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Frank Tuttle was born on August 6, 1892, in New York City.
(Join Mug and Meralda as they take to the skies in the lon...)
Join Mug and Meralda as they take to the skies in the long-awaited sequel to All the Paths of Shadow! The airship Intrepid, fitted with Mage Meralda's flying coils and bearing a crew of a hundred and sixty-two souls, sets out to cross the treacherous Great Sea. If the Intrepid survives the voyage, she will be the first craft of the Realms to ever reach the mysterious Hang homeland. But as Meralda soon discovers, storms and sea-serpents are not the greatest perils she must face. There are powerful forces opposed to the Intrepid's crossing, and the most dangerous foe of all may lurk deep within Meralda's own heart. If you've a taste for airships and intrigue, magic and more Mug, then climb aboard the Intrepid and dare the vast Great Sea…
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(The Markhat Files, Book 10 Markhat and Darla journey into...)
The Markhat Files, Book 10 Markhat and Darla journey into the unknown, where Trolls and worse await those who dare the wastelands, and old magics take on new life when fueled by vengeance and the undying power of greed. Three thousand miles of haunted prairie lie between Rannit’s bustling streets and tiny frontier town of Railsend. Finder Markhat’s new case puts him aboard the steam locomotive Western Star, bound for Railsend…and the edge of the world. But before the Star sees its first sunrise, blood is spilled, and Markhat finds himself at the center of a murderous mystery. When wartime magic of the killing sort enters the picture, Markhat realizes not all the passengers are who they seem. There’s a rogue sorcerer aboard the Western Star, a sorcerer bent on homicide—and not just one death will do. Pressed into service by railroad law, Markhat must unravel the tangled web of lies before the next life taken is his own. Warning: This novel should not be combined with corn syrup. Honestly, it’s a shame we have to mention that, but after the events of last May (we’re really sorry about your ebook reader, Mr. Dercroft-Higgins) it’s best to state this explicitly. Also, clinical studies show that koi and other members of the carp family may find portions of Chapter Eight disconcerting. Although frankly, with fish it’s hard to tell. Anyway, no corn syrup and no koi or carp. Please refer other complaints to the Bureau of Odd Happenstance, and remember to include a self-addressed, stamped badger with your inquiry.
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(The king’s orders were clear enough. “Move the tower’s sh...)
The king’s orders were clear enough. “Move the tower’s shadow,” he bellowed. “I refuse to deliver my commencement speech from the dark.” As the newly appointed mage to the Crown of Tirlin, Meralda Ovis has no choice but to undertake King Yvin’s ill-conceived task. Tirlin’s first female mage, and the youngest person to ever don the robes of office, Meralda is determined to prove once and for all that she deserves the title. The Tower, though, holds ancient secrets all its own. Secrets that will soon spell destruction for all of Tirlin—unless Meralda can unravel a monstrous curse laid by a legendary villain seven centuries before she was born.
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(Join the Crown's first female Sorcerer as Mallara patrols...)
Join the Crown's first female Sorcerer as Mallara patrols the Five Valleys on the lookout for magical mayhem. Accompanied by her faithful (but bodiless) assistant Burn, Mallara is charged with keeping the folk the Valleys safe from arcane threats old and new -- but is a lone Sorceress sufficient to keep the peace? "On the Road" features four Mallara and Burn stories. "The Ringed Round" finds Mallara and Burn face to face with an ancient specter imprisoned for millennia in a ring of stones -- stones which plot to add Mallara to their doomed menagerie. "Night Stand" brings Mallara and Burn to a haunted ruin in need of a magical Cleansing. But as Mallara and Burn soon discover, this is no ordinary haunting. Mallara's only hope is to keep the vengeful wraith at bay until sunrise -- but the wraith is determined to claim Mallara's life before the night ends. "The Asking and the Vow" begins with news of a Troll making a rare visit to a sleepy town square. Will the story end with Mallara failing to deliver on a Vow made hundreds of years before she was born? "The Helpers" finds Mallara and Burn pitted against an army of overly-helpful goblins, who may have more than just sweeping up on their minds! ("Night Stand" was originally published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine. "The Ringed Round," "The Asking and the Vow," and "The Helpers" were all previously published in Spaceways Weekly.) Join Mallara and Burn as they take on the task of patrolling the Five Valleys, and discover magic and mayhem with every turn of the road!
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(Six tales of magic, mirth, mystery, and monsters, togethe...)
Six tales of magic, mirth, mystery, and monsters, together for the first time! In this anthology you get: "Keeping the Peace" -- The Troll War is over, save for a lone sorceress and the renegade general she's spent years tracking down. But the general holds a secret... "The Harper at Sea" -- Jere the Harper, afloat on a raft, in the midst of the Great White Sea. His only hope is rescue -- but will the merfolk be his undoing? "Waking the Master" -- The old wizard's house is clever, hard-working, and eager to please. So when the Master oversleeps, the House decides to take charge. "The Truth About Arphon and the Apple Farmer's Daughter" -- Jere the Harper once again finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Can he sing his way out of trouble, or has the harper sung his last? "One Such Shore" -- Silicy takes to the Sea to pursue her dreams. But the Sea is a perilous place, and the storms Silicy faces may force her to seek a new shore. "Tinker Bell, Cannon Dale, and the All Wheeling Nick of Time"-- Elves. Bicycles. Shotguns. Whiskey. Just another day for Tir Na Nog's foremost bicycle repairman -- but a night is falling that will change him forever.
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(There's trouble in the skies over Tirlin, and it's Mage M...)
There's trouble in the skies over Tirlin, and it's Mage Meralda and her faithful houseplant Mug to the rescue! The private airship Sammi, with four souls aboard, is caught in the grip of a monstrous storm. Can Mage Meralda's newfangled flying coils ascend to heights even the Air Corps don't dare, and will her hastily-assembled flying machine hold together long enough to reach the Sammi? Join Meralda and Mug as they take flight, in this thrilling novella set in the world of the novel All the Paths of Shadow. Saving the Sammi is suitable for all ages. If you have a taste for fantasy with a dash of steampunk and a generous dollop of humor, climb aboard!
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(The Cadaver Client Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to ...)
The Cadaver Client Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to make amends to the wife and child he abandoned a decade ago – but is the dead man really dead, and is he seeking his estranged wife not out of guilt, but out of his insatiable desire to deal out a final, cruel act of vengeance? The Mister Trophy All the finder Markhat wanted was a beer at Eddie’s. Instead he gets a case that will bring him face to fang with crazed, blood-craving halfdead, a trio of vengeful Troll warriors, and Mama Hog’s unpredictable brand of backstreet magic. Oh, and the possible resurgence of the Troll War that nearly wiped humanity out a decade ago. Through Rannit’s narrow alleys and mean streets, Markhat runs to stay one step ahead of disaster, all the while ignoring Mama Hog’s dire warnings that this time, the head that rolls could be his own! Dead Man’s Rain Markhat is a finder by trade, charged with the post-war task of tracking down missing sons and fathers who’d fought in the War but remained missing after the Truce. But now it’s ten years on after the war, and about all he’s finding is trouble. This time, trouble comes in the form of a rich widow with a problem. Her dearly departed husband, Ebed Merlat, keeps ambling back from the grave for nocturnal visits. Markhat saw a lot during the war, but he’s never seen anyone, rich or poor, rise from the grave and go tromping around the landscape. But for the right price, he’s willing to look into it. As a storm gathers and night falls, Markhat finds darker things than even murder lurk amid the shadows of House Merlat. The Cadaver Client Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to make amends to the wife and child he abandoned a decade ago – but is the dead man really dead, and is he seeking his estranged wife not out of guilt, but out of his insatiable desire to deal out a final, cruel act of vengeance? The Mister Trophy All the finder Markhat wanted was a beer at Eddie’s. Instead he gets a case that will bring him face to fang with crazed, blood-craving halfdead, a trio of vengeful Troll warriors, and Mama Hog’s unpredictable brand of backstreet magic. Oh, and the possible resurgence of the Troll War that nearly wiped humanity out a decade ago. Through Rannit’s narrow alleys and mean streets, Markhat runs to stay one step ahead of disaster, all the while ignoring Mama Hog’s dire warnings that this time, the head that rolls could be his own! Dead Man’s Rain Markhat is a finder by trade, charged with the post-war task of tracking down missing sons and fathers who’d fought in the War but remained missing after the Truce. But now it’s ten years on after the war, and about all he’s finding is trouble. This time, trouble comes in the form of a rich widow with a problem. Her dearly departed husband, Ebed Merlat, keeps ambling back from the grave for nocturnal visits. Markhat saw a lot during the war, but he’s never seen anyone, rich or poor, rise from the grave and go tromping around the landscape. But for the right price, he’s willing to look into it. As a storm gathers and night falls, Markhat finds darker things than even murder lurk amid the shadows of House Merlat.
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Frank Tuttle was born on August 6, 1892, in New York City.
Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
Tuttle is a sign of the quality of Paramount in the 1920s. There is no reason to build him up as an important director: he was subservient to fashion; none of his films has survived as more than a tvpical studio product; he was not entrusted with Paramount’s most prestigious ventures. That is not to say that careful reviewing would not disclose a brisk, sophisticated eve for glamour. Louise Brooks has remarked that Tuttle played comedy straight this in the 1920s when so many emotions were underlined.
He came from Yale and Vanity Fair into the movies in the early 1920s and worked his way into Paramount as a writer: The Conquest of Canaan (Roy William Neill); and then on his two outstanding Allan Dwan/Gloria Swanson comedies, redolent of the vivacious shopgirl as an ingenious fighter in her own romantic cause—Manhandled and Her Love Story. Tuttle’s own films celebrated that Paramount heroine: four films with Bebe Daniels, including The Manicure Girl and Miss Bluebeard; Evelyn Brent in Love Em and Leave Em; Swanson in The Untamed Lady; several with Nancy Carroll, Florence Vidor, Louise Brooks, and Esther Ralston; and six with Clara Bow' Grit: Kid Boots (Eddie Cantors first film); Her Wedding Night; Love Among the Millionaires; True to the Navy: and No Limit.
In the 1930s, Tuttle was inexplicably switched from these shining ladies to male-oriented pictures, chiefly Bing Crosby musicals, of which he directed five. In addition, he went to Goldwyn to put Cantor through Roman Scandals: and at Paramount he directed Jack Benny in College Holiday and made the first film of Hammetts The Glass Key, with George Raft. That glossy thriller harked back to two William Powell/Philo Vance films and looked forward to his most striking movie, made shortly before he left Paramount, This Gun for Hire, the first vision of the blond sheen of Ladd and Lake. Also worthwhile as a curiosity is The Magic Face, where Luther Adler plays a man who impersonates Hitler.
(The Cadaver Client Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to ...)
(Join Mug and Meralda as they take to the skies in the lon...)
(Six tales of magic, mirth, mystery, and monsters, togethe...)
(The Markhat Files, Book 10 Markhat and Darla journey into...)
(There's trouble in the skies over Tirlin, and it's Mage M...)
(Join the Crown's first female Sorcerer as Mallara patrols...)
(The king’s orders were clear enough. “Move the tower’s sh...)