MAGIC FORGOTTEN by Jack Hillman

MAGIC FORGOTTEN
by Jack Hillman

Magic Forgotten is an Adult Urban Fantasy set in Eastern PA. It is the story of a paraplegic, freelance writer who has withdrawn from the world only to be dragged back out by the appearance of two strangers in his back yard. They are a Sidhe, the old elves of England, and a human wizardess, a captive of the elf, and they are here to take over the world. The writer and the wizardess have to stop the elf from achieving his plans.

EXCERPT
Dan awoke with a splitting headache.

This was not surprising considering he was seated at his desk with his head resting on the computer keyboard. The corner of the escape key pressed into his forehead hard enough to leave an impression.

“At least they left the computer.” He mused as he tried to look around at the room. Everything seemed to spin as he moved. He lifted a hand to his forehead as he groaned in pain. His groan stopped as he felt something imbedded in the skin just above his nose, between his eyebrows. He probed with his fingers, trying to judge what it was. Smooth and oval, was all he could tell by touch. As he lowered his hand to look at his fingers for any residue, he noted something on the back of his wrist. Both wrists, he soon saw, had oval green gems the size of a nickel imbedded in the skin, just above the joint where it did not impair movement. As far as he could tell by touch, they matched the stone in his forehead. The sickly green color did little to help Dan’s queasy stomach.

His computer screen caught his attention as he examined his wrist. On the screen was a logo Dan did not immediately recognize, a sign-on for a database he had never entered before, to his knowledge. Looking from his hands to the screen, Dan wondered: had he had been typing under someone else’s control and accessed something he wasn’t supposed to see?

“Oh, shit. Steven King strikes again.”

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AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK
-What inspired you to become a writer?

I was an avid and voracious reader as a child. It was an easy activity while lying in a hospital. I think it’s a case of getting ideas from all the stories I read by someone else and then decided to write for myself.

-If you could visit your book’s world for a day, what one thing would you do?

Look up Ian Goodfellow and see if one of his cousins would like to visit my place. I have some ideas I’d like to try out with his skill set.

-Give us a fun or interesting fact you learned researching this book.

The ignition temperature of magnesium is about a third of the temperature of molten Iron. So when Sidhe blood reacts with iron and melts the metal, it’s hot enough to ignite magnesium armor.

-Which of your characters would you go out for drinks or pizza with?

Pretty much any of the good guys. They seem like a pretty accepting group. But maybe we should leave Ian at home unless he promises to be really good.

-You’re in a tavern, and a dwarf challenges you to a duel. What do you do?

Buy him a beer and ask what I did to piss him off. I’m betting it was my evil twin, Skippy, and not me that did it.

-Is there a genre you could never write? Which and why?

Erotica. Mostly as a personal choice. But I’ve written at least some in almost every other genre. I like to be versatile.

ABOUT JACK
A lifelong Pennsylvania resident, Jack began a love of books sitting amid the mystery of hospitals and medical paraphernalia. Mythology of all cultures and a fascination with martial philosophies led to King Arthur, the knights of the round table and an array of science fiction and fantasy authors that had a strong impact on his life.

Real life got in the way of a writing career to start, but thirty years in the life and medical insurance field led Jack to a job as a stringer for local newspapers and writing for medical and insurance journals. In addition to years in the insurance field Jack also has fifteen years experience as a journalist and freelance writer, and has even won a Keystone Press Award (1998) for his journalistic efforts. Jack has written on a wide variety of subjects and keeps his hand in medical and insurance matters on a daily basis.

In addition to newspaper reporting and magazine articles, Jack has written articles for a variety websites–some under his own name and some as a behind-the-scenes contributor. Jack\’s first short fiction piece, a novella, was serialized in an old BBS site in 1992, with the first hard copy magazine story arriving in 1993. Four dinner theater plays written by Jack have been produced and performed for local theater in Eastern Pennsylvania. His novels are now coming to light with the release of There Are Giants In This Valley published by Archebooks Publishing.

With experience as a journalist, short story writer, playwright and novelist, Jack often speaks at writer\’s conferences, to writer\’s groups and to school gatherings. If you are looking for a speaker on esoteric subjects, Jack probably has something tucked away in a folder for the occasion.

He lives in eastern Pennsylvania with his supportive wife, a squad of feline editors, and an array of edged weapons to inspire his works.

Find him online:

–website
–Running Wild Press
–Facebook
–Twitter

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GIVEAWAY

Jack Hillman will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.