Shadows of Hope — Glynn Stewart

It's only in the darkness that you find the true measure of a hero.-Glynn StewartSeven short tales, from the almost-extinct slivers of humanity in Excalibur Lost to the doomed space city carrying the titular monarch in Mage-Queen's Thief. These stories contrast superheroes and knights, galactic empires and cursed villages.Excalibur Lost (2021)Fire, Steel & Petroleum: A Dieselpunk Short Story (2023)Balefire: A Dark Fantasy Novella (2022)Blue Lancer: A Superhero Short (2023)A Question of Faith: A Castle Federation Novella (2020)Pulsar Race: A Starship's Mage Universe Novella (2020)Mage-Queen's Thief: A Starship's Mage Universe Novella (2023)Best known for his genre-blending epic, Starship's Mage, 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.