From the author of Wyrde and Wayward and Modern Magick: a collection of cosy, uplifting stories about an eccentric wizard, an irascible dragon, and the most unlikely of friendships.
Welcome to the strangest place youâve never beenâand the most marvellous.
Thereâs a castle up there in the sky, held aloft by wizardry and dreams. Itâs the home of the most curious court in all the land; a place of queens and princes, scholars and bards, sylphs and scullery maidsânot to mention the Wizard himself.
Come visit. Youâre as like as not to find the princess in the kitchens, spinning subtleties out of sugar. The wizardâs in his study, consulting with the spell-books, and the furniture. The kingâs in the gardens with his roses; the queen is in her solar, where the plants, dream-woven, grow in every shape and colour.
Meet Jessamine, a small dragon with a heart the size of the castle itself. Meet Paglar the cook, Tambul, the wizardâs apprentice; the best-of-all-chairs, and the wizardâs favourite carpet. Meet the sylphs, causing havoc in the Potionery.
Itâs the mad Court at Castle Chansany and everyone is welcome. Teaâs served at three, and thereâs a banquet after. Donât be late!
Collected together for the first time, these sixteen tales of life at the curious castle explore relationships, belonging, and what it means to be humanâand a little bit strangeâŠ