Though at least two worlds have scorned the literature of the infamous, ancient Ornian writer JP Homer, it has not prevented his extensive body of work from being read by both adult and youth alike with surprise and appreciation for their lunatic wit.  Like the epic poem The Thesoddy, the play Erik Miteus represents a mythic tale about an Ornian sailing hero. 

Erik the Mighty, famed for his youthful role helping Jasod find the Golden Fleas, finds himself crazed and despondent from being lost at sea for 30 years.  He returns home to his farm, wife, and family after having failed to fight (or even find) the Ghast Garlic Wars in the faraway land of Toorelia.  Once home, he fights with the many imaginary forces of evil in his wheat, kitchen tools, barn, and family at the bidding of a crazy garlic addict who wants revenge for something a different Erik did during the Ghast Garlic Wars.  Interestingly, some aspects of this tale are undoubtedly autobiographical since Homer fought with his own garlic addiction for his whole life, if not longer.  Although, this tale was obviously intended to probe the pitfalls of a man's preoccupation with hero fantasies, in the manner seen in the Earth classic Don Quixote, Erik Miteus ends up as cow-wrestling slap-stick and tilting at wheat-fields.  Yet, for some inexplicable reason, the tale is well worth reading, if perhaps only as a study in absurdity.
     Whether it is seen as the lunatic product of a silly mind or a profound parody of classic literary forms, there is hilarity in the confusions of Erik the Mighty, laughter at the verbal gymnastics, and cringing at the puns and wordplay.   Rumored to be the tale that Shakespeare declined, Erik Miteus will find a home in the hearts and imaginations, and funny bones, of the readers.