King of the Bastards (23 page)

The father of two sons, Keene lives in rural Pennsylvania.

STEVEN L. SHREWSBURY
lives, works and writes one day
at a time. Over 365 of his short stories have been published in print or
digital media since the late 80s along with over 100 of his poems. He writes in
the realms of horror and sword & sorcery. His novels include
Within
,
Philistine
,
Overkill
,
Hell Billy
,
Blood & Steel
,
Thrall
,
Stronger Than Death
,
Hawg
,
Thoroughbred
,
Tormentor
,
Godforsaken
and the just released
Born of Swords
.

He has collaborated with other writers, like Peter Welmerink in
Bedlam
Unleashed
, Nate Southard in
Bad Magick
, and Maurice Broaddus in the
forthcoming
Black Son Rising
.

After 26 years working in printing, Shrewsbury now works in the
field of AgriScience.

He is the father of two sons. Shrewsbury lives in rural Central
Illinois.

He continues to search for brightness in this world, no matter
where it chooses to hide.

DANIEL KAMARUDIN
is a freelance Concept Artist/
Illustrator based in Brunei who specializes in fantasy art and character
design. He started delving into art in high school where he designed armors and
environments inspired by video games like
World of Warcraft
and
Dragon
Age
.

His works can be seen on various novel covers such as
The
Starfall Knight
,
Forging Divinity
, and the
Whill of Agora
series.

You can view more of Daniel’s works at:

theDURRRRIAN.Deviantart.com
or
theDURRRRIAN.tumblr.com
.

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