Pleased to see a home for my heroic fantasy piece, ‘Snatching the Lute’ published. It features the minstrel Leon of Clavellmeadow, a character I created in my Evyntyde universe, and where he discovers he isn’t the lady killer he thought he was.
Pleased to have my heroic fantasy/detective mystery story, Husks, published in Sword and Sorcery Magazine. It is available for free at: Husks, by Gerry Huntman
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While I write a lot of horror/dark fantasy, and my greatest success seems to be in the science fiction field, I still get a kick out of epic/high/heroic fantasy. I've sold a few, but not as many as I would like. Today I sold 'Husks', an Evyntyde story, featuring Myleana, newly appointed second-in-charge to the King's Astrologer, Grisbier. She is powerful, insightful, resourceful, but she has a fatal weakness. This story determines whether she overcomes it, or succumbs.
I believe the story will be published in only a matter of days.
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It seems Frost Fire Worlds like me, as this is my second sale to them. My fantasy piece, and Evyntyde story called 'Enryk's Strife' (harkening back to the Cockney Rhyme, 'trouble and strife', will be published in the February 2014 edition. While a classic heroic fantasy piece on the surface, it has to say something about gender roles.
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Happy to see my fantasy short story, Legacy, already published. It is appearing in Aurora Wolf Volume 3, Issue 10. Also nice to see an illustration going with it. Pay a visit, it is free to read.
I had the pleasure of reading this book prior to publication.
It is a story that works on two dimensions – at the superficial level, it is a story about revenge and fixing what is right – a classic tale that fits right in any genre, but Westerns come to mind. But if you scratch the surface, there's a lot more. It is also a critical dig at the abuse of power, and particularly by people who have sacred responsibilities to their nations and people. It is also a human story, about how trials and tribulations can change people, and yet, with courage, retain what is essential to be human.
The story is saucy without being over the top. It is swashbuckling, like any good heroic fantasy should be, and it has its moments of humor.
A very good read indeed. Worthy of 5 stars.
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The Chronicles of Evyntyde 