Hi, we are the Tale Tellers. We write blogs, short stories and novels, in the Fantasy genre. Passionate creatives at heart, we strive to give others the same joy reading about our weird and wonderful ideas, as we experienced when we first came up with them…
Hello and a warm welcome to whomever happens to be reading this. My name is James Evan Murray, pen-name J.E.M and I’m an author of the Fantasy genre and one of the tale tellers. My writing exploits began when I was six years old, when I sat down to write a Scooby Doo story entitled “The Mysteryous Hotle”, and no, spelling was not my forte back then. It was about, as you may have guessed, a mysterious hotel where not everything was as it seemed, hallways which were really giant treadmills, ghost that were jack-o-lanterns covered by bedsheets and a disfigured receptionist, who had become so accustomed to being called a monster, that he decided to embrace it. I made it to chapter sixteen, but was reluctant to bring the adventure to an end, wanting it to go on and on forever, and so the project was put to one side.
At the age of eight, I went from writing about adventures with the gang, to fantastical, magical tales with characters of my own; Such as Jack The Pumpkin Slayer, Sword Thief and Marco Merlin to name but a few. My imagination ran riot in those years and I never remained on one project long enough to complete it, although I did make it a good three long chapters into “The Story of The Tree of Life” a novel I still intend to write. It is about a DnD-esque party of adventurers travelling the world and slaying the five great beasts who represent the five pillars of Hell, a radical, yet awesome story idea I think you’ll agree.
For now however, at the grand old age of seventeen, I have set about writing my first trilogy, that I intent to publish in a couple of years time. The first book of the “Tragedy to Tranquility Trilogy: From Gutter to Godhood” is well on its way to completion, although my lavish love of lengthy alliteration may have to sadly be set aside, as book one has become a tad too long and I fear may have to be split in two. Never mind, the book is set in The Twin Worlds, so I suppose it makes sense.
Till then, if you want to find out more about me and my writing, I am the proud author of the Tale Teller Blogs, that you can find posted on this here website. If that’s still not enough for you and you prefer soothing sanguine sounds, rather than wryly written words, I suggest you check out my YouTube channel ‘Jemstone’, where you can find short stories I have written, read to you, by me, in the form of an audiobook or radio broadcast. Sometimes structured and sometimes written with the added wonder of rolling dice, randomly determining where the story goes -a nod to my tabletop gaming hobby- I’m sure you’ll find it intriguing, if not entertaining, thanks to the added comical charm randomness and chaos brings. If you’re interested in the creation process, you will be pleased to know, that I have also uploaded videos showing the character creation process. All this and more can be found on my YouTube channel, but for those of you interested specifically in the tales being told, the “James’ Journal” playlist is the place to go. Self centred ramble over, I am afraid dear readers, that now I must go, for, in the words of The Tale Teller, “There is always, another tale, to be told.”
Dennis is an IT Consultant and Technical Architect. He lives, with his wife and son, in County Waterford on the beautiful South coast of Ireland.
Dennis has a life-long interest in game playing, particularly in boardgames and Role playing games(RPGs). He has been an RPG game-master running his own campaign world for many years. He is an avid reader and has always had a passion for writing, specifically in the fantasy and Sci-Fi genres.
A published technical author Dennis is now turning his hand to publishing his own gaming world and some of the epic stories that have enfolded in that world over the last 30+ years.
The Hanokan Chronicles are his first venture into fantasy. These Chronicles tell the story of the Hanokan Empire, as seen through the lens of the life stories of some of the major characters in the empires history. These chronicles span millennia of game world history.