Stories tagged as "Myth".
Haunted by a guilt he can’t admit even to himself and driven by jealousy, Pythaes drives his expedition every northward. But his obsession may lose him everything he ever wanted and doom everyone.
First published in Bone Roads: Nine Stories of Magic and Wonder, 2012.
Never underestimate the power of a story.
Claire Harris is an old hand at disrupting fairy tales. It’s just a shame that this one had to happen when she’s on her day off and hungover. But the Path doesn’t wait, Claire is the only specialist on hand, and this time it may not be as straightforward as she has been expecting.
First published in At the Gates and Other Stories, 2021.
Sam’s brother was shot down over France in 1943. Now it’s 2010 and Sam is still searching for his lost brother, and for a dream of flags fluttering over crumbling castle walls. Now his search is coming to its end, and somewhere, hidden, Camelot is waiting.
First Published in Interzone, Issue 230, September / October 2010.
Jamie Barton’s life is in ruin. He is unemployed and his wife has just left him after fifteen years. In despair, he returns to the abandoned industrial estate where he used to work. But when he meets an unusual woman there, everything will change, and not just for him.
First published in Strange Horizons, 6 June 2005.
Amenemhet has been murdered. Yet when his ghost awakens, he discovers that the way to the afterlife, the Land of Reeds, is closed. And, worse, the man who murdered him is determined to steal Amenemhet’s widow and his children.
His only hope is the ghost of a young girl who still seems to retain her personality. But the dead wind is blowing, and Amenemhet is forgetting himself and his life.
First published in Realms of Fantasy, February 2006.
Cameron, Marcy, and Frank are archaeologists working to reconstruct a stone age village and burial mound in Cornwall, England. But Cameron is still grieving over the death of his son, and, as the anniversary of his son’s death draws closer, Cameron will find echoes of the same grief, far in the past.
The distant past may be closer than Cameron realizes, and two fathers are searching for a release.
First published in Realms of Fantasy, December 2002.