Orphaned by the death of her wizard father, a 12-year-old girl finds herself trapped in servitude and traveling to an abandoned castle in the hinterlands. Among the group assigned to returning life to the castle, she finds her only friend in a barbarian warrior. But then he goes missing, and the castle itself seems to be coming to life in a manner most chill. Who will disappear next, becoming a victim of the castle itself?
"The Castle of Endless Woe" is a young adult, dark fantasy novelette bordering on horror fiction.
The tale takes place in the world of Ursia, the author's lands ...
Orphaned by the death of her wizard father, a 12-year-old girl finds herself trapped in servitude and traveling to an abandoned castle in the hinterlands. Among the group assigned to returning life to the castle, she finds her only friend in a barbarian warrior. But then he goes missing, and the castle itself seems to be coming to life in a manner most chill. Who will disappear next, becoming a victim of the castle itself?
"The Castle of Endless Woe" is a young adult, dark fantasy novelette bordering on horror fiction.
The tale takes place in the world of Ursia, the author's lands from his epic fantasy Kobalos trilogy and Sword of Bayne trilogy.
Ty Johnston was born in Kentucky. After earning a degree in journalism, he spent the next two decades as a newspaper editor. During that time he wrote numerous short stories, nearly all of which have been published in print or digital formats. In his forties, now a former journalist, he decided it was time to get serious about his fiction writing. He is the author of The Kobalos Trilogy of epic fantasy novels, City of Rogues, Road to Wrath and Dark King of the North. He has been published online at Every Day Fiction, Demonic Tome, The Ranfurly Review, Flashes in the Dark and other venues. His stories have also appeared in print in the anthologies "Deadlines," "The Return of the Sword" and "Demons: A Clash of Steel Anthology." Ty's main writing and reading interests generally are in the horror and fantasy genres, but he also enjoys branching out into literary works from time to time.
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Orphaned by the death of her wizard father, a 12-year-old girl finds herself trapped in servitude and traveling to an abandoned castle in the hinterlands. Among the group assigned to returning life to the castle, she finds her only friend in a barbarian warrior. But then he goes missing, and the castle itself seems to be coming to life in a manner most chill. Who will disappear next, becoming a victim of the castle itself?"The Castle of Endless Woe" is a young adult, dark fantasy novelette bordering on horror fiction.
The tale takes place in the world of Ursia, the author's lands ...