulrika scowled at them, and then she was gone.
Gotrek and Felix sat by the river as the first rays of dawn crept across the forest floor.
‘Next time, I will ensure your funeral is more fitting,’ Felix promised the Slayer.
‘Aye, manling. Though I wonder if I am capable of dying.’
‘Let’s never stop trying to find out, eh, Gotrek?’
‘I’ll drink to that.’
NATHAN LONG
Nathan Long
hails from Los Angeles, California, where he began his career as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He has written a wide selection of Warhammer fantasy novels, including the Blackhearts trilogy and more recently the adventures of Ulrika the Vampire. To many fans, he is best known for his work on the hugely successful Gotrek & Felix series, including five full-length novels and the first Black Library fantasy audio drama,
Slayer of the Storm God.
JOSH REYNOLDS
Formerly a roadie for the Hong Kong Cavaliers,
Josh Reynolds
now writes full time and his work has appeared previously in anthologies such as
Specters and Coal Dust, Historical Lovecraft
and
How The West Was Weird
as well as in magazines such as
Innsmouth Free Press
and
Hammer and Bolter
. Feel free to stop by his blog (
http://joshuamreynolds.blogspot.com
/).
JOHN BRUNNER
John Brunner
(24 September 1934 – 26 August 1995) was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. His career spanned over four decades and won him many accolades. His 1968 novel
Stand on Zanzibar
, about an overpopulated world, won the 1968 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel. It also won the BSFA award the same year.
The Jagged Orbit
won the BSFA award in 1970.
JORDAN ELLINGER
Jordan Ellinger
is a recent first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest and a Clarion West graduate, and his work can be seen in numerous anthologies across the science fiction and fantasy genres. When he is not writing, he is a freelance editor attached to such projects as
Every Day Fiction
and
Raygun Revival.
You can keep up with his blog at
www.jordanellinger.com
BEN MCCALLUM
Ben McCallum
is a writer hailing from the grey north east of Scotland. In his busy schedule of fast cars and gorgeous women, he somehow finds the time to paint and assemble the legions of the damned, procrastinate over very important tasks, and argue with his friends over which superhero is really, truly the best. He can converse with wild animals in their own tongue, but he doesn’t make a big deal out of it.
DAVID GUYMER
It has been many long years since
David Guymer
first succumbed to the Curse of the Horned Rat. In that time, he has appeased his dark master by devoting his energies to the study of the plagues of mankind. By the hours of daylight he prods hopefully at bacterial strains until they bend to his diseased will, but with the coming of darkness he retreats to his burrow to write stories of magic and chaos as he plots the downfall of the surface-dwellers.
ANDY SMILLIE
Forged from beef and brawn,
Andy Smillie
emerged from the blacksmith’s fire like a slab of Scottish iron. Hailing from the northern reaches of Glasgow, he crossed the border into England intent on conquest, but instead found gainful employment at Games Workshop. Leaving a trail of carnage in his wake, he eventually settled in the Black Library where he works in marketing by day and as a literary superhero by night. His writing credits include a swathe of articles for various sci-fi, fantasy and hobby magazines. His debut work of fiction, ‘Mountain Eater’, was released in 2011 in the digital publication
Hammer and Bolter.
You can read his blog at
http://asmileylife.wordpress.com
/
C.L. Werner
C. L. Werner
was a diseased servant of the Horned Rat long before his first story in
Inferno!
magazine. His Black Library credits include the Chaos Wastes books,
Mathias Thulmann: Witch Hunter, Runefang
, the Brunner the Bounty Hunter trilogy and the Thanquol and Boneripper series. Currently living in the American south-west, he continues to write stories of mayhem and madness set in the Warhammer World. Visit the author’s website at
www.vermintime.com
RICHARD SALTER
Richard Salter
is a British writer and editor living near Toronto, Canada with his wife and two young sons. He edited the short story collection
Short Trips: Transmissions
for Big Finish Productions and is now working on
World’s Collider,
an apocalyptic anthology. He has sold over twenty short stories including tales in
Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction, Phobophobia
from Dark Continents Publishing and
Machine of Death 2.
Visit him online at
www.richardsalter.com
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