Short Stories

from      Byrd Roberts'    THE DUSKOURI TALES

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The Woodcutter's Secret

When Emile, the son of a vintager in the principality of Alsace, ventures too near the Interior Wilderness, he discovers thrills, danger, and love. The handsome dark-haired lad, after an encounter with witches, is aided by Hans, a strong and muscular woodcutter. They partake of divine sex; that they should fall in love is inevitable. Their bliss is shattered when Aignam, the warlock who rules the Interior Wilderness, confronts them in his search for stolen rubies and emeralds. The battle between Hans and Aignam is fierce. The warlock prevails and soars to his fortress, taking the gems and Hans with him. How can Emile rescue his true love? Heavy sexual content.

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The Love-Star

On a farm in the empire of Savary, love blossoms between two youths. Marcel, a charming lad with sparkling eyes and brown hair, is the son of the farm owner. Yuri, a sturdy raven-haired youth with a broad chest, is a young farmhand. Their years of friendship ripen into love. When they are separated, one of the lads grieves with a broken heart until Erasmus, a wise old shepherd, teaches him to accept the loss and grow more loving through the experience. Sexual content.
 
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The Eunuch

In the happy kingdom of Baussett, good King Renaldo orders a royal tournament, its champion to wed the sweet and delicate Prince Florian. Because his health is failing and because the royal line must be perpetuated, the king is anxious to join his son in Royal Union with a youth of bravery, strength, and sterling character. The handsome athlete, Joel, wins the tournament and captures the heart of the prince, but the Duchy of Ragusa, ruled by the sadistic Grand Duke Sebastiani, declares war on Baussett and invades their peaceful country. The king dies, and Florian is crowned king. Joel's skills are superior, but the country and then the palace fall to Ragusa. Florian and Joel become prisoners of the evil Sebastiani. Terror reigns. Heavy sexual content.
        
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Summerfest

In the marquisate of Palomar there lives an enticing youth named Lute. While trying to avoid the attentions of Valnar, an unwanted suitor, he attends Summerfest with his sister and meets Sturd, a traveling wrestler with blue eyes, yellow hair, and a muscular body. Lute and Sturd fall in love, but are opposed by Sturd's manager, Vigo, who employs drugs and hypnotism to control his wrestler. Vigo and Valnar conspire, and Sturd is beaten mercilessly in the ring. When Vigo flees Summerfest with the drugged Sturd on the floor of his wagon, Valnar, finally realizing he cannot have Lute, confesses to the lad what is happening. The two give chase on horseback. Fleeing up Fool's Mountain, Vigo drives recklessly up the narrow cliff-road. The left wheel of Vigo's wagon is on the edge of the steep drop-off. . . Sexual content.
  
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The Slave

Dissension grows in the royal family when the king refuses his permission for Prince Fedelli to marry the handsome slave Kim. Moreover, a sea monster is devouring lizard-men who live under the floating city-state of Aquarellis. A royal visitor, Lord Alido, arrives, harboring hostile intentions. Fedelli and Kim, defying the king, are joined in Royal Union in a secret ceremony. Kim soon learns that the sea monster is a gigantic shark-man and rescues the king from him. As Kim engages the shark-man in battle, Lord Alido transforms himself into Aignam, the warlock, and summons his gritons. His goal is to steal Aquarellis' murdoth, a necessary ingredient in making ice. Kim attempts to rescue Fedelli but is himself captured by the evil warlock. Sexual content.
          
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The Tomb of Ice

The warlock Aignam soars toward the earldom of Polariv, his gritons transporting a large chariot with Kim and stolen murdoth aboard. Along the way Aignam tortures his prisoner. The following day Prince Fedelli of Aquarellis departs for Polariv to rescue Kim and to retrieve the murdoth. It is an ingredient that, mixed with glocio, forms ice, which is valuable to many countries on the continent of Duskouri. Adventure, thrills, and danger climax in a final battle between good and evil. Heavy sexual content.
          
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