Define Heroes: A Lore of the Reluctant Short Story

by Anthony Lowe

Acys, Jasper, and Kalen are three friends from our world who woke up one day to find themselves in a fantastical realm of swords and sorcery. But it's been a few years... Now they're bored.

In this adventure, the trio of sellswords have run out of money in an eastern kingdom that is enjoying an era of lasting peace. In their bid to avoid skipping out on another bill, and to put a little extra money in their pockets besides, they might just commit regicide and plunge the entire kingdom into civil war.

20 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 28, 2020

About the author

Anthony Lowe is originally from Turlock, California. He's worked as a bartender, used bookseller, copy editor, an ALT in Japan, and recently obtained his BA in English Literature from California State University, East Bay.

He has been writing consistently for over ten years, and published his first short stories in the dark fantasy anthology BLACKGUARDS: TALES OF ASSASSINS, MERCENARIES, AND ROGUES (republished as BRIGANDS ) and the sci-fi anthology ALIEN ARTIFACTS .

Recently, he has contributed stories to MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE and the sci-fi anthology MY BATTERY IS LOW AND IT IS GETTING DARK , as well as self-published his dark fantasy/western story, WHAT WAS YOUR NAME DOWNRIVER?

Newly returned from Japan, he is given to writing, gaming, movies, exploring old California mining towns, and scouring local used bookstores for novels he should probably get around to reading at some point.