Matthew Buchanan
About the Author
Matthew Buchanan is an aspiring writer whose hobbies include archery, hunting, gaming, and reading.
Complete List of Works
Proving Grounds: A Ydersten Tale
Fantasy
October 6, 2022
Anisha Palac, an apprentice transmuter, is sent to aid troops in defending the frontier against marauding Kilim - giant rat humanoids. The battle will put all of her knowledge and skill to the test. Like a pass/fail, which Anisha always thought was easier.
A short fantasy story of 6,584 words.
Proving Grounds is included in Tales of Ydersten: Volume I
Tales from Ydersten: Volume I of Fantasy Short Story Collections
Fantasy
November 6, 2022
A ranger. A leftenant. A hermit. A wizard.
Each play a part in events that will set the stage for what is to come. Nine years after the Great War ravaged the world and left it in shambles, civilization is on its way to recovery, but disaster looms on the horizon.
Necromancers, marauders, and bandits infest the land, threatening to tear apart the new fragile peace that struggles to bloom in the ashes left from war.
Will these threats be contained or will peace give way to chaos once more?
Volume I includes the short story Proving Grounds.