Low-Key Calamities is a collection of six novelettes and eight short stories by Elliott Kay, including stories from the Good Intentions Series, the Poor Man’s Fight Series, and Wandering Monsters. It was published on February 21, 2023.
General[]
Low-Key Calamities is a collection of short stories by Elliott Kay, including stories from the Good Intentions Series, the Poor Man’s Fight Series, and Wandering Monsters.
The stories are in chronological order. All of the stories can be read independently of each other, and are only connected through the shared characters.
Despite the cover, the collection does not include any crossover stories.
Stories[]
- Good Intentions
- “Trust” (novelette)
- “A Most Noble Quest” (short story)
- “The Spirit of Giving” (short story)
- “Strangers” (novelette)
- “Accomplished” (short story)
- “Amends” (novelette)
- Wandering Monsters
- “Strictly Business” (novelette)
- “The Mediator” (short story)
- “Insiders” (novelette)
- Poor Man’s Fight
- “Vigilance” (short story)
- “Losses” (short story)
- “Mostly Hype” (novelette)
- “Better Days” (short story)
- “Friends” (short story)
Publisher’s summary[]
A skirmish in space can scar just as deeply as the fleet battles. Freeing a valley from a corrupt king only opens the land to darker threats. And grand theft auto gets a lot messier when the car belongs to a literal demon.
A small crisis is still a crisis.
Publisher’s warning[]
Low-Key Calamities contains fourteen novelettes and short stories from the series Poor Man’s Fight, Good Intentions, and Wandering Monsters. Collectively they include explicit violence, explicit sex, profanity, defenestrations, espionage, backstabbing, murder, blasphemy, poison, lingerie, public indecency, arguable war crimes, condescension, identity theft, asphyxiation, vigilantism, sabotage, a fart joke, anti-necromantic prejudice, intentional food poisoning, counter-weaponization of stereotypes, deceit, assassination, incitement to riot, disrespect for the dead, abuse of kitchen staff, conspiracy, arson, grand theft auto, breaking and entering, a lost bat, unauthorized dormitory residents, drug use, lies, bickering, punching, leering, kicking, body slams, analysis of adult film, mild hallucinations, paranoia, military “intelligence,” performative charity, genuine charity, talking behind people’s backs, angry essay writing, oral sex, mishandling of explosives, violations of Rules of Engagement, destruction of church property, insensitivity, poor leadership skills, ambushes, grave robbery, insults, family feuding, unintended threats, urban warfare, resentful internal monologues, a carefully bland lunch, and vomiting in front of the boss.
Trivia[]
A concept study of what would become the cover was the inspiration for the story “Mostly Hype”—the art came first and then the story.[1]
Publication history[]
The book was published on February 21, 2023. All of the stories had been written and published as Patreon rewards.
References[]
- ↑ Cover Preview: Low-Key Calamities! (Elliott Kay’s Patreon, February 21, 2023)