HNR Issue 13 (August 2000)
The King of Vinland’s Saga
The King of Vinland’s Saga is the unusual tale of Sigtrygg Thorgilsson, orphaned grandson of the legendary Viking Leif Eiriksson.…
A Journey to the End of the Millennium
Set in the year 999, this is the story of Ben Attar, a Jewish merchant from Tangiers. His relationship with…
Wooden Fish Songs
“It seemed to me the hollow bok-bok-bok of mallet on fish echoed the emptiness of Oi Ling’s heart.” These are…
Swords Across the Thames
Alfred the Great of Wessex marries his daughter Lae to Aethelred, ruler of the neighboring Mercians. Trained as a warrior,…
A Prayer for the Dying
For a historical horror novel set in post-Civil War Wisconsin, A Prayer for the Dying has an experimental prose style:…
Two Moons
By 1877 the Civil War has been over for twelve years, but its legacy remains. Cynthia May, the new human…
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a powerful novel about one man’s journey in faith. as he journeys through life in…
Henry Plummer: A Novel
Frank Bird Linderman was a best selling author at the turn of the last century. However, in the 1920s, publishers…
In the Arms of the Sky
Based on a true story, In The Arms of The Sky fictionalizes a brief period in the life of a…
Gap Creek
“A story of a marriage from the Poet Laureate of Appalachia,” the publisher tells us, along with the – probably…
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