The Realm of Katherine Vick

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If anyone fancies a hint of what is to come - the opening part of The Disposable can be found below. I hope you like it and apologies if the formatting has done anything weird. ;p The Disposable by Katherine Vick Part One No, hang on, that’s already done with. Part Two Nope, that one’s over too. Ah, here we are .… Part Three A piece of paper. That’s what it was, when all was said and done. A simple, straight­forward piece of paper, the words upon it written in the familiar, authoritative, unnaturally regular lettering that signified instructions from the Taskmaster. It spelled out a sequence of events that had to be ruthlessly prepared for by every living thing in the Realm, and it was to be obeyed without thought and without question. That was merely the way it was, and to disobey would be unthinkable. Wouldn’t it? Because there were days, sometimes, when he couldn’t help but wonder if the world would really come to an end if he just chucked the paper away...

...a few little teasers of the work to come: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9s3inaFGc8/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9s3P2yFuTc/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jxu-EhRaV/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pNAWAhX4i/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pNQcmhhnG/

https://www.thinklingsbooks.com/blog/author-interview-the-disposable-by-katherine-vick Every time we release a book, we’ll post an interview with its author during the month before the book is published. Our next book comes out on April 1st, appropriately, because it's a comedy! The Disposable is a hilarious parody of epic quest novels, and we are interviewing Katherine Vick, our first UK author! When did you know that you wanted to be a writer? I reckon pretty much since I knew it was a thing you were allowed to do. From my toddler years, my mum testifies that I was making up stories and games for my toys every waking hour. I started to write them down as soon as I could write and haven’t ever stopped since. I was—and still am—always happiest when playing about with my imagination and bringing it to life. And when it dawned on me that there were people out there whose job it was to write my reading material—that was it really. I knew what I wanted to do. Where did you ...

It’s a tough old gig, isn’t it? Being ordinary. I think it’s fair to assume that most people will know how it feels. To be one of the masses, puttering through life in the background, with the occasional walk through or cameo into something bigger but generally just the background noise of life, unheard, unseen and mostly unappreciated. And whenever the larger forces of the universe collide to make something big and splashy happen, it’s always the ordinary folks who end up shafted by it. It’s enough of a bother up here in the real world – so imagine what it must be like being the background noise in a fantasy kingdom with all the perils of plague, war, magical catastrophe and attack by random winged beasties to contend with as one tries to get by in life. Straightforward medieval peasant life with new weird and obscure ways to die thrown in – fun times for all! I’ve often thought being a background character in a fantasy novel must be the hardest gig in all of literature, especial...

The Disposable by Katherine Vick The Narrative Must Be Obeyed Everyone in the Taskmaster’s Realm knows how the story goes: the boy of destiny goes on a quest, defeats the dark lord, and gets the swooning princess.   It’s a great story, if you happen to be a knight or a wizard or a hero.   But it’s pretty odious if you’re Ordinary: a barmaid who has to inflate her bosom and have her backside pinched, a homely prince who can’t buckle his swash because his face doesn’t fit, or a soldier who gets killed over and over and over again just to progress the plot. Fodder of Humble Village is one of those soldiers, and, frankly, he’s sick and tired of getting speared, decapitated, and disembowelled twice a day so the good guys can look glorious.   In fact, he’s not going to take it anymore. No matter what The Narrative tries to make him do.