Anglo-Saxon Sagas and Songs was the second book I uploaded to Kindle. It was a collection of short stories and poems that I had written at various times while studying Eng. Lit at uni, and researching for my first novel thereafter. I didn't expect much of it as it was a niche interest, but to my surprise it became a best seller. Now, by "best seller", I'm not talking 50 Shades of Grey. I mean, a best seller for me, selling at about 30 per month, and that kept up for about six years, and it still sells 5 or 6 per month.

Encouraged by its success, I scoured my hard drive and, with the help of a dozen or so new stories and poems, came up with two similar collections. A sample story, from Anglo-Saxon Stories and Poems, the third in the series, is given below.