The Dragons of Mons Fractus

"The Dragons of Mons Fractus" is a short story by Richard L. Tierney in which his sword-and-sorcery hero Simon of Gitta confronts an undead version of one of the main villains of Christian tradition. It first appeared in the Spring 1984 issue of Weirdbook (#19).
==Synopsis==
In search of vengeance, Simon tracks Pontius Pilate to the hinterland of the Roman Empire, where he discovers an undead horror menacing Germania. He finds unlikely allies in two survivors of the ancient serpent people.
==Setting==
The story is set in the autumn of 41 A. D. in what is today France and Switzerland. The Vienna in the story is not the city in Austria but modern-day Vienne in France.Wikipedia, "Vienne, Isere." Mons Fractus is now known as Mount Pilatus, near Lucerne, Switzerland; the legends surrounding this mountain involving both Pontius Pilate and friendly dragons form the basis of the story.The Legends of Switzerland, "The Forest Cantons," H. A. Grueber (Dodd, Mead and Co., 1899).
==Publication History==
After its initial appearance in Weirdbook, "The Dragons of Mons Fractus" was reprinted in the Simon of Gitta collections The Scroll of Thoth (Chaosium, 1997) and Sorcery Against Caesar (Pickman's Press, 2020).
==References==
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Richard L. Tierney works