Blood in the Frost
In a kingdom trapped in endless winter, a soldier follows warm footprints across a battlefield where the dead have begun dreaming.
All Genres
⚔ 6 Stories
Dark Fantasy
Worlds where magic tastes of iron and every bargain with the supernatural exacts its toll. Swords, sorcery, and the cost of ambition.
The Red Shepherd
A shepherd counts one sheep too many after the fog arrives, and the extra creature knows the voice of his dead daughter.
Crown of Crows
A reluctant queen accepts a living crown that grants perfect counsel by feeding on every doubt she refuses to voice.
The Iron Orchard
A blacksmith enters an orchard of metal trees to harvest the one fruit said to contain a heart that cannot break.
A Debt of Dragonfire
A village borrows a dragon’s flame each winter and discovers that the debt is measured in memories, not gold.
The Saint of Knives
A battlefield surgeon is worshipped for miracles performed with thirteen enchanted knives, each one demanding a wound of its own.