Welcome to the story-forge
Fantasy forged from myth, legend, and the forgotten moments of history.
Old myths, familiar shapes and half-remembered histories—reforged into worlds where gods still walk and the monsters have stories of their own.
Choose your world
Myth and history collide in stories of dangerous gods, transformed legends, and the mortals who refuse the roles fate gives them.
Mythic historical fantasy
Roman Britain. Celtic gods. A frontier where belief has teeth.
Gods walk the borderlands of Roman Britain in this series set in the second century CE, entwining the lives of Romans and Britons with Celtic, Romano-British and classical mythology.
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Mythic romantasy
Monsters, maidens, gods and dangerous bargains.
What really makes a monster, and who gets to decide? These interconnected standalone novels reimagine mythology and folklore through figures who may not be quite what their stories have made them out to be.
Follow fate's thread
For readers of historical fantasy
Discover the mortal story behind the Horned God in this prequel to The Borderlands of Britannia.
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For readers of feminist monster-romantasy
A dystopian draconic-romance novella of shattered chains, sacred names and awakening.
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Behind the stories
Dana Birkmour writes fantasy forged from myth, legend and the forgotten moments of history.
An Australian author, environmental scientist, history geek and lifelong mythology nerd, Dana blends ancient mythology and folklore with immersive historical settings. When she isn't writing, she's quite likely to be disappearing into the rainforest, following a historical rabbit hole, or wondering how an obscure piece of folklore can be turned into a novel.
