After David slays Goliath, he falls head over heels in love with himself. But he's not alone. King Saul's daughter Michal intends to become his wife even if her father offers her sister's hand in marriage.

It's a love story with a smile.

"Beloved" was first published in The Trouble with Heroes, edited by Denise Little, DAW books, November, 2009.

“The conclusion turns [the reader's assumption] on its head in a funny and honest way. I also found the last line in this story to be the funniest of the anthology by far.”

- review site Grasping the Wind

David H. Hendrickson's award-winning short stories have appeared in anthologies, literary journals, and magazines. WestSide Books will be publishing his novel Cracking the Ice in the Spring of 2011. He has published over one thousand works of nonfiction for which he has been honored with the Joe Concannon and Scarlet Quill awards.