The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk

by Eugie Foster

Overview

The demon Achtromagk, King of That Which Lies Between, Prince of the Endless Plains, and Duke of the Wastes of Tomorrow, opened a portal to our universe, freeing it to perform feats of flesh and debauchery, to bask in fire and know heat, touch flesh and know pain, and bathe in blood and know lust—except for one, small miscalculation...

Winner of the 2011 Drabblecast People's Choice Award for Best Story.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013461659
Publisher:	Eugie Foster
Publication date:	11/10/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	80 KB

About the Author

Eugie Foster received the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 2011 Drabblecast People's Choice Award for Best Story, and was named the Author of the Year by Bards and Sages. THE DRAGON AND THE STARS anthology, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, with her story, “Mortal Clay, Stone Heart,” won the 2011 Prix Aurora Award for Best English Related Work. Her fiction has also received the 2002 Phobos Award; been translated into eight languages; and been a finalist for the Hugo and British Science Fiction Association awards. Her publication credits number over 100 and include stories in REALMS OF FANTASY, INTERZONE, APEX MAGAZINE, CRICKET, and FANTASY MAGAZINE; podcasts ESCAPE POD, PSEUDOPOD, PODCASTLE, and DRABBLECAST; and anthologies BEST NEW FANTASY, BEST NEW ROMANTIC FANTASY 2, and NEBULA AWARDS SHOWCASE 2011. Her short story collection, RETURNING MY SISTER'S FACE AND OTHER FAR EASTERN TALES OF WHIMSY AND MALICE, was published in 2009 and has been used as a textbook at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of California-Davis. Visit her online at EugieFoster.com.

Editorial Reviews

a heart-warming tale of an extra-dimensional Lovecraftian horror

Norm Sherman