Tales of Steel and Sorcery: A Fantasy Anthology

by Jacob Jones-Goldstein (Editor), Jonathan Maberry, Nicholas Leamy

Tales of Steel and Sorcery is a collection of Fantasy stories from every corner of the genre. The stories in Tales of Steel and Sorcery take you on adventure after adventure. Be it the familial bonds of "Dragons and Domesticity" by Jessica Andrewartha, the wizardly court intrigue of Jon Negroni's "The Fool Who Learned the Spell," or David Shoemaker's epic poem "The Bard's Song," there is something for everyone who has ever stayed up too late because they couldn't put a book down.

Love Conan? Make sure to read Maxwell I. Gold's "Dion the Conqueror." Big fan of Terry Pratchett? Flip straight to the hilariously absurd "Drastic Poodles," by Colin Anderson. Loved the Kagen the Damned series from Jonathan Maberry? Well, great news, there is an original tale featuring the characters from the series, "In Sunshine or in Shadow."

These and many other stories spin yarns of high adventure, terrifying monsters, gleaming swords, and the occasional talking frog. The idea was to pack everything we love about fantasy into one collection, and capture as much magic as possible. If you've ever loved JRR Tolkien, Joe Abercrombie, George R.R. Martin, Mercedes Lackey, Robert Jordan, or so many more classic fantasy authors, you will love Tales of Steel and Sorcery.

376 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 22, 2026

About the author

Jacob is an author of short fiction, mostly horror. He lives in Delaware with some cats, his wife, and maybe a couple of ghosts.

He loves basketball, comics, scary movies, and traveling to weird places.