There is more in this world than Sunset realizes, or wants to consider too deeply. Better for her sanity that she focus on what she can affect herself. (Though given her history, choosing not to dive headfirst into the afterlife to confront the lord of the dead is a sign of relative humility.)

Still, that she was looking for a magical door suggests a degree of homesickness. She is still young, but she may already tire of this savage land. Of course, I doubt it is an easy feat to come back the way she came, if that way is even still open. I don't know what she's looking for, beyond survival. I doubt she does either. We'll see where she goes from here.

So I've never read anything remotely like this, and I'm just realising that it is incredibly my shit.
I was absolutely enthralled at the dialogue, the metaphors, the aphorisms, the setting and the fight scenes, the characters... I gotta get more of this in my life lol, it's incredible. Do you have any recommendations? Also can't wait for the next chapter!

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A book series that is a lot more character and plot driven would be the Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett, the first book being the Warded Man (The Painted Man in the U.K.). These books are refreshing additions to modern fantasy, but they're not really part of the sword and sorcery genre of Robert Howard. In terms of stories on this site which delve into the sword and sorcery genre, I don't think I know of any writers who have done as honest of a replication of the themes and style as I have. That's not to say there aren't any, or that other writers can't do it, but it's a niche genre and few writers have the time and skill to veer off into it.

I've linked below a pdf of an annotated collection of Howard's Conan the Barbarian stories which have inspired these short stories. This is the copy I personally use to draw some inspiration from.

http://pulp-lit.com/assets-bundles/27-conan/Robert-E-Howards-Conan-the-Cimmerian-Barbarian-278.pdf

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Thanks for the quick response, I'm gonna check both of those out. Cheers.

This story is really cool and well written. I've never read an actual Conan story but this feels right.

The First chapter: I like how is gives us a glimpse of the heights of what we could find in this place. It doesn't clearly say if sunset gained anything from the adventure and I feel like that's a good angle to take. This allows Sunset to continue to get by on her own skills and a bit of luck.

Second Chapter: A familiar story of foreboding with heavy mystery. Very cool.

Third Chapter: Some of the best worldbuilding we've gotten and quite an impressive story that feels complete and manages to stand on it's own. It's so long it feels like it could have it's own story block but it feels like it still belongs.

This is a fun series. I really hope you come back to this someday.
Deserves more upvotes.

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Thanks a lot! I'm actually working on some stuff related to this, it just has been hard to find time to write between my job and my other stories.