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Genre: Historical fantasy
13th Century Japan is a dangerous place, a land of capricious spirits, deadly warriors, and shapeshifting creatures...
Ken'ishi is a ronin, a masterless samurai, orphaned as a baby by forces he does not understand. His only link to his past his father's sword, Silver Crane, an ancient blade that may well have a mind of its own.
Issue #0 - A Fateful Encounter
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Story and script by Travis Heermann
Pencils and inks by Val Mayerik
Colors by Brittany Pezzillo
In this special mini-issue, Ken'ishi encounters a noble maiden and her entourage under attack by a vicious bandit gang, and he must make a fateful choice that will change the course of his life, catapulting him into a life of his greatest dreams, and his worst nightmares.
Issue #1 - Leaf Alone, Fluttering
Price: $3.99
Story and script by Travis Heermann
Pencils and inks by Ramón Pérez
Colors by Brittany Pezzillo
When Ken'ishi and his faithful dog Akao wander into a village, strangers in a strange land, looking for food, they find themselves decidedly unwelcome...
novels
Genre: Historical fantasy
A LAND OF ANCIENT SPIRITS, DEMONS, AND SPIES
In 13th-Century Japan, a land of ancient spirits, shapeshifting animals, and demons, Ken’ishi is a warrior without a master. Orphaned in infancy, he has only one link to his past—Silver Crane, his father’s sword. When Silver Crane is stolen, Ken’ishi must go on a quest to recover his very identity.
The crime lord known as Green Tiger knows of Silver Crane and dreams of the day when he can destroy the shogunate and restore his shattered clan, with intrigues stretching to China, where the Mongol emperor Khubilai Khan builds an invasion fleet.
With his only weapon a wooden sword, Ken'ishi enters the shadowy world of flesh houses, Chinese smugglers, and Mongol spies.
To succeed and unleash Silver Crane’s power, he must face the darkness in his own soul.
Genre: Historical fantasy
A CLASH OF HONOR, LOVE, AND AMBITION
In thirteenth-century Japan, the ronin Ken’ishi’s fondest wish has been granted—he has found service with a powerful samurai lord.
But the underworld crime boss known as Green Tiger lurks in the shadows of Lord Tsunetomo’s retinue, and Ken’ishi’s honor is tested when learns his new master is married to Kazuko, the only woman he has ever loved. His unknown lineage holds dangerous secrets that could destroy him, and his sword, the magical relic called Silver Crane, holds the key to his past…and his future.
With enemies, temptation, and strife assailing him on all sides, Ken’ishi’s very soul falls into jeopardy—even as Khubilai Khan’s Mongol hordes plot their next attack.
Can Ken’ishi defeat Green Tiger, defend his homeland from the barbarian invaders, and remain true to his heart, his lord, and his honor?
If you love romance, intrigue and action on an epic scale, don’t miss this stunning climax to the Ronin Trilogy.
Short fiction
Genre: Historical fantasy
ON THE ROAD TO ADVENTURE
In 13th-century Japan, one can meet some wondrous characters.
Ken’ishi is a master swordsman who walks with one foot in the realm of the supernatural. For the first time in his life, he has been offered service with a powerful samurai lord.
On the way to join his join his new master’s forces, however, Ken’ishi encounters a powerful adversary who offers him an impossible choice...
And then a beautiful woman who does the same...
Ken’ishi’s choices will cast a powerful shadow on what is to come in ways he cannot suspect.
An idol for emiko
Genre: Horror
In 17th-century Japan, Emiko has always been an outcast in her fishing village. When strange golden coins wash up on the shore, her impoverished neighbors scramble and quarrel after this newfound wealth.
Emiko is the only one who resists the wave of greed overtaking everyone she has ever known, because the metal is ... not right, and half-seen forms now lurk just below the water line....
bones of change
Genre: Horror
When Alicia Clark's unarmed teenage son was shot by police, the tragedy of that event turned her into an community activist, but now there are those who wish to silence her. On Halloween night, a horrifying "practical joke" turns into something deadly.
cthulhu passant
Genre: Horror
The intricacies of chess meet the matchless Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Stories of doors, of passages, of patterns. Squares and threats, moves and counter-moves. Forbidden knowledge and cosmic horrors.
... Two young lovers and the hand that plays them
... A man trapped with an unwholesome companion uncovers the secret of a cosmic struggle
... A professor and his protégé find themselves pawns on an ancient chessboard
... A young Soviet boy’s chess match holds the fate of his nation in the balance
... A battered woman seeks safety in a shelter, only to find there might be no safety anywhere
Let these five guides to the grotesque lead you into the dank depths of their imagination ... where the monsters lurk.
legs
Genre: Horror
JUST AN INNOCENT LITTLE CAMPING TRIP...
Andy and Joe became friends in junior high, right about the time Andy lost his legs in a car accident. Ever since, they have been an inseparable duo.
Until they both fell for Jackie. And Joe got her.
Andy has been nursing a secret, desperate obsession with Jackie from the moment she walked into his life.
Now the three of them, along with Jackie’s friend, Christine, are going on a camping trip.
When a mysterious stranger appears, promising the fulfillment of Andy’s deepest, darkest desires, Andy is faced with an impossible choice.
A choice he cannot refuse.
Snakes
Genre: Horror
The easiest path usually leads straight into a minefield...
Eddie, a young, pretty single mom, is trying to do the right thing by her three-year-old daughter. She really is. With no education, no job, and a string of loser boyfriends behind her, she faces hard decisions every day. Gas for the car, or food for Joy? She's already been forced to move back into her mother's decrepit old trailer in Shady Acres Trailer Court in rural Arkansas.
Should she get a normal job working long hours for minimum wage, or should she put on her stiletto heels, bikini bra and micro-skirt and go back to exotic dancing so she can bring home fistfuls of cash for a few hours' work? When she catches her daughter playing with handfuls of baby copperhead snakes behind the trailer, the choice gets a lot easier: get out of there by the quickest means possible.
But at what cost? And is that strange man the devil or her knight in shining armor?
"Snakes provokes a gut-wrenching emotional response, perhaps because by using snakes as a motif, it speaks to one of our most primitive fears. ... For a 30-page story to have such a deep, powerful and abiding effect shows that Travis Heermann is a master, ranking up there with Aesop and the Greek myth writers."
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