“The Last Smile In Sunder City” by Luke Arnold (2020)

“‘Do some good,’ she’d said.”

Tolkien has a lot to answer for when it comes to how people see magical races in fiction, so it’s always refreshing when someone comes along with a new twist.

Once upon a time, the world was full of magic. Elves, dwarves, vampires, goblins, gremlins, angels and more all lived side by side in relative peace, with their magic coming from an ancient river in the mountains. It seemed that nothing could go wrong, until the humans got jealous. A human army, mortal with no...