Author · World-builder · Storyteller
Jonathan B. Edvane
Dark Fantasy · Short Fiction · The Marchlands
Author · World-builder · Storyteller
Dark Fantasy · Short Fiction · The Marchlands
I spent over fifty years writing fantasy, dark fiction and strange tales for myself, for my children, and primarily for my own pleasure. I am now publishing.
Three bodies of work live here. The first is the Marchlands. A dark fantasy world of ancient magic and forgotten histories, home to Tales from the Woldwood and the forthcoming novel The Shivering Vale. The second is The Dark Hearth. Essays on the craft, culture and writing of dark fantasy. The third is Edvane Stories. Short fiction, ghost stories, folklore and historical shadows, published regularly. You will also find The Returned, stories rejected by publishers and platforms, and a number of other published works. The menu above will take you to all of them.
The Durn Yew · Tales from the Woldwood · The Shivering Vale
In the Marchlands, there is a tree. The Durn Yew moves through the Woldwood, disappearing and reappearing, never in the same place twice. Beneath its roots live the denizens of the Yewdeep. Beyond the Groaning Gate lie tethered realms, some persisting, many collapsing. Forty tales record the people and events of this world. Thirty-nine are in the archive. The first novel arrives soon.
Tales from the Woldwood is a free 40-story descent into the Marchlands. The forests, ruins, people, monsters, bargains, and histories that shape the world before the first novel arrives.
Enter the Marchlands →
Forty tales are promised. Thirty-nine are in the archive.
The fortieth can only be found by subscribers.
Craft · Commentary · The Writing of Dark Fantasy
Essays on the craft and culture of dark fantasy, written from inside the work. What ghost stories are. Why maps matter and why they sometimes don't. The line between grimdark and something older. Observations from a writer still learning in public.
Enter the Dark Hearth →
Dark Fiction · Ghost Stories · Folklore · Historical Shadows
A separate world from the Marchlands, the same hand behind it. Dark short fiction published regularly at edvanestories.com. Ghost stories, folklore, historical mysteries, fan fiction and other assorted tales.
Hear when the next door opens.
A weekly dispatch from Jonathan B. Edvane — novel progress, new stories, news beyond the Woldwood.