Hi folks! Guess what? I’m in a Kickstarter Campaign! Nineteen other authors and I have joined forces with the good folks at Ragnarok Publications to present to you an anthology stuffed to the gills with scoundrels and rogues. It is called Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues. It’s got a heck of a lineup:
- CAROL BERG, “Seeds”
- RICHARD LEE BYERS, “Troll Trouble”
- DAVID DALGLISH, “Take You Home”
- JAMES ENGE, “Thieves at the Gate”
- JOHN GWYNNE, “Better to Live than to Die”
- LIAN HEARN, “His Kikuta Hands”
- SNORRI KRISTJANSSON, “A Kingdom and a Horse”
- MARK LAWRENCE, “The Secret”
- TIM MARQUITZ, “A Taste of Agony”
- PETER ORULLIAN, “A Length of Cherrywood”
- CAT RAMBO, “The Subtler Art”
- LAURA RESNICK, “Friendship”
- MARK SMYLIE, “Manhunt”
- KENNY SOWARD, “Jancy’s Justice”
- SHAWN SPEAKMAN, “The White Rose Thief”
- JON SPRUNK, “Sun and Steel”
- ANTON STROUT, “Scream”
- MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, “Professional Integrity”
- DJANGO WEXLER, “First Kill”
And me, too! My contribution is a little Book of Deacon story called “Seeking the Shadow”. It features two very memorable characters from the trilogy, one everyone loves, and one everyone hates. (With “Shadow” in the title it’s probably not so hard to guess who one of them is.) A beta reader referred to the story as “An appetizer you wish was the main course,” so I guess it’s worth a read!
There’s all sorts of fun perks for people who contribute, not the least of which is the ability to work with me on naming one of three characters in Seeking the Shadow. I’d great if you’d consider making a pledge. I’ll be sure to let you know if and when it’s funded, and when the time is running out.