The short story "The City of the Crocodile God," featuring my recurring sword and sorcery heroes Hanno and Thrax, was published in the Spring 2022 issue of Cirsova.
My short story "The Affair of the Unquiet Grave" appears in the debut issue of ANVIL: Iron Age Magazine. The story features some truly beautiful illustrations from the very talented comic artist Eric Ninaltowski . Death stalks the stately halls of Ashworth Houseāa mysterious affliction, spectral apparitions... perhaps even murder. But such is the stock-in-trade for Sir Alastair Fitzaubrey, Regency-era gentleman and occult detective. An acknowledged master of the arcane, he is summoned by the parish constable to investigate the strange happenings at the manor, much to the chagrin of the lord of the house, to say nothing of the local church authorities who take a dim view of his sorcerous practices. Undaunted, Sir Alastair must uncover the truth, but will he be able to find the cause of the unexplained deaths before it is too late? Find out, in The Affair of the Unquiet Grave. It's a real privilege to be included in the premiere issue of the exceptionally well produced ind...
Cirsova's The Mighty Sons of Hercules, Volume I, debuted on Amazon this past weekend. So if you missed the kickstarter for this outstanding anthology, now's your chance to get in on the action! In addition to my own contribution, this anthology features seven pulse-pounding stories of peplum adventure, from authors Abraham Strongjohn , Misha Burnett , Nathan Dabney , Michael Tierney , Adrian Cole , J. Manfred Weischel , and Mark Mellon . As for my own story, below is the description from the publisher: "The Tyrant of Syracuse has kidnapped a princess returning from a journey to Delphi, sinking her ship in the very bay of his city! However, unbeknownst to the Tyrant, a Son of Hercules was aboard the boat which ferried her in Owen G. Tabard's Mighty Umaeo and the Tyrant's Test !"