The gods and monsters, heroes and villains of lore.
They’re real – and they’re coming back to finish a war that’s been waged since the dawn of time.
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THE PATERNUS TRILOGY
Truly epic Urban Fantasy by Dyrk Ashton
About the Author
Dyrk Ashton is a writer, educator, filmmaker and former actor active in story telling and media making. Born and raised in the American midwest, he currently resides in Ohio, but the fantasy landscape is the place he calls home.
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ANTHOLOGIES
Each with a short story from the world of Paternus
Heroes Wanted
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r/Fantasy Stabby Award Winner – Best Anthology 2019
Nineteen fantasy writers gather to bring nineteen tales to life, each one a unique glimpse into a wholly original world. In “The Death of Osiris,” Kabir (Truename Zadkiel) pursues Baphomet for his involvement in the death of the Pharaoh of Anient Egypt – and find an unlikely hero in the form of a young human girl named Hatshepsut.
Zadkiel, The Guardian, named among the angels, who had alone stood sentry at the gates of Eden with his swords of flame, who fought in the Great Wars to protect humankind, and was once known as Hem-hor, First Shield of Horus, still thinks of Hatshepsut often, and hopes to one day live up to that little girl’s one simple and selfless act.
Art of War
All proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders
This charitable anthology features 40 stories from some of the biggest names in fantasy today (and me!). Mine, "Valkyrie Rain" is told from the point of view of a Valkyrie fighting in the bloody Second Holocaust (aka Ragnarok), and tells the tale of the origins of the petit gods...
I am Pruor, daughter of Sif, herself a daughter of Odin, the All-father. My father was Thor, son of Odin and the Vanir giantess Jörd. I know no fear. I was made for war. Bred for it. Trained since my earliest memory. All of us had been. Death was our reason for living. Bestowing it upon others and claiming it for ourselves in combat. We were the Aesir of Asgard. The elite force to which I belonged, the Valkyries--Freyja’s warriors. We were strong. We were proud. We were cruel. And we were coming...
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Lost Lore
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Standalone tales of lore and legend from the worlds of books and series created by 16 amazing authors. And I'm in there too. Includes "Deluge," a new story from the world of Paternus featuring Fintán mac Bóchra, Myrddin Wyllt, and their adventures during the Great Flood.
It was 2348 B.C., by modern reckoning, middle of the afternoon but dark as night, the sky a low ceiling of black clouds and lightning, the ocean a jagged, heaving floor beneath. Water was thick in the air, fog and icy rain whipped by the gale. The storms had been more frequent and growing fiercer of late. Whatever was coming, was coming soon...
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