About the Author
Patrick Bran
Stories at the edge of history and imagination.
Patrick Bran writes fiction and gets his best ideas from ancient history, myth and the legends of the past.
Fantasy • Historical Fiction • Short Fiction
About Patrick Bran
Patrick Bran spent much of his early life moving around. As a young man he traveled everywhere from the Middle East to Antarctica by way of the US Army.
He then returned home to Washington State, where he began college and started his lifelong involvement with theatre. Over the next several years he worked at acting and stagecraft, eventually moving to Washington DC where he went to work for a nationally-renowned regional theatre.
Patrick now lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and family. He writes fiction and gets his best ideas from ancient history, myth and the legends of the past.
On the Stories
The Stories Come First
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Most of what I want to say is in the stories themselves. I’m drawn to the places where history, folklore, and imagination overlap—and to characters trying to find their footing when the familiar world shifts beneath them.
Between History and Imagination
Stories That Endure
History leaves gaps. Legends fill them. Imagination asks what might have happened in between.
The stories collected here move through those spaces—from the historical to the fantastic, and often somewhere between the two.
Explore the Writing
Published Works
Novels
Longer journeys into other times, worlds, and possibilities.
Shorter Works
Short Stories
Standalone stories and shorter journeys into other times and places.
Read Online
Enter the Library
Serialized fiction available to read online, one installment at a time.