Michael Ehart
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Excerpt:
They were slave traders and their goods. Being a slave myself, though to no man, I have an aversion to slave traders. No doubt, seeing a woman traveling by herself, they had weighed the possibility of adding me to their inventory but I am no longer comely. The scars of countless battles across 30 lifetimes of men are etched into my face and though I have not aged, the bitterness of my servitude has burned away any sweetness of youth I may have once had.
The thickness of my wrist where it rested across the well-worn ironwood hilt of my sword may have influenced them as well. Slave traders are cowards. There is easy prey all around them and little profit to be had from quarry that fights back.
Pity.
Bio:
Michael Ehart’s stories have appeared in Ray Gun Revival, The Sword Review, Every Day Fiction, Flashing Swords, Dark Worlds, and Fear and Trembling, and in anthologies including Rage of the Behemoth, The Best of Everyday Fiction, Damned in Dixie, Return of the Sword and Unparalleled Journeys II. His critically acclaimed first novel The Servant of the Manthycore was followed by this year's The Tears of Ishtar. You can find out more about what he is up to at http://mehart.blogspot.com.
Publications:
The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP, illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
The Tears of Ishtar, 2010 from Ancient Tomes.
"Without Napier," Best of Every Day Fiction
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives," Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press
"Only His Name," Best of Every Day Fiction
"The Tomb of the Amazon Queen," Dark Worlds #3
"As From His Lair, the Wild Beast," Rage of the Behemoth, RBE, June 2009
"To Destroy All Flesh," Return of the Sword, RBE, 2008
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut," Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007
Writing Description:
Pulpy.
Writing Goals:
In collaboration with Nisi Shawl, I will write 500 words a week.
Fundraising Goals:
My fundraising goal: ten friends; $10 each.
Website:
http://mehart.blogspot.com
