Berserker Bear is here!

I thank editor Karl Rademacher for including “Berserker Bear” in the Winter 2024 issue of Silver Blade Magazine! Bogerd, my favorite aging Viking, makes another spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to stay out of trouble. When a berserk bear is on the loose, one can hardly blame him for failing. 

Here’s the link: https://www.silverblade.net/2024/03/berserker-bear/

Tall Tale TV produced a Bogerd podcast!

I thank editor Chris Herron for producing this oral rendition of “Bogerd’s Bad Day”. It was published in a print anthology years ago and I appreciate him giving Bogerd another ride!

I’ve long admired San Francisco’s Fritz Leiber, master of sword and sorcery fantasy. His Fafhrd & Mouser were reluctant heroes — rascally, sybaritic and not a little lazy. He often dropped them in over their heads and let them flounder most realistically before stumbling through to victory. I’ve sought to emulate Fritz’s humor with my Bogerd character. Here is the Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_F7GG9HfXk

Here’s the Tall Tale TV website with the print version as well as the recording: https://talltaletv.com/bogerds-bad-day/

Aurora Wolf Publishes a Bogerd Story!

 

Interested in Viking Berserker stories? My Bogerd is a berserker, but a decent one and a grandfather, too – perhaps something like Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd in his declining years? I thank editor Michael Pennington for including it in this issue of Aurora Wolf!

Gimp’s Daughter

Bogerd the Viking!

Well, Bogerd’s an older viking than this guy, but a viking still. I’ve long admired Fritz Leiber’s writing and especially his characters Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. I eventually couldn’t get the idea of a grandpa Fafhrd out of my mind, so I created Bogerd. I’ve written four stories for him set in and around Nordheim, his fantasy city. Bogerd’s Bad Day is the first to be published. I thank editor Michelle Lawrence for including it in her new anthology:  New Legends – Caster, Castle, Creature. Here’s the Amazon link if you’re interested: