Every prophecy has a chosen hero. Every chosen hero has someone standing slightly behind him, carrying the rope.

Mike has been that person since he was four years old. He threw the rock. He packed the sandwiches. He has a contingency plan for everything, including rusty prophecy swords, dragons who turn out to be gardeners, and captive princesses who left voluntarily two years before anyone thought to mention it. He is also in the prophecy. He has opinions about this that he keeps to himself.

Vaguely Sword-Shaped is a cozy fantasy novella about a hero, his best friend, and the considerable difference between destiny and the person who makes destiny actually work. It is a story about loyalty, competence, and what happens when the chosen one turns out to need someone to throw the rock just as much as he needs the sword. Warm, funny, and gently subversive, it asks the question the prophecies never bothered to answer: what about the other guy?

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