Blade of Re-Quest: Third “Re-Imagined” Anthology Received

Enter 2019:  Wednesday the first mammoth royalty, then today, Friday, the first new year’s author copy received.  This one is the third in Pole to Pole Publishing’s “Re-Imagined” reprint [image error]anthology series, RE-QUEST:  DARK FANTASY STORIES OF QUESTS & SEARCHES (see December 29, June 1, et al.).  Old gods outwitted by heroes.  Magical weapons that bring good and evil.  Dragons winging over the city or walking upon the earth.  A wizard witnessing endless battles. . . .

My story is next to last in the contents, “The Blade of Gudrin,” a tale of a young woman who resembles the local goddess and who knows how to use a knife if she has to, harking back to 1993 in the Spring SPACE AND TIME.  This is followed by the oldest reprint in the book, “Gods of the North” by Robert E. Howard from FANTASY FAN magazine in 1934.  For these and fourteen more preceding stories one may start one’s own new year’s reading by pressing here.