When elven Jack arrives at the Crossing House, he only seeks a bit of wine and perhaps some lively conversation. The rough men he finds do not bode well for companionship, but Mary, the pretty daughter of the innkeeper, has a glint in her eye. Jack shares that glint, to the dismay of one particularly large, rough man.
Jack a’ the Green is a lover first, but a lover can be a fighter if the cause is beautiful enough. Is Mary a prize to be won? Or does she have a mind of her own on the matter of Jack?
Author Jeffrey J. Michaels is a Gemini. As such he is deeply involved in whatever interests him at the moment. Currently he is polishing a sweeping fantasy series of interconnected tales collectively known as “The Mystical Histories.” It is varied enough that he may even finish most of the stories.
He likes to think of his work as “metaphyictional,” combining fantasy and humor with metaphysical elements. In his real life he is a well-respected creative and spiritual consultant.
He doesn’t like to talk about his award winning horror story. - from Amazon.com
That was the whole story description from Amazon.com, and yes, it included the information about the author, and I felt it is needed.
This is just a short story, a prequel sort of, and was a fairly quick read. As it states, the author has some interconnected tales called "The Mystical Histories", and I see this as the first, though there is not much history to it. I did not find any of these other tales listed under the author at Amazon, so I figure they are works in progress, thus making this the first of a few. I wasn't very impressed with this tale, which gave more history about a pub-owner's family, than about the event that starts the story. Very little narrative and conversation, more on this is what was, and as time went on, this happened. Need something quick to read, without much to it, this is it.
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