Eric Lewis

The 18 short stories are:
- The Slavemaster's Penance
- The Heron King
- Christmas Truce
- Past Imperfect
- Demon of the Mount
- Justice Enough
- Cold Calculation
- Illicit Alchemy
- Relative
- Company Man
- One Noble Too Many
- Remind Me
- A Hard Peace
- What We're Looking For
- Decoy
- It Weighs On You
- In The Blood
- Two Tips

These are extremely short and grim stories - some shorter and more grim than others - that delve into the horror side of fantasy. They feature twists, negative, and positive outcomes for the characters featured. These are character-driven stories set in fantasy and sci-fi settings.


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The Heron Kings is a story of a bunch of underdogs who refuse to bend to the circumstances forced upon them by the greedy and tyrannical nobility. Alessia, a surprisingly foul-mouthed nun is caught up in the war between two wannabe rulers.

Caught between her need to heal people and to not get involved with either side, she unwittingly gives hope to a bunch of peasants and common people to fight against the nobles that oppress them. She becomes the leader of a covert insurgent group named The Heron Kings (Ironical isn't it? Heron Kings and not Heron Queen… (mehr)