Your New Book – Feast of Famine! This is the second anthology in which I have short stories. (The first one is linked below.)
What’s it about?
Feast or Famine? – the Third Purple Toga Anthology
On May 11th, 2026, we release the third of our anthologies: Feast or Famine!
This is our third theme based anthology at Purple Toga.
The first, It Takes A Village, contains stories centered around what life would be like if people were rewarded for helping others.
The second, Rainbows Aren’t Just For Leprechauns, has stories based on colors.
Book Details
For the third, Feast or Famine? we were looking for stories where food is central or pivotal to the plot.
In this anthology there are thirty stories with wide variety of themes and tones, set in fantasy locations, modern times, and even post-apocalyptic worlds. They vary in style and setting, but all are told around the basic truth: us humans love our food.
As in real life, some foods were life-changing while at other times disappointing. How many of you have read about Turkish Delight in Narnia and were disappointed when you finally got to try it? For me it smelled wonderful, but had no taste or texture. Just colored gelatin. (Be assured fresh Turkish delight has flavor and is quite nice, but not so the boxes sold for tourists/holidays).
Think of how food has been a big part of literature. Where would Snow White be without the apple (or Adam and Eve)? In movies like Thor: The Dark World you have Dr. Strange offer tea and Thor responding he doesn’t drink it and getting a big (self-refilling) mug of beer. Where would Star Trek: The Next Generation be without “Earl Grey, hot”? Think of all the meals in the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, or how Rincewind fantasizes about potatoes.
Where possible, the authors have provided recipes that are related to their stories. We at Purple Toga strongly recommend that you think twice before making some of them at home: they may contain magical or alien ingredients for which we know of no substitutes.
Feast or Famine? Get Your Copy Here!
Pre-Orders of Feast or Famine? are available. You can get the the ebook on Amazon by clicking here.
Let me know what you think by clicking here or emailing me at [email protected]. As always, everyone who responds with a comment or email will get a free book from me.
Grab Your Copy of Challenge Accepted Here!
Here you’ll find the first Anthology that contained my stories.
What’s it about?
A blind spaceship pilot.
Cops and maintenance personnel in wheelchairs.
Taking on bad guys with only one leg or no arms.
It’s not what you are that makes you something special. It’s who you choose to be.
Seventeen stories about people who rise above anything that tries to stop them, even their own limitations.
Grab your copy of Challenge Accepted here! On sale too, 67% off.