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J.A. Andrews'

Short Stories

What are the short stories, and when should you read them?

Short Answer:

All these stories stand alone and you can read any at any time.

Longer Answer:

Each story relates more or less closely to one or more of the trilogies.

Here's the general guidelines for where they fit best.

Stories related to the Keeper Chronicles

  1. The Black Horn: A story told by Keeper Will about a young woman whose world is being threatened by an invading army, and her only hope is in an ancient horn that, legend says, can raise an army from the very rocks.
    Best read: anytime.
  2. The Candlelight Gifts: A Christmas retelling of Gifts of the Magi with two characters from the Chronicles.
    Best read: after Keeper Chronicles.
  3. The Shadowed Blade: Keeper Chesavia went to the Eastern Reaches to heal a dying boy. What she found there was a father with swords that no man should wield.
    Best Read: anytime.

Stories related to the Keeper Origins

  1. The Ghost of the White Wood: The Ghost of the White Wood has been a thorn in the Kalesh Empire’s side for years. Until Captain Bastian captures her—and she becomes so much more than a thorn.
    Best read: During Keeper Origins, especially during book 2, Raven's Ruin.
  2. The Deal is Struck: Flibbet the Peddler has always trusted his strange cart.Until the day it leads him back to the one place he's sworn to never return, and offers a deadly dagger to his worst enemy.
    Best read: At any time.

Stories related to the Aenigma Lights

  1. The Touch of the Eternal: Renault Half-Elven created an amulet that could stop time. Unless used by the wrong person...
    Best Read: anytime
    Coming: late 2026
  2. The New Plan: Dwarf twins Tribal and Silas need to get back into the caves of their homeland to rescue their mother who's been arrested for one of her many heists. When the mischievous elf twins tag along, absolutely nothing goes to plan.
    Best Read: After book 2, Mistlight.

Tomkin and the Dragon

The Keepers are storytellers.
And their favorite story—everyone's favorite story—is Tomkin and the Dragon.

Tomkin is a bookish boy who's always lived in the shadow of his heroic older brother. Until the day he goes to investigate rumors of a dragon, and finds out they're alarmingly true.

Things get worse when he accidentally falls onto the sleeping dragon, is captured, and discovers a maiden locked in the tower with him. A maiden who resolutely refuses to admit she's in distress.


NOTE: Tomkin and the Dragon is not a short story, it is a full length standalone novel.


Best Read: At any time.
This story is referenced a lot in The Keeper Chronicles.