fiction
With three novels in progress, I've created some magnificent worlds for you to dive into.
copyright ashley gold writes 2024
The Lion Prince
The Lion Prince is a queer Romeo and Juliet set in a fantastical world where magical powers are inherited and passed down through royal bloodlines.
Our hero, Azra, struggles to fill the role of the warlorn prince idealized by her father. Prince Caspary, Azra’s rival, makes the job look like a piece of cake.
At the Princes’ Academy in Kings City, the two princes must work together to eliminate a common threat...despite being from enemy courts, they grow to find each other more alike than they could have ever imagined.
The Thief and The Assassin
A hundred years prior to The Lion Prince, a sex worker named Red tries to escape her dancing contract with a cruel house magistrate named Electra Livingstar.
Red’s special abilities allow her to transform into anyone of her wildest imagination: a powerful gift for a girl dancing for wealthy lords in the grimy city of sin.
Her powers land her in some hot water when one night, she becomes caught up in an assassination plot that could change the strings of fate, forever.
Wings
The story I tell you begins in a little home on a river, or on a plain: or perhaps, nestled in the middle of the two.
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There is an old woman inside, she is built like a tree and just by looking at her, you can see she is warm of heart but also not one to fool around with.
On her face lies a curious and unmistakable scar, the nastiest pink that mars her tan, rich skin. She wears her golden hair down, waves and tufts coursing through it.
It shines like real gold and all the while pools down near her feet, small bits braided spectacularly into the night despite her age.
Beside her, you’ll notice a small girl, with ruddy cheeks and red-golden hair too, who is bright, curious. They speak in tongues unknown to the river or the plain, across worlds.
Somehow, the story is told between them, and it goes something like this: