Forward
Having the fortune to edit a number of the tales in this anthology, I was also asked to write the forward?which I am pleased to do. I first became acquainted with Steven L. Shrewsbury and his works through the anthology Grimoire de Solace: Lost Runes and Sorrow, in which his tale Nothing Sacred first came to print (also included in this work). It was definitely one of the standout pieces of the anthology, indicative of Shrewsbury’s overriding style. His works are entertaining and engaging, treading heavily and simultaneously on both primal and intellectual levels?thought-provoking savagery, and perhaps this intellectual counterpart is the metaphorical hidden depth at which the title hints. This mindful penning is the reason readers will discover satisfying endings to the tales, a feature that is sorely lacking these days in stories written by lesser authors. Please enjoy Depths of Savagery, as I?m sure that you will.
-- Christopher Heath, Heathen Oracle
DEPTHS OF SAVAGERY
(Tales of Barbarism and the Human Animal)
By
Steven L. Shrewsbury
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to my first collection of barbarian tales. Perhaps that isn?t the best way to classify them, but it gets my point across. I?ve heard such writing called ?Heroic High Fantasy? and that’s fine. Many of the tales fall into this realm, while works like ?Nothing Sacred? I leave the realms of Earth history completely. My psychometric archeologist, Elijah Blackthorn, appears in several tales, giving us a peek into the past. ?Black Ribbon of Josephine? shows that there were barbarians even in the American Civil War. This collection concludes in the depths of the earth via diamond mines in South Africa. Perhaps we aren?t far from what we were, and maybe that isn?t all bad.
Shrews
Rural Central Illinois
THE TALES
Shalt Thou Reign Forever?
(Vikings and the Head of John the Baptist)
Creating a Barbarian Man
Generation Clash
Raw Boned Woman
Heed the Call
Paradigm Vault
Nothing Sacred
Parting Shot
Annihilation of an Epoch
Black Ribbon of Josephine
Not to Be
Spirit of the Game
Depths of Savagery
Having the fortune to edit a number of the tales in this anthology, I was also asked to write the forward?which I am pleased to do. I first became acquainted with Steven L. Shrewsbury and his works through the anthology Grimoire de Solace: Lost Runes and Sorrow, in which his tale Nothing Sacred first came to print (also included in this work). It was definitely one of the standout pieces of the anthology, indicative of Shrewsbury’s overriding style. His works are entertaining and engaging, treading heavily and simultaneously on both primal and intellectual levels?thought-provoking savagery, and perhaps this intellectual counterpart is the metaphorical hidden depth at which the title hints. This mindful penning is the reason readers will discover satisfying endings to the tales, a feature that is sorely lacking these days in stories written by lesser authors. Please enjoy Depths of Savagery, as I?m sure that you will.
-- Christopher Heath, Heathen Oracle
DEPTHS OF SAVAGERY
(Tales of Barbarism and the Human Animal)
By
Steven L. Shrewsbury
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to my first collection of barbarian tales. Perhaps that isn?t the best way to classify them, but it gets my point across. I?ve heard such writing called ?Heroic High Fantasy? and that’s fine. Many of the tales fall into this realm, while works like ?Nothing Sacred? I leave the realms of Earth history completely. My psychometric archeologist, Elijah Blackthorn, appears in several tales, giving us a peek into the past. ?Black Ribbon of Josephine? shows that there were barbarians even in the American Civil War. This collection concludes in the depths of the earth via diamond mines in South Africa. Perhaps we aren?t far from what we were, and maybe that isn?t all bad.
Shrews
Rural Central Illinois
THE TALES
Shalt Thou Reign Forever?
(Vikings and the Head of John the Baptist)
Creating a Barbarian Man
Generation Clash
Raw Boned Woman
Heed the Call
Paradigm Vault
Nothing Sacred
Parting Shot
Annihilation of an Epoch
Black Ribbon of Josephine
Not to Be
Spirit of the Game
Depths of Savagery
