Sam Gordon is followed by someone dressed like a wizard. He figures the guy to be another San Francisco lunatic until the man meets Sam at his favorite café carrying on about time continuum portals. Assured of the man's insanity, Sam escapes out the back door, which drops him into a strange place.

In a land of green grass and no automobiles, Sam cannot find the door back to the café. He questions his sanity and sets out to find someone who can give him directions. When he is attacked by a swordsman on horseback, a beautiful young woman named Margot, intervenes. She speaks an archaic dialect of Anglo-Saxon — a language Sam didn't know until that moment. Sam travels with them to Camelot and finds himself in King Arthur's court. Working as a blacksmith and studying the druidic arts under Merlin's tutelage, Sam learns he must complete an unknown task before a portal can open to his own place and time.

Merlin's Apprentice is created by B. K. Kerley, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Merlin's Apprentice

I tried the door three more times to no avail. A mixture of emotions washed over me as I stood next to a dumpster in the alley behind Jody’s Bakery — confusion, doubt, and anger, but fear was the strongest. The thought of never seeing Margot again made my blood run cold. A hollow feeling in my gut threatened to swallow me whole.


A black and white cat paused to look me over before continuing its mission. “What’s the matter?” I asked the retreating cat. “Have you never seen anyone dressed in chainmail and packing a sword?”


A homeless guy on the street pushing a shopping cart loaded with personal effects crossed the alley and looked my way, undaunted by my appearance. “Would you have any spare change?”


I tossed him a silver coin from my pouch. He caught it and scowled at the piece, not realizing he could sell it to a collector for enough money to rent an apartment for two months and have enough left over for a nice car. He continued on without thanks mumbling to himself.


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