Romantasy has taken over our book loving-world and there are dragons among us like never before from Game of Thrones to Fourth Wing.

But dragons have been present across almost all human culture: from the classic fire-breathing and princess-coveting dragons of Western Europe to the wise and noble dragons of East Asia to the great monstrous lizards of Greek mythology to the feathered serpents of South America.

In this anthology, the authors explore the more erotic side of dragon lore. What of sensuality at the border between earth and sky, what of the myths of kings and emperors being literally descended from dragons, what of dragons who take on human shape to learn mankind’s ways? Humans and dragons have existed side by side since nearly the beginning of time—surely their desires must have crossed at some point.

Like a Breath of Flame contains nine short stories that explore the theme of scaled sensuality from a variety of different perspectives. In this anthology you’ll find tales of lonely mountain dragons with exotic tastes, dragons with the power to slip into their lover’s dreams, shapeshifter dragons, unusual interpretations of the term “dragon rider,” dragon-as-devil and dragon-as-god… and, yes, no less than two versions of the virgin-sacrificed-to-dragon story, each with their own unique twist on the tale. These stories of serpentine sexuality are certain to delight the senses.

This anthology includes stories by KJ Kabza, Julian Oliver-Fenn, Dean Scarborough, Kannang Feng, Steven Schwartz, Dominic Santi, David Hubbard, Kimber Camacho, and Nobilis Reed.