Get Her Back (Demontech) (15 page)

      “I’m glad to hear that,” Spinner said. He didn’t add the obvious,
We might need every fighting man we can muster soon.

      “And you, Alyline,” Nightbird continued, disapprovingly. “What did you accomplish?”

      The Golden Girl held her head high and looked Nightbird in the eye. “I am a Djerwolh dancer. I am paired for life with my sothar player. If I again hear a rumor that Mudjwohl might be someplace where I can get to him, I will go to find him. As he will for me if he hears I might be nearby.”

David Sherman

      
Award-Winning author David Sherman's first novel was published in 1987. Nearly two decades later, with many novels under his belt, he finally had the confidence to tackle the short story, and his first was published in 2004. It was five years, and several more novels, before his second short story saw print. His short fiction has been seen in
Weird Trails, So
 
It Begins, By Other Means, Bad-Ass Faeries 3: In All Their Glory
(winner of the 2011 EPIC
 
Award for Best Anthology), and
In An Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk
. Hmmm.  Is Sherman going through a mid-life career change? He invites readers to visit his website: www.novelier.com.