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Frighthouse Keeper
A haunted lighthouse.
A wicked bargain.
A sorcerer who cannot resist a mystery.
From award-winning author Jonathan Kieran comes a spirited dark fantasy adventure packed with wit, danger, and unforgettable magic.
When sorcerer Wrothtalon and his kestrel companion, Drax, follow rumors of a strange blue light on the coast, they uncover a tale of greed, regret, and a demon who has made an old lighthouse his home. Now ships vanish in the fog, the shoreline lives in fear, and only Wrothtalon may be bold—or foolish—enough to challenge the fiend within.
Whimsical, eerie, funny, and darkly enchanting, Frighthouse Keeper is a ShadowPyx short tale perfect for fans who adore the clever humor and vivid world-building of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
If you love dark fantasy rich with strange lore, sly humor, perilous magic, and just enough fright to keep the candle burning... get your copy!
Books by Jonathan Kieran
The Wednesday A Dark Fable
A Dark Supernatural Thriller
ShadowPyx Short Story Collection
Frighthouse Keeper
The Witch Runner of Snevern
Enchanted Heritage Chronicles
Rowan Book One
Rowan Blaize and the Hand of Djin Book Two
A wicked bargain.
A sorcerer who cannot resist a mystery.
From award-winning author Jonathan Kieran comes a spirited dark fantasy adventure packed with wit, danger, and unforgettable magic.
When sorcerer Wrothtalon and his kestrel companion, Drax, follow rumors of a strange blue light on the coast, they uncover a tale of greed, regret, and a demon who has made an old lighthouse his home. Now ships vanish in the fog, the shoreline lives in fear, and only Wrothtalon may be bold—or foolish—enough to challenge the fiend within.
Whimsical, eerie, funny, and darkly enchanting, Frighthouse Keeper is a ShadowPyx short tale perfect for fans who adore the clever humor and vivid world-building of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
If you love dark fantasy rich with strange lore, sly humor, perilous magic, and just enough fright to keep the candle burning... get your copy!
Books by Jonathan Kieran
The Wednesday A Dark Fable
A Dark Supernatural Thriller
ShadowPyx Short Story Collection
Frighthouse Keeper
The Witch Runner of Snevern
Enchanted Heritage Chronicles
Rowan Book One
Rowan Blaize and the Hand of Djin Book Two
103 pages, Paperback
Published July 24, 2026
About the author
Jonathan Kieran
14 books66 followersKirkus-acclaimed author Jonathan Kieran is a writer and illustrator with a passion for world travel, woodwork, and ancient history. He lives in in the woodlands not far from Big Sur, California, where he awaits the future confidently with plenty of firewood and attitude.
In addition to the occasional academic tome, Jonathan writes about offbeat witches, gourmet sorcerers, rebellious fairies, demigods cast adrift, fallen angels on crack, neurotic deities, surfing warlocks, sarcastic she-demons, drunken djinn, stoned dudes lost in DARK FORESTS OF FOLKLORE, deadpan antiheroes, goblins in drag, lovable succubi, seers who “stir-scry” in wok pans, werewolves singing show tunes, vampires in the oncology ward, adults with Childhood Monster PTSD, psychotic parallel worlds, roadshow amulets, rings of apocalypse, eldritch wands, wonky talismans and sundry.
These are the plots and players dancing daily through his overactive brain. Mystical slow-burns and occasional gory freakouts. Imagination is his avenue, craftsmanship is his vehicle. Give him a try. He’s been doing this for a while. Smart people encouraged.
Jonathan is the author and illustrator of The Wednesday Box, WistWood, the Enchanted Heritage Chronicles, the ShadowPyx Short Story Collection of dark fables, and more adventures to come. His writing style is best described as warm and engaging on the outside … dark, twisted, and disturbing on the inside. With plenty of macabre between the lines. He is also sardonic when the stars are aligned.
In addition to the occasional academic tome, Jonathan writes about offbeat witches, gourmet sorcerers, rebellious fairies, demigods cast adrift, fallen angels on crack, neurotic deities, surfing warlocks, sarcastic she-demons, drunken djinn, stoned dudes lost in DARK FORESTS OF FOLKLORE, deadpan antiheroes, goblins in drag, lovable succubi, seers who “stir-scry” in wok pans, werewolves singing show tunes, vampires in the oncology ward, adults with Childhood Monster PTSD, psychotic parallel worlds, roadshow amulets, rings of apocalypse, eldritch wands, wonky talismans and sundry.
These are the plots and players dancing daily through his overactive brain. Mystical slow-burns and occasional gory freakouts. Imagination is his avenue, craftsmanship is his vehicle. Give him a try. He’s been doing this for a while. Smart people encouraged.
Jonathan is the author and illustrator of The Wednesday Box, WistWood, the Enchanted Heritage Chronicles, the ShadowPyx Short Story Collection of dark fables, and more adventures to come. His writing style is best described as warm and engaging on the outside … dark, twisted, and disturbing on the inside. With plenty of macabre between the lines. He is also sardonic when the stars are aligned.
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