The Carnelian King and Other Stories

By Arden Powell

A collection of fifteen short fantasy stories introducing dazzling new worlds.

From a magical second-hand shop hidden between dimensions to rolling emerald hills dotted with ancient ruins, through carnivorous winter woods and across the war-torn steppes of a crumbling empire, this collection spans beloved fantasy genres from classic to cozy, action and adventure to sword and sorcery, and gothic horror to romance. Some of these many star-crossed worlds include:

A dashing knight nostalgic for the lost myth and glory of the Golden Age, and a reclusive sorcerer who is more than he seems.

Gentlemen dragons, sapphic dragons, dragons as small as hummingbirds and as vast as rivers.

The first installments in a new sword & sorcery series, featuring a mercenary knight who cannot be killed and a horde of witches, lich-kings, and curses.

Trading tales of survival in the god-wrecked scrublands of the old west.

An eldritch house hungering for fresh meat.

A disgraced prophet, his flirtatious rival, and a foal whose birth foretells great changes for their land.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DJ5JYCWY
• ISBN13: 9798340568625
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"