The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - US Edition

Cover of: The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - US Edition
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Published: Nov. 2009

In the plague-wracked and devil-haunted darkness of Medieval Europe, an elite few enjoy opulent lives while the majority eke out a miserable existence in abject poverty. Hungry creatures stalk the deep woods and desolate mountains, and both sea and sky teem with unspeakable horrors. For those ill-fated masses not born into wealth, life is but a vicious trial to be endured before the end of days.

Hegel and Manfried Grossbart couldn't give a toss. Being of low birth means little, after all, when the riches of the mighty wait just inside the next crypt. The grave-robbing twins know enough about crusading to realise that if one is to make a living from the dead, what better destination than the fabled tomb-cities of Egypt? But the Brothers Grossbart are about to discover that all legends have their truths, and worse fates than death await those who would take the red road of villainy ...

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The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - UK Edition

Cover of: The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - UK Edition
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Published: Nov. 2009

In the plague-wracked and devil-haunted darkness of Medieval Europe, an elite few enjoy opulent lives while the majority eke out a miserable existence in abject poverty. Hungry creatures stalk the deep woods and desolate mountains, and both sea and sky teem with unspeakable horrors. For those ill-fated masses not born into wealth, life is but a vicious trial to be endured before the end of days.

Hegel and Manfried Grossbart couldn't give a toss. Being of low birth means little, after all, when the riches of the mighty wait just inside the next crypt. The grave-robbing twins know enough about crusading to realise that if one is to make a living from the dead, what better destination than the fabled tomb-cities of Egypt? But the Brothers Grossbart are about to discover that all legends have their truths, and worse fates than death await those who would take the red road of villainy ...

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Short Works

Coffee and Conversation with Hegel and Manfried Grossbart

An interview with the Brothers Grossbart.

A History of the Reality of the History of the Grossbarts: Part 3 (The End of History)

The final installment in my three-part essay series on the Baton Rouge Grossbart Conference.

A History of the Reality of the History of the Grossbarts: Part 2

Or How I Learned To Stop Scurrying And Love The Beard

A History of the Reality of the History of the Grossbarts: Part 1

Orbit asked how I came up with the Grossbarts, and so I related to them my experiences at university and the underground Baton Rouge Grossbart Conference.

Abash’d the Devil Stood

An essay on villainy I wrote for Powell's.

Fucked in Fucking: A Mildly Morose Tale of the Brothers Grossbart

A piece of flash fiction I did on a dare from Aidan Moher.

The Bear and the Sea

A short piece for Chiaroscuro, inspired in no small part by the coast of British Columbia. Available in pdf at the same site.

Charlie’s Hole

Cover of: Charlie’s Hole

A bit of southern fried Vietnam nasty that appeared in The Book of More Flesh, a zombie anthology edited by James Lowder. My first published piece.

This book is out of print.