Shadows of Hope

<p>It's only in the darkness that you find the true measure of a hero.</p><p>-Glynn Stewart</p><p>Seven short tales from the almost-extinct slivers of humanity in <em>Excalibur Lost</em> to the doomed space city carrying the titular monarch in <em>Mage-Queen's Thief</em>. These stories contrast superheroes and knights galactic empires and cursed villages.</p><ul><li><em>Excalibur Lost </em>(2021)</li><li>Fire Steel & Petroleum: A Dieselpunk Short Story (2023)</li><li><em>Balefire: A Dark Fantasy Novella</em> (2022)</li><li>Blue Lancer: A Superhero Short (2023)</li><li><em>A Question of Faith: A Castle Federation Novella</em> (2020)</li><li><em>Pulsar Race: A Starship's Mage Universe Novella</em> (2020)</li><li><em>Mage-Queen's Thief: A Starship's Mage Universe Novella</em> (2023)</li></ul><p>Best known for his genre-blending epic<em> Starship's Mage</em> Glynn Stewart explores the wonder and enchantment of scattered worlds. Often high tech sleek and utterly magical these stories explore society's fault lines and drag into the light the very best-and the very worst-that our human souls have to offer.</p>