Kirby’s Fantasy Fiction Journal

Glen V C Kirby reviews Virgil's Aeneid as part of his 52 Books in a Year challenge. Was it imperial propaganda commissioned by Augustus Caesar, or quiet subversion from a poet who asked for the whole thing to be burned? He explores Aeneas as a hero too dutiful to love, Dido as the most devastating character in ancient literature, and what it means when storytelling becomes the foundation of an emp...

A weary traveller lost in the Redwood discovers a cabin hiding something ancient and monstrous.

Glen V C Kirby reviews Homer's Odyssey as part of his 52 Books in a Year challenge. He explores what makes Odysseus one of literature's greatest characters — brilliant, contradictory, and his own worst enemy. From the monsters that tempt him to stop, to Penelope's quiet defiance, to the bittersweet reality of finally getting home and finding it fits differently. A personal, honest review that give...

The second flash fiction story I have written, which runs parallel with my book review marathon.  Titled: The Gods Blessing by Glen V C Kirby Where a goddess blesses a mortal who has the same bearing as her late lover. She is told by the leader of her council to remove it so mortals can be free, without manipulation.    www.glenvckirby.com

The Iliad is not the whole Trojan War. No Wooden Horse. No fall of Troy. Just fifty days, one quarrel, and the greatest warrior alive deciding to stop fighting — not out of fear, but wounded pride. Homer tells you exactly what this poem is about in the very first line. Rage. And then he spends twenty-four books proving he meant it. Three thousand years old. Never felt more relevant.   For more inf...

The first flash fiction story I have written parallel with my book review marathon.  Titled: The Fading Light by Glen V C Kirby Where a fairy is grieving the passing of her human friend and a local farmer gives her a lesson on the meaning of life and death.  www.glenvckirby.com

The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest fantasy story ever written? A king loses the person he loves most and cannot accept his own mortality. What follows is a 4,000-year-old exploration of ego, grief, and how to live knowing you will die. Shockingly modern. Brutally honest. And still asking questions none of us have fully answered. ★★★★☆   For more content check out the website www.glenvckirby.com