3 Gods, 2 Bets, 1 Texan

A pair of competitive trickster gods strut into a Texas bar...and the Dragon King gives his seventh son an unknown Caravaggio for his hundredth hatchday. What could go wrong?Find out, in...3 Gods, 2 Bets, 1 Texan: a 2139-word tale about Loki and Coyote competing for a Greek-named ranch hand in Jake's Bar, located in Godsawful-Lonesome, Texas.A Caravaggio Hatchday: a 6238-word tale of a more-than-life-sized painting of Alexander and Hephaestion, ah, doing the deed (guess who's on top) in glorious color and equally glorious and visible detail. But instead of dear-old-King-Dad keeping it safe for his son's hoard during the three and a half day hundredth-hatchday party, it gets put on display in the Kansas City story where Colin, in human form, sells fine books and fine art. And like the old song says, "e;that old devil consequence"e; gets involved.Have some fantasy fun, and then enjoy sample chapters from some of my other books:The Cooking Mage & The Parchment Prankster Part OneThe Rake, The Rogue, and The Roué3 Boars & A Wolf Walk Into A Bar...Mr. Felcher's Grand Emporium, or, The Adventures of a Pair of Spares in the Fine Art of Gentlemanly PortraitureTattooed Wolf, Painted DragonPrince Ivan, A. Wolfe & A Firebirdno way outOf Princes False and TrueThe Warlord and the BardThe Raven Prince