Sands and Starlight — Charlotte E. English

Distantly upon the horizon, bejewelled light shone like stars; tantalising, inviting.

Then the palace-in-glass was gone, fading away into the velvet night like a snuffed lamp.

Between the sands and the starlight, ancient powers rise, and the oldest of tales becomes new.

An old sorcerer travels the starlight bazaars: cursed and magic-blighted, he has glass where his heart should be.

A half-jinni enchantress seeks her missing son: daughter of a fallen king, hers is a great and daunting power.

A trio of camels walks the sands: loyal sisters in service, there is more to their past than meets the eye.

What unites these tales (and many more) is a marvel of sorcery and beauty: a great palace of ensorcelled glass, glimpsed only under the stars, and vanishing with the dawn...

The third Wonder Tale from Charlotte E. English combines the magic and colour of ancient stories with her trademark wit and whimsy. A fresh journey into the strange lands of fairytales.