Dave Ring – författare

A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre, including 2016 Aurora Award nominee "e;Super Frenemies"e; by Stephen Kotowych."e;And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper"e; by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor who hates playing a superhero on the radio but discovers a new role awaiting him."e;Sovereign's Last Hurrah"e; David Court: In a retirement home, elderly supervillains scheme to return an item of power to their greatest enemy."e;RIGHTMAN! Loses the Faith"e; Gary Cuba: Being a superhero is what you make of it, and what you can make from it."e;Dax and the Red Eyes"e; Adrienne Dellwo: Dax's disability prevents him from telling anyone about his brother using powers to hurt people."e;Dum Dum"e; Leod D. Fitz: Some supervillains are geniuses, and others are simply well-trained."e;Light Therapy"e; Che Gilson: Being a sidekick is a thankless job."e;Pinning Portugal"e; Elliotte Rusty Harold: A group of supervillains hatches a new scheme that naturally goes awry."e;When Fukayna Danced Her Libraries"e; Jake Johnson: Eventually even superheroes need to step away from the job."e;Super Frenemies"e; Stephen Kotowych: A group of super-powered children take on the neighborhood bully with surprising results."e;The Faces of the Wind"e; Laura Lamoreaux: After World War II, the country no longer needed superheroes, leaving the heroes with difficult decisions."e;Capacity Crowds"e; Paul McMahon: He wants to be a real superhero, but can't seem to find a villain to match him."e;Heart of the Matter"e; Robert J. Mendenhall: Cameron's powers are preventing the medical treatment that may save his life."e;Ebony Boneshaft, Secret Superhero"e; Wendy Qualls: She didn't mean to discover Ebony Boneshaft's secret identity, and when she did, it caused no end of trouble for her."e;Eye of the Beholder"e; Dave Ring: Being seen as the object of everyone's desire is a poor way to live life."e;I Am Hathor"e; Aaron Michael Ritchey & Jason Henry Evans: Balancing superheroics and motherhood is a difficult dance for Hathor."e;The Romulus Proposition"e; Tim Rohr: When the mighty have fallen, it's probably because they were pushed."e;Saul, Again"e; Eric Rosenfield: A time traveler takes a circuitous, long-term approach to facing a dangerous villain."e;Damn the Dark, Damn the Light"e; K. H. Vaughan: There's a fine line between heroism and nihilism and sooner or later everyone crosses it.

This, the fifth and final volume in the Trinity Tales series, completes a cycle that began with tales from the 1960s. It invites readers to step into the world of Trinity College as it was in the first decade of this century through the reflections of students who attended the university during those years.Within its pages lie the stories of twenty-eight graduates from a mix of diverse backgrounds whose experiences may dispel the myths of what it means to be a ‘Trinity student’. The collection reveals the rapidly changing world of the early 2000s. This was a time of the internet revolution, when social media first affected student life, when mobile phones and laptops became ubiquitous, when handwritten work was passing into history, when The Buttery closed its doors – and all this coming against the backdrop of an overheating then imploding Irish economy.This kaleidoscope of recollections captures a student body in transformation and features stories of personal discovery and achievement against the odds. For some it proved a life-changing era when sexual, racial or class barriers were confronted.This volume concludes a remarkable half-century journey, portraying the lives of others, and of ourselves.

We fear discovery when we should fear what there is to discover.Lovecraft and his successors show a world where human civilisation is only a thin veneer over black seas of ignorance. A world where men exalted for their reason uncover logic-defying truths. A world where the marginalised discover uncaring horror on the fringes of a society that rejects them. A world where the bonds between us unravel.But what of those who wear their own averageness like a veneer? Neither drawn toward the horror by academic curiosity nor driven their by society, but unmoored by a mundane secret.A Spanish priest struggling with base desires plots to save a native child from brutal sacrifice.A veteran hiding the extent of his mental wounds discovers the true war on terror is very different.A delinquent's secret passion for stamp collecting draws him into a dark bargain.And nine more tales of overtly normal people coming adrift in an incomprehensible universe.