The Valley of the Man Vultures: Thurvok, #1
By Cora Buhlert and Richard Blakemore
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On his way to Krysh, a city of fabled riches, the sellsword Thurvok must first pass through the Valley of the Accursed Blood.
Traditionally, those travelling to Krysh make offerings at the temple at the entrance of the valley in exchange for protection on their journey. But Thurvok scoffs at such superstition and decides to continue his journey without any divine protection. His refusal to make an offering infuriates the temple priest Alberon who promptly curses Thurvok.
Thurvok is not much bothered by this – he does not believe in curses. However, the valley holds dangers that don't particularly care whether Thurvok believes in them or not.
This is a short story of 4400 words or 15 print pages in the Thurvok sword and sorcery series, but may be read as a standalone. Includes an introduction and afterword.
Cora Buhlert
Cora Buhlert was born and bred in North Germany, where she still lives today – after time spent in London, Singapore, Rotterdam and Mississippi. Cora holds an MA degree in English from the University of Bremen and is currently working towards her PhD. Cora has been writing, since she was a teenager, and has published stories, articles and poetry in various international magazines. When she is not writing, she works as a translator and teacher.
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The Valley of the Man Vultures - Cora Buhlert
Introduction
by Cora Buhlert
swordNowadays, pulp fiction writer Richard Blakemore (1900 — 1994) is best remembered for creating the Silencer, a masked vigilante in the vein of the Shadow or the Spider, during the hero pulp boom of the 1930s.
What sets the Silencer apart from the many similar characters that graced American newsstands during the Great Depression is that his exploits reached out beyond the pages of the pulps into the real world. For between 1933 and 1942, there are dozens of confirmed reports from people who claim to have encountered the Silencer in real life, fighting crime, protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty just like his pulp counterpart.
Who was the person who dressed up as the Silencer to fight crime? The most likely theory is that it was Blakemore himself. After all, Richard Blakemore was a skilled sportsman and veteran of World War I, who spent the 1920s travelling the world, so he would certainly have had the knowledge and the ability. And the police at the time did suspect Blakemore of being the Silencer. There are various records of searches and arrests and even a trial in 1936, where Blakemore was convicted for a murder supposedly committed by the Silencer. He was later acquitted, when the actual killer confessed.
However, there are also confirmed reports of Silencer sightings during times when Richard Blakemore was definitely elsewhere. So was the Silencer really just a deranged pulp fan, as Blakemore himself claimed? Or — and this is probably the most likely theory — did more than one person wear the Silencer costume?
Blakemore himself, when asked if he was the Silencer, always gave the following answer, No, I’m not and have never been the Silencer. I’m just the man he chose to chronicle his adventures.
The Silencer vanished at the start of World War II, when whoever the person behind the mask really was, was likely drafted to fight overseas. The Silencer magazine held on until 1949, still written by Blakemore, though the Silencer himself did not reappear after World War II.
There was a brief wave of Silencer sightings in the late 1960s. These are likely the work of a fan, particular since the Silencer adventures were