Short Stories
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay is a series of short stories featuring Idella and Avis Hillock and the people who…
Swords from the Sea
Swords from the Sea is one of the University of Nebraska Press collections of Harold Lamb’s stories from Adventure Magazine,…
Metrophilias
Metrophilias isn’t actually a novel but a collection of short stories alphabetically arranged by title – each one labeled by…
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Dolphin’s Message
Lucy Coats’ fourth book of Greek myths is a potpourri collection. There are three tragic tales, the first of which,…
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Monster in the Maze
Lucy Coats’ third collection of Greek myths has metamorphosis as its main theme. Shape-changing in Greek mythology is an occupational…
Swords from the West
As a young writer and history buff, I loved Harold Lamb, and this reprinting of the seventeen so-called “Crusader stories”…
The Roman Mysteries: The Legionary from Londinium and Other Mini-Mysteries
(1) AD 80-81. These six mini mysteries fill in some of the gaps between the Roman Mysteries stories, and they…
The Suicide Run
Although not usually a fan of short stories, I enjoyed these much more than I expected. Drawing on powerful personal…
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Magic Head
In this, the second of Lucy Coats’ re-telling of Greek myths and legends, she begins with stories of the gods…
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Beasts in the Jar
(1) This is the first in a series of twelve books of myths and legends from ancient Greece retold for…
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