#1 Shunned- the Metal Veil and Weeping Sword Named Tear (fantasy romance action adventure dragon sword and sorcery)
By Higgins, Kristie Lynn

Type: short story

Genre: fantasy, action-adventure, sword and sorcery

Content rating: PG- violence (hand to hand combat, dragon attacks, and magic battles)

Publishing history: this short story first appeared in the Florida House #1 and is also in the short story collection Albatross #1.

Synopsis:

Shy (a warrior woman) has lived with a deformity that has shunned her from society. Can she make a life for herself as a Hunter (one who kills monsters)? Or will her curse be her downfall?

Rapkin (a warrior) partners with this mysterious Shy, who wears a Metal Veil. What could she be hiding behind the half mask? A beauty beyond words or something more terrifying? Will he discover why she is called the Shunned?

Ragon (the Manslayer of Torlawn) is a dragon out for revenge. Will he be able to avenge a past atrocity? Or will Shy and Rapkin do what no other hunter has been able to accomplish? Will they kill the Manslayer of Torlawn? Or will they end up as his next victims?

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