Castle Tales

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 youā€™ve never beenā€”and the most marvellous. Thereā€™s a castle up there in the sky, held aloft by wizardry and dreams. Itā€™s the home of the most curious court in all the land; a place of queens and princes, scholars and bards, sylphs and scullery maidsā€”not to mention the Wizard himself. Come visit. Youā€™re as like as not to find the princess in the kitchens, spinning subtleties out of sugar. The wizardā€™s in his study, consulting with the spell-books, and the furniture. The kingā€™s 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 wizardā€™s apprentice; the best-of-all-chairs, and the wizardā€™s favourite carpet. Meet the sylphs, causing havoc in the Potionery. Itā€™s the mad Court at Castle Chansany and everyone is welcome. Teaā€™s served at three, and thereā€™s a banquet after. Donā€™t 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 humanā€”and a little bit strangeā€¦