Serene Grace

Radenna of Armattia is selected to be abducted from her home. In a world where the Dark Dukes have taken over, organized bloodsport is the norm. Today, Radenna hoists a weapon to stand out against the legions of sacrificial victims.Glory is just the coping mechanism for the foolish. For most, the arena brings pain and death, and there is no hope of rebellion.Matthew Atkinson unsheathes a new gladiatorial SHORT STORY from his collection, Serene Grace. You who are about to read, I salute you.

Zissuma, the black leopard queen, humiliated by captivity, is a creature of many hungers.They can only be satisfied with the help of a being who is the exclusive purview of the feline: a human ghost with his own grievances and motives. Matthew Atkinson offers another SHORT STORY from the litter of his collection, Serene Grace. Familiarity with the first two not required.

Two godlike machines. One sky-shattering duel of biblical proportions. More sparkly missiles and death rays than either a human or insect could count. The fate of the known world on the line.Every second counts in an apocalyptic storm of slashing and radiant wings. Every second lost is a reason to scream at encroaching oblivion. No other weapons in the world count but the clashing gods and their pilots. Matthew Atkinson bugs out in a panicky mecha-fight SHORT STORY from his collection, Serene Grace.

SERENE GRACE, a short story collection from Matthew Atkinson, unleashes ten blows likely to stun you or make you flinch.In these stories the lovely ladies of Atkinson's fiction face a vast enough host of enemies to cover many genres. Want something to draw your blade against? "Inn Quell," "The Treat," "A Trim for the Flowers," "This Fist," and whatever "Bugfight" is. Then shoot and slash and shoot again into heightened hyperreality in "The Steep Angle," "Cat Claws III," and "New Neon Eve." Then dial things down and face lust and loss in "Nut" and "A Puffy Star."Life is brutal and complicated. When danger can lie around every corner and behind every shadow, you'll be better off if you can cultivate some SERENE GRACE.For clarity, this collection includes these stories:1. "Inn Quell"2. "The Treat"3. "The Steep Angle"4. "A Trim for the Flowers"5. "This Fist"6. "Nut"7. "Cat Claws III"8. "New Neon Eve"9. "Bugfight"10. "A Puffy Star" SERENE GRACE, a short story collection from Matthew Atkinson, unleashes ten blows likely to stun you or make you flinch.In these stories the lovely ladies of Atkinson's fiction face a vast enough host of enemies to cover many genres. Want something to draw your blade against? "Inn Quell," "The Treat," "A Trim for the Flowers," "This Fist," and whatever "Bugfight" is. Then shoot and slash and shoot again into heightened hyperreality in "The Steep Angle," "Cat Claws III," and "New Neon Eve." Then dial things down and face lust and loss in "Nut" and "A Puffy Star."Life is brutal and complicated. When danger can lie around every corner and behind every shadow, you'll be better off if you can cultivate some SERENE GRACE.For clarity, this collection includes these stories:1. "Inn Quell"2. "The Treat"3. "The Steep Angle"4. "A Trim for the Flowers"5. "This Fist"6. "Nut"7. "Cat Claws III"8. "New Neon Eve"9. "Bugfight"10. "A Puffy Star"