Blood Sport

Gotrek & Felix #Short Story

by Joshua Reynolds

Ever in search of a mighty doom, the Slayer Gotrek Gurnisson finds an opportunity for a great death indeed, fighting against a vicious hippogryph in what can only be a battle to the death. But once he enters the fighting pit and begins to battle the captive beast, Gotrek realises that perhaps his doom is not yet at hand…

Read it because
It's an interesting perspective on just why Gotrek has failed to meet his doom for so long. An opportunity arises, but his other qualities – the qualities that make him a hero – stop him from seizing it.

Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories

6 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 22, 2012

About the author

Josh Reynolds’ work has previously appeared in such anthologies as Historical Lovecraft from Innsmouth Free Press and Horror for the Holidays from Miskatonic River Press, and his novel, Knight of the Blazing Sun, is currently available from Black Library. He can be found at: http://joshuamreynolds.wordpress.com

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice, but in length so brief and symbology so saturated that I'm tempted to measure this more as poetry rather than prose.

[L J Field · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short tale of Gotrek and Felix, but the dirth of pages is made up for by excellent writing and a thundering and exciting episode amongst their many adventures. Josh Reynolds has a firm grasp of the characters of G & F and, to me, has the closest writing style to their originator, William King.

[Davidfdz · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love the book

[Jonas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Concise and to the point. In just a few pages this story presents a premise, a middle and an end, all while conveying something important about both main characters.

[Kenneth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gotrek helps to free a beast.

[Tomas Tidén · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very short, but oh, so brilliant!

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every creature has the right to be free.

[Bec Walraven · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little story about a Dwarf and a hippogryph.

[Declan Waters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Black Library's advent events can be fun and this story is q good inclusion. It's of Flash fiction length so very short but manages to give a story of Gotrek and Felix from the world that was. It does rely on the reader knowing the characters and the setting which allows for some short cutting and allows the action to start straight away... or in fact in the middle. Gotrek is fighting a tamed beast and its far from certain which of them will win!

So why only 3 stars...? Because for the length of the story Black Library are charging too much. This should be in a compilation really.

[Christoph Weber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kurz und knackig, zeigt eine etwas andere Seite von Gotrek, aber eine die ihn erweitert, und nicht alles ins Gegenteil verkehrt was man in den anderen Büchern liest.