Cutting Diamonds

Update: Since the writing of this entry, The Kind Gods has become one of my

most popular stories at Smashwords, with many thousands of downloads. 

It's now available on my blog, here.  For more of my writing, click here.

Short stories take lapidary patience, and I labor mightily to get the maximum glitter out of each little facet. My latest has gone through many versions, but I'm finally contented enough with the result to put it up on Smashwords, where it will be free to read. The story is The Kind Gods, and here is the blurb:

Did the old gods really die? A warrior seeks answers at the burial-mound of his greatest enemy.

The story has only been up since last night and already has 60 downloads, all of which are of versions not as good as the final cut, which bothers me. I don't want anything but my best to show. Fortunately the cover, which I also made, is exactly as I wish. 

CK