Achilles : new & ancient Greek tales
2025
Book
Featuring the stunning Flame Tree cover treatment, with new stories from open submissions alongside the classic stories and fascinating background, this gorgeous new book reveals the man behind the myth of Achilles, the great warrior of the Trojan War in ancient times, whose exploits, and famously weak heel have been subjected to the norms of epic literature.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781835622629 (hardcover)
- 9781835622629
Description: 366 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:
- Ancient & modern : introducting Achilles / by Jonathan S. Burgess
- Modern short stories of Achilles
- The second fate / Amber S. Benham
- The Achilles wheel / Hammond Diehl
- The boldest of the Greeks / Corey D. Evans
- How Achilles grew up / Kenzie Lappin
- The last angry hero / Russell Hugh McConnell
- The choice of Iphigenia / Zenobia Neil
- Waiting for clear waters / Mari Ness
- Spindle, rod, shears / Parker M. O'Neill
- Achilles in City Island / Celeste Plowden
- Veiled stratagems / Sultana Raza
- The eyes of the Pentekonter / Chey Rivera
- Tears in the sea / Patricia Scott
- Achilles in the Underworld / Susan Shwartz
- Immortality in song / Rose Strickman
- The healing mountain / Adam B. Widmer
- Last stand / Ernie Xu
- A glass heart in an unbreakable ribcage / Lily Zimmerman.
Control Number: 3374201
Publisher: London : Flame Tree Publishing, 2025.