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"Peter and Death", the FINAL, 12th novelette from fantasy novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 10,010 words, $0,99 only!

The lutenist Peter Sliadek meets Death (or the Player in Gray). Death offers Peter a new lute and new life. In exchange, the lutenist has to forget his current lute and himself. What is the end of this lethal game?

"Peter and Death" is the last, 12th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

"I Will Repay", the 11th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy & horror; Medieval Europe. 16,110 words, $0,99 only!

There are always three Storetzes that live in the village of Yablonez. If a fourth one is born, one of the original three has to die. If a Storetz likes someone, this person will be lucky and happy. If a Storez doesn’t like someone, misfortune, illnesses, and lethal accident will follow such a person until he dies.

"I Will Repay" is the 11th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. Also the novelette "I Will Repay" received the "Portal" award at the 2nd International SF & Fantasy Assembly of Portal (Kiev, Ukraine, 2005). 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

Global & Local Diversity in Books by Henry Lion Oldie (from Ailsa (Bookworm4life) book / literary blog)

"An Island that Is Always with You", the 10th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy, horror, demons, Hell, some irony; Medieval Europe. 17,360 words, $0,99 only!

Hans Erzner was a servant of the cruel sorcerer, Baron von Hornberg. After his master’s death, Hans takes the baron’s iron hand and finds himself in hell.

"The Hand and The Mirror" is the novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

The latest reprint of H. L. Oldie's novel "Messiah Clears the Disk" (adventure historical fantasy-detective, China, 1425 a. d.) is out of print in Russian in hard cover! ("Azbooka" - "Azbooka-Atticus" publishing group, Russia, St. Petersburg, 2015). It's the 10th paper edition of this H. L. Oldie's novel (including editions in Russian, Polish and Lithuanian). Cover painting by Vladimir Bondar (Ukraine), inside black-white illustrations by Yuri Platov (Ukraine). Let's watch a book-trailer to this book (sorry, in Russian only):

"An Island that Is Always with You", the 9th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy, horror, vampires; Medieval Europe. 18,640 words, $0,99 only!

Andrea Sforza, a healer, lived in the beautiful city of Naples. Andrea was known by his ability to cure mental diseases. No one knew how Andrea did it. People who were unlucky to reveal the truth about Andrea Sforza lived in fear until the day they died.

"An Island that Is Always with You" is the 9th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

This is a special Christmas and New Year’s gift from Henry Lion Oldie to all readers and book lovers! This fantasy novelette "The Cruel Choice of Anika the Warrior" is FREE to load during 5 days from December 22nd, 2014 to December 26th, 2014! You could get it on Amazon and Smashwords! (The code for free download on Smashwords: ND94K from December 21st, 2014 to January 5th, 2015!) Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 8,900 words.

A legend, known among mercenaries, says that Anika the Warrior walks around, killing the best fighters and warriors. A lot of warriors dream to defeat Anika; they look for him and sometimes, if they unlucky, they find him. Anika the Warrior always says the same to them, "If you seek strength -- you have found it."

"The Cruel Choice of Anika the Warrior" is the 8th novelette from the book "The Songs of Peter Sliadek" by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel-cycle "Songs of Peter Sliadek" consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at Sigma-F Conference in Moscow, Russia, 2005; There have been 8 hard cover editions in Russian; this is the first publishing in English!

Welcome to the World of Oldie’s books!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

"Lower My Eyelids: The Day of All the Outcasts", the 7th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy, horror; Medieval Europe. 19,270 words, $0,99 only!

One day, Peter Sliadek, a drunken lutenist, came to a graveyard. Peter decided to please a recently buried fellow with the music. Suddenly, a dirty hand crawled out of the grave… Peter Sliadek learned a story about Viy, an ancient monster with a lethal stare.

"Lower My Eyelids: The Day of All the Outcasts" is the 7th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

"The Blind Hear Well", the 6th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 8,210 words, $0,99 only!

Cassandra, a prophetess, foretold only bitter events. Her prophecies always came true, but everyone hated them. Why did Troy fall—because of insidious Achaeans or Cassandra’s gloomy prophecies?

"The Blind Hear Well" is the 6th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

"Spurt Flight. Book 1: The Blades of Oikoumene", the first book of new space opera trilogy-novel by Henry Lion Oldie is out of print in Russian in hard cover (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing Group, Russia, St. Petersburg, 2014)! Book trailer to this book (in Russian):

New (alternate) book trailer (half in English, half in Russian) by Ajdar Ulduz to H. L. Oldie's new book "Sherlock Holmes vs. Martians".

The new edition (re-print) of Henry Lion Oldie's mythological fantasy novel (Ancient Greece) "A Hero Must Be Alone" is out of print in Russian. "Azbooka" Publisher ("Azbooka-Atticus" Publishing Group), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014. Book cover by Sergey Shikin (Russia). See the book trailer (in Russian) by Bronya Gromova to "A Hero Must Be Alone" novel:

"The Price of Money", the 5th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 19340 words, $0,99 only!

One winter night, Oswald van der Groot got lost in the forest and came to an unknown city. Local residents were hospitable and generous; they never required a coin for food, services, or dwelling. Later, Oswald found out what price he paid. The citizens of the town knew the real price of money.

"The Price of Money" is the 5th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

Meet the new edition of Henry Lion Oldie's fantasy novel "The Way of the Sword"! The book is out of print in Russian. ("Azbooka" – "Azbooka-Atticus" Publisher, Russia, St. Petersburg, 2014) Book cover by Sergey Shikin (Russia), inside black-white illustrations by Vladimir Bondar (Ukraine).

This is the 15th edition (re-print) of "The Way of the Sword" novel! This novel has been published in 5 languages: Russian, Ukrainian, French, Polish and Czech. This year is 20th anniversary of "The Way of the Sword": the novel has been written in 1994. See the jubilee book trailer (in Russian) by Sergey Gromov (son of Dmitry Gromov, 1/2 of H. L. Oldie) to "The Way of the Sword" novel:

"So Much Ado about Paleness, Maestro!", the 4th novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 14890 words, $0,99 only!

Achille Morazzi, Maestro of fencing, was treacherously murdered. His son, Morazzi Junior, had to escape from Venice to save his life. On his way to Verona, Morazzi Junior spent the night in a cave and shared his meal with a statue of an ancient god. The god honestly paid the young man for his generosity.

"SO MUCH ADO ABOUT PALENESS, MAESTRO!" is the 4th novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

The new book "Sherlock Holmes vs. Martians" by Henry Lion Oldie is out of print in Russian!
("Azbooka" – "Azbooka-Atticus" Publisher, Russia, St. Petersburg, 2014)!

New book trailer (sorry, in Russian only - but video is an international language!) to Henry Lion Oldie's new book “Sherlock Holmes vs. Martians”:



The book is coming soon, at the end of August 2014, in Russian, in "Azbooka" Publisher (“Azbooka-Atticus” Publishing Group), Russia, St. Petersburg. It’s a kind of our tribute and great respect to Arthur Conan Doyle and Herbert George Wells and their books. Mashup, steampunk, science fiction, time travels, detective, alternate history, literary fiction and some irony.

Some illustrations from the previous illustrators' competition, some inside black-white illustrations by Yuri Platov, the cover of “Sherlock Holmes vs. Martians” by Sergey Shikin and some real black-white 1900's photos of British town Maldon (Essex) have been used in book trailer by Bronya Gromova.

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"A Djinni Named Conscience", the 3rd novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 12100 words, $0,99 only!

Jammal, a merchant, bought a gold plate for one of his wives, but the wife did something wrong. In anger, Jammal threw the plate into the burning hearth. The plate was a magical object imprisoning Abd-al-Rashid, a djinni. The djinni broke free. He repaid the merchant for releasing him by becoming Jammal’s conscience. From that day on, whatever the merchant did, the incorruptible Conscience stood behind his left shoulder.

A DJINNI NAMED CONSCIENCE is the 3rd novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English! Book trailer to this book:



Welcome!

Short SF story "The Eighth Circle of Subway" by H. L. Oldie was published in Czech SF & Fantasy magazine "Pevnost" (in Czech). Translator: Konstantin Šindelář.

"The Eighth Circle of Subway" by H. L. Oldie is available in English on Amazon and on Smashwords

And this short story was also translated and published in French this year, in Galaxies science-fiction. (Translator: Viktoriya and Patrice Lajoye).

Also see the review in Czech on the Czech edition of Henry Lion Oldie's fantasy novel "The Way of the Sword": "Cesta meče – Filosofická pouť z ráje do pekla": http://www.dagon.cz/cesta-mece-filosoficka-pout-z-raje-do-pekla/

"The Ballade of the Twins", the 2nd novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 16540 words, $0,99 only!

Each man in the world has a doppelganger, or a twin. Father Ignatius is a righteous monk, but his doppelganger, Judge Jodem Langbard, is a sadistic murderer. Father Ignatius’s righteousness and piety make his doppelganger more and more cruel and bloodthirsty. How does one destroy this lethal bond? THE BALLADE OF THE TWINS is the 2nd novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

The collection of articles about fantastic literature "10 Temptations" by H. L. Oldie is out of print in Russian in "Partenit" series.

The Competition of black-white illustrations to the Henry Lion Oldie's new book “Sherlock Holmes vs. Martians” is finished. 24 participants, 3 winners!

The 1st place: Sergey Antonov

The 2nd place: Dmitry Molochinsky

The 3rd place: Natalia Melnikova

Our congratulations to the winners, our great thanks to all participants!

"Here and Now", the 1st novelette from novel-cycle “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie is now available on Amazon and Smashwords! Historical adventure and poetic fantasy; Medieval Europe. 17950 words, $0,99 only!

Siegfried von Maintz attacks the lands of Opole with his army. Swords and spears are unable to stop the cruel margrave. But there is Martzin, the apprentice of a powerful wizard. Martzin has a magic set of chessmen; with their help, one can return to the past and change it. HERE AND NOW is the 1st novelette from the book “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” by Henry Lion Oldie. The entire novel consists of 12 novelettes. The book received the "Sigma-F" Grand Prize at "Sigma-F Conference" in Moscow, Russia, in 2005. 8 hard cover editions are in Russian! Now for the first time in English!

The 2nd novelette from “The Songs of Peter Sliadek” is coming soon! Book trailer to this book:



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"The Cyclops" – novel of two volumes by H. L. Oldie received the "Gold RosCon" award at the "RosCon Convention", Moscow, Russia, 2014.