Four Stories

by Marcus Attwater

After several millennia, Apollo feels rather tired of featuring in the same myths over and over. So when Hera calls a family conference because his sister Helen has been kidnapped (or has run off with a man – interpretations differ on that) he is more interested in catching up with his favorite brother. Maybe this time around the story will be different?

These four stories transpose classical myth to an early twenty-first-century setting, dealing with different kinds of brothers and different kinds of love: Apollo and Hermes, Castor and Pollux, Orestes and Pylades, Alexander and Hephaistion all encounter difficulties their old archetypes never had to worry about…

Genres: Fiction, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Retellings, Historical Fiction

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2021

About the author

Marcus Attwater writes mystery, fantasy and historical fiction. He is the owner of Attwater Books, a small publisher and bookseller in the Netherlands. Marcus is a social-media-shy person who believes the best way for authors to interact with readers is to give them stories, not updates. When he is not reading, writing, publishing or selling books (or sometimes when he is) Marcus enjoys listening to French baroque opera, watching Spanish football and looking at Gothic churches.

Reviews

[M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Takes the queer element already present in classical myth and runs with it – all the way across the USA in one case. Very entertaining, especially if you know your classics.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This author really said “I have two interests - Greek myth/history and gay incest - and I am here to make that everyone else’s problem,” and I love that for him and us. 😆

Might have been four stars, but it felt like the last story went completely unproofread.

[Alessia Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Made Greek mythology GAYER, if that was even possible.

[FelixI · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked these stories. They don’t straightforwardly retell the myths in a different setting, but re-imagine them, with some unexpected consequences. God’s Boys is my favourite.