Ishkinil of Athan Arach walks a dying world, the handmaid of Death and wielder of the bone sword Dirgesinger, a sword of many legends, battling tyrant and darkness.

The Chronicles of Ishkinil is a sword and sorcery short fiction collection.

The Stories

A Bargain Paid in Pain and Death (3100 word short story)

Seeking one who has denied Death, Ishkinil finds that her prey has bargained with dark powers to thwart her master’s dues.

Winged Shadows over Iskor Yar (11600 word novelette)

The restless dead draw Ishkinil to the abandoned city of Iskor Yar, only to find darker horrors within and a shadow that lurks above.

Claws of the Red Talon (9700 word novelette)

Across the deserts, Ishkinil escorts Vanas, a man on the run, hunted by the Red Priests of the Lord of Murder for whom Death nurtures a special hatred.

Black Shadows of the Ancients (8400 word novelette)

In spider-haunted Khuza Tal, Ishkinil and her companion, Anubarak come upon a shrine to the ancient Shahadi, and encounter a terrible evil waiting to awake.

The Troubled Waters of Arkech Usor (8700 word novelette)

When the precious waters of the wastes begin to become poisoned, Ishkinil seeks to uncover the source, only to find a darkness behind it all.

The Sands Run Red (15200 word novelette)

The city of Samsanu Idusar has been freed from a tyrant’s grasp, but now an alliance of two more tyrants marches upon the city to enslave it once more. Ishkinil and her allies must gather to defend it least all hope is lost.