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GENRE: FANTASY

THE ONCE AND FUTURE SWORD

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​by Gregory Amato​
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Losing your temper is pretty bad for a sword.

Even a famous sword doesn't have many aspirations beyond separating a few good men from their heads. Kill a bunch of Saxon champions and hopefully some kings. Maybe slay a few monsters on the island across the way. Just for something different.

Fight the big fights. Get famous. Paint the town red. Literally.

Dwarf-forged and dwarf-blessed, this sword was made to do great things. Great things until its wielder gets fat and lazy and starts using it as more of a prop than a weapon. And until all the other weapons start snickering.

Nobody has infinite patience. A bad day at work involves no cleaning or oil after being thrust into the wet ground, and every day is a bad day. Can two and a half pounds of homicidal steel come back after its importance is forgotten?

Unless it can forge a new path, the greatest sword in the North might just be losing its edge.

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