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    Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World
    Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World
    Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World
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    Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World

    By Michael G. Munz

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    In this "spiritual prequel" to the award-winning comedic fantasy Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure, three short stories tell what happens when beings of Greek mythology make themselves known in the modern world...

    "The Atheist and the Ferryman": An atheist named Marcus learns the hard way that just because the old man living a hovel along a river that flows through a giant cavern in his basement is crazy, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's not telling the truth about being the ferryman to the land of the dead.

    "Snipe Hunt": Janette's older brothers have ditched her in the woods. Again. But when Hermes takes a liking to her, vengeance is hers.

    "Playing with Hubris": A young man a café finds himself stalked by a man who claims to be the god Apollo, who says he wants to help him, and who won't take no for an answer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael G. Munz
    Release dateJul 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301308514
    Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World

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      Mythed Connections - Michael G. Munz

      Mythed Connections:

      A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World

      ~~~

      Michael G. Munz

      Seattle, WA 2016

      Copyright 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016 Michael G. Munz

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      Other titles from Michael G. Munz:

      Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure

      The New Aeneid Cycle:

      A Shadow in the Flames

      A Memory in the Black

      A Dragon at the Gate (coming August 2016)

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      The Atheist and the Ferryman

      Snipe Hunt

      Playing with Hubris

      About the Author

      Foreword

      Welcome to Mythed Connections! The three stories in this collection are the result of my own amusement with the idea of what might happen if characters from Greek mythology were running around in our modern world. It was a thought that first inspired me in 2002 when Playing with Hubris was first written (though it wasn't published until another couple of years later when Nexgen Pulp picked it up). The concept eventually lea me to write an entire novel on the subject entitled Zeus is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure, which has won numerous honors since its original publication in July 2014.

      In a sense, these three stories can be considered prequels to that forthcoming novel, as I drew on aspects from each of them in writing it. Marcus from The Atheist and the Ferryman has a cameo. Hermes once again puts to good use his English accent and sense of mischief seen in Snipe Hunt. But it's Playing with Hubris that lends the most: Apollo, always my favorite of the Greek pantheon, is a main character in Zeus is Dead. The café setting from the story has more than a few echoes in one of the early chapters in the novel. And, as for Thalia, well, just you try to keep a muse out of a book and see how well you do.

      Enjoy. And never mock old men in shacks on the shore of the Acheron.

      Or do.

      Your choice, really.

      —Michael G. Munz

      The Atheist and the Ferryman

      That cat was going to be the death of him, and Marcus was beginning to suspect it was intentional.

      Faaaaagles!

      His voice echoed around the stalactites that dripped lime from the cave ceiling. When no answer came, he continued forward with three questions in his mind: Just where did that cat think it was going? What was making that light ahead? And exactly how long had there been a cave in his basement without him knowing about it?

      A rocky step crumbled beneath his foot. He caught himself, tested the surface beside it, and then called out again. Faaaagles!

      Again, there was no response. What did he expect to hear, anyway?

      Fagles, he muttered to himself. Who the hell names a cat Fagles? He moved on, flashlight clutched, feet cautious.

      His girlfriend, he reminded himself, named a cat Fagles. At least she didn't call it Fluffy or Mister Pookums. Marcus considered himself open-minded, but he doubted he could date someone who would name a cat Fluffy. He barely even

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