About Legends & Lies
An Anthology from the World Beyond Series
Dearest Feral Reader,
Before the war, before the rise and ruin, before the girl with the iron dragon took flight—there were whispers.
Tavern gossips and soldiers’ letters. Unsent notes and overheard confessions. A girl sweeping snow from the inn steps. A man watching the horizon for someone who never came back. A noble at a ball who saw something they weren’t meant to. A raven, watching from the eaves.
Legends and Lies is a companion anthology to the World Beyond fantasy series—an intimate, layered collection of short stories told through the eyes of the ones history forgot. The ones who watched from the edges. The ones whose choices—quiet or bold—set the world on its path.
Some of these stories are true.
Some are only what people think happened.
And most sit somewhere in between.
From Fenngard to Westmoore, from palace halls to forest roads, these tales offer glimpses into the hearts of rebels and romantics, scholars and soldiers, gods and gossips. Each chapter stands alone—and yet, together, they form something deeper. A tapestry of foreshadowing, secrets, and echoes that stretch across the six kingdoms.
You don’t need to know the main story to read these.
But if you do—you just might find the shadows of the future written between the lines.
Welcome to the stories behind the story.
Welcome to the legends.
And the lies.
