On My Shelves: A Bard Day’s Knight

    A Bard Day's Knight is the third anthology of stories in Michael Ventrella's world of Fortannis, a fantasy world that is both clearly part of the high fantasy tradition in its general makeup, but incorporates Ventrella's own touch to make it a much more living world, with its own traditions, a broad assortment of inhabitants ranging from furry, catlike gorbe to the more familiar humans, elves, and dwarves – though even the most familiar will have their own unique twists to offer.   Though the title is humorous, [ Continue reading... ]

INTERVIEW: Michael Ventrella

Michael Ventrella is the author of several books set in his fantasy world of Fortannis, and is now releasing his third anthology in that world, A Bard Day's Knight. I had the good fortune to be able to interview him, and the result is below!   1. Tell me a little about yourself – who you are, what you do both as an author and in your "day job".   Hello everybody! I’m Michael A. Ventrella. Like 99% of all authors, I have a day job because the writing stuff doesn’t pay the rent. In real life, I am a defense attorney, so you [ Continue reading... ]