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Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction & Home Page



Last updated:  1 July 2008

Titles, including translations, added within the last three months are noted.


The following science-fiction & fantasy short stories and novels feature significant elements drawn from ancient, and most especially pharaonic, Egypt.

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see also:

Fiction for Young Adults - Biblical

Fiction for Young Adults - Fantasy & Horror - Ancient Setting

Fiction for Young Adults - Fantasy & Horror - Modern Setting

Fiction for Young Adults - Science Fiction

Fiction for Young Adults - Time Travel

Romance - Paranormal

Erotica - Modern Setting

Erotica - Ancient Setting

Ancient Egypt in Biblical Fiction



FANTASY & HORROR: Ancient Setting
Anonymous (trans. ?)
"The Shipwrecked Sailor"
1903: The Book of Short Stories, ed. Alexander Jessup & Henry Seidel Canby: D. Appleton & Co.
A translation of this ancient story in which a sailor recounts a shipwreck that brought him to the mysterious island inhabited by a snake-god.
Anonymous (trans. W. M. Flinders Petrie)
"Setna and The Magic Book"
1925: Great Short Stories of the World, ed. Barrett H. Clarke & Maxim Leiber: Cleveland: World Publishing Company, Cleveland
1927: Great Short Stories of the World, ed. Barrett H. Clarke & Maxim Leiber: London: Heinemann
1927: Gems of the World's Best Classics, ed. Llewellyn Jones: Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co.
1929: 131 Best Stories, ed. Llewellyn Jones: Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co.
A translation of this ancient story in which a son of Rameses II searches for the Book of Thoth. First published in Egyptian Tales Translated from the Papyri, Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty, 1895.
Anonymous (= Hale, Edward Everett)
"Hands Off"
1881: Harper's (March)
1982: Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Century, ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg: pp. 157-170 (as by Edward Everett Hale)
Because of a spirit's interference, Joseph is not sold into Egypt; the spirit and his mentor watch the Phoenecians conquer the Mediterranean area in consequence.
Anonymous (= Terrasson, Abbé Jean)
Sethos, histoire, ou Vie tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte, traduite d'un manuscrit grec
1731: Paris: J. Guérin
1732: Amsterdam: Aux Depens de la Compagnie
1767: Paris: Chez Desaint
1825
1999: Nîmes: Editions Lacour 
translations:
English (Thomas Lediard):
Life of Sethos, Taken from Private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians
1732: London: J. Walthoe
German:
Abriss der wahren Helden-Tugend, oder, Lebens-Geschichte des Sethos, Königes in Egypten : aus geheimen Urkunden des alten Egypten-Landes gezogen und nach der frantzösischen Übersetzung eines griechischen Originals verteutschet von C.G.W.
1732: Hamburg : Seel. T. von Wierings Erben
Geschichte des egyptischen König Sethos (trans. Matthias Claudius)
1777: Breslau: Löwe
Italian:
Sethos -- Storia o Vita Tratta da Monumenti inediti dell'Antico Egitto
1830:  Turin:  G. Cassone e C. (2 vols)
A utopian novel describing an initiative mysteries in the cult of Isis during the pharaonic period.
Anthony, Piers
GEODYSSEY
1 --  Isle of Woman
1993: New York: Tor
Chapter 13 of this epoch-spanning novel is set at the Battle of Kadesh.

4 -- The Muse of Art
1999: New York: Tor
Includes a chapter or chapters set in ancient Egypt.
Apuleius, Lucius
The Golden Ass, or, Metamorphosis (= The Transformation of Lucius)
Undated (c. 170)
1566: Oxford (translated by William Adlington)
Transformed into a donkey, a man is redeemed by participating in the mysteries of Isis.
Astor, William Waldorf
"The Confession of Rui"
1900: Pharaoh's Daughter and Other Stories, William Waldorf Astor: London: Macmillan
The brother of Potiphar witnesses the events involving Joseph.

"Pharaoh's Daughter"
1900: Pharaoh's Daughter and Other Stories, William Waldorf Astor: London: Macmillan
An unhappy Egyptian princess finds the infant Moses.
Betiero, Dr. T. J.
Nedoure, Priestess of the Magi: An Historical Romance of White and Black Magic
1916: Seattle: Wohlstein (revised ed.)
Boullosa, Carmen
De un salto descabalga la reina [Spanish] 
2002: Editorial Debate
translations:
English (Geoff Hargreave)
Cleopatra Dismounts 
2003: Grove
Cleopatra dictates her story to her scribe, Diomedes: her love affair with Marc Antony, her youthful adventures among pirates, and, lastly, her kidnapping by a divine bull, who takes her among the Amazons. 
Brother G. (= Walker, Gregory)
SHADES OF MEMNON
1 -- Shades of Memnon
1999: Posen, Illinois:  Seker Nefer Press
Memnon, hero of the Trojan War.

2 -- Ra Force Rising
2001: Posen, Illinois:  Seker Nefer Press
A Kushite youth fights for his family's survival.

3 --  African Atlantis Unbound
Brown, Brian
"How Nefer-ka-ptah Found the Book of Thoth"
1970: Golden Cities, Far: Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II, ed. Lin Carter: New York: Ballantine
A retelling of this ancient Egyptian story.
Brown, Joseph M.
Astyanax:  An Epic Romance of Ilion, Atlantis & Amaraca 
1907: New York: Broadway Publishing Co. (3 vols; illus. William Lincoln Hudson)
The son of the Trojan hero Hector leads the defeated Trojans to Atlantis and then to Mexico, with a brief stop in Egypt along the way.
Burrell, C. Scavella
"The Book of Things Which Must Not Be Remembered"
2003: Strange Horizons e-zine (May 5) (illus. Tatiana Starchevsky)
A very old man teaches his great-granddaughter to write.  She records the story he tells of the Hyksos occupation and his love for an Habiru woman named Rachel.
Butler, Bill
King Tut's Gold: Mystery of the Golden Water-Screw NEW 3/08
2007: AuthorHouse
A Nubian relative of King Akhenaten's mother orders the construction of a cylinder that makes gold from water, and an amulet elevates a young scribe, Ahmes-IV, to a position in a cult that will later murder King Tut.
Caldecott, Moyra (= Brown, Olivia)
AMUN TRILOGY
1 -- Daughter of Amun
1989
Mushroom Publishing eBook (as Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun)
The story of the woman who became pharaoh.

2 -- Son of the Sun
1986: London: Allison & Busby
1990: London: Arrow (revised)
2001: Mushroom Publishing eBook (as Akhenaten: Son of the Sun)
The story of Akhenaten.

3 -- Daughter of Ra
1990: London: Arrow
Mushroom Publishing eBook (as Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra)
The story of Ankhesenamun, wife of Tutankhamun.

The Silver Vortex
1987: London: Arrow
Mushroom eBooks
Set in Bronze Age Britain and Egypt (Eighteenth Dynasty); sequel to The Guardians of the Tall Stones.
Cherryh, C. J.
"The Unshadowed Land"
1985: Sword and Sorceress 2, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley: New York: DAW (pp. 109-118) 
translations:
Italian:
"La terra senza ombre"
1994: Urania Fantasy 82 (March)
Goddesses face the end of the Bronze Age.
Chiang, Ted
"Tower of Babylon" 
Nebula Award for Best Short Story, 1990
1990: Omni
2002: Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang: New York: Tor (pp. 13-44)
Babylonians build a tower that reaches to the sky. Egyptians, expert at quarrying out tombs, are employed to tunnel through the vault of heaven.
Collins, Mabel
Idyll of the White Lotus: a story of the tragedy of the Soul
1907: Theosophical Publishing House
1919: New York: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co.
1974: Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House
1990: National Book Network
An ancient Egyptian is initiated into the priesthood. Adapted into a play ("Sensa: a mystery play in three acts") by the author and Maud Hoffman.
Collins, Max Alan
The Scorpion King
2002: New York: Berkeley/Boulevard
An ancient king of Egypt tells the story of Mathayus, his immortal enemy. Novelization of the 2001 movie.
Colson, Mrs. M.
Dugmar the Egyptian
1927: Boston:  Christopher Publishing House
Novel purportedly of a past life.
Couperus, Louis
Antiek toerisme, roman uit Oud-Egypte [Dutch]
1911
1976: Agathon Bussum
1985: Amsterdam: C.J. Goossens
1989: Antwerp: Veen Utrecht 
translations:
English (by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos)
The Tour: A Story of Ancient Egypt*
1920: London: Thornton
1920: New York: Dodd, Mead
German:
Aphrodite in Aegypten: Roman aus dem alten Aegypten
1926: Berlin: Rowohlt
During the reign of Tiberius, some wealthy Romans take a tour of Egypt. (Possibly mainstream?)
de Camp, L. Sprague
"Ka the Appalling"
Gezun
1958: Fantastic Universe
1969: The Young Magicians, ed. Lin Carter: New York: Ballantine
1970: The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales, L. Sprague de Camp: New York: Pyramid 
translations:
French:
"Ka le terrifiant"
1979: Le livre d'or: la citadelle écarlate: Pocket
1988: Heroic Fantasy 2: la citadelle écarlate: Pocket
A thief and another man condemned for killing a sacred cat set up a new cult.

"The Stronger Spell"
1953: Fantasy Fiction (November)

1953: The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales, L. Sprague de Camp: New York: Twayne Publishers
Priests from a quasi-Egypt argue with a Druid armed with a primitive firearm
de Lubicz, Isha Schwaller
Her-Bak "Pois-Chiche"
1950: Cairo (2 vol.) 
translations:
English:
Her-Bak "Chick-pea": The Living Face of Egypt *
1954: London: Hodder & Stoughton (illus. Lucie Lamy)
1978: New York: Inner Traditions (illus. Lucie Lamy)
A young man undergoes an initiation into the Inner Temple. Set in Ramesside Egypt.
Douglass, Sara
Threshold 
2003: New York: Tor
A girl named Tirzah, a glass worker, is sold into the Egyptianesque land of Ashdod, where a pyramid that will allow the Magi to reach Infinity is being constructed.
Doyle, Noreen
"Ankhtifi the Brave is dying."
2004: The First Heroes, ed. Harry Turtledove & Noreen Doyle: New York: Tor
After the fall of the Old Kingdom, the Great Overlord of Nekhen is enlisted by the soul of a nine-times-dead king to defeat rebels in Thebes.

"The Chapter of Bringing a Boat into Heaven"
1995: Realms of Fantasy 1.3 (February) (pp. 32-39)
Having gained divine power by eating the sacred goose of Amen, a shipwright's talentless son struggles to master his father's craft.
Lord Dunsany
"The Queen's Enemies"
The story of Queen Nitocris.
Dwyer, Winifred
The Golden Star 
1959: London: Psychic Press
The first third of the book is set during the Exodus.
Edghill, Rosemary
"A Light in the Desert"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 111-118)
Akhenaten's steward relates the tale of his master, the Son of God, and the Twelve followers of A-ten.
Edwards, Ron
The Egyptian 
2002: Lightning Source
2002: Virtualbookworm.com
With the help of an old warrior who is also a priest of Horus, a prince escapes from the underground prison to which he was condemned by a false prophecy.
Flaubert, Gustave
La Tentation de Saint Antoine 
translations:
English:
The Temptation of Saint Anthony, or A Revelation of the Soul 
Francis, Marianne
Egyptian Light 
No Date: London: Regency Press
Fuller, Thomas E. & Strickland, Brad
"The God at Midnight"
1996: Realms of Fantasy 2.5 (June) (pp. 41-49)
Alexander the Great.
Gedge, Pauline
The Scroll of Saqqara
1990: Toronto: Viking Penguin
1990: Piatkus (as Mirage) (cover illus. John Rush)
1991: New York: HarperCollins (as Mirage) (cover illus. John Rush)
Khaemwaset, one of the many sons of Rameses II, seeks the magical Scroll of Thoth. Inspired by the ancient tale.

The Twice Born 
2007: Penguin Canada
A boy being trained as a scribe is killed, but revives while being prepared for the tomb. Shunned, he sees visions of others' deaths.
Grant, Joan Marshall
Eyes of Horus
Far Memory
1942
Ra-ab, ruler of the Oryx Nome, decides he must rid Egypt of the chaos that now holds sway.
The Lord of the Horizon
Far Memory
1944
King Amenemhat marries the daughter of his deposed predecessor, and the new queen's Babylonian mother plots intrigue and endangers Prince Senusert.
So Moses Was Born 
Far Memory
1952
1969: New York: Avon 
translations:
Swedish (Ulla Hornborg):
Nilens Gåva
1957: Stockholm: Helsingfors
Rameses the Great's older brother, who abdicated his claim to the throne, has a dream that he will give birth to a ruler who will succeed Rameses. In attempting to father this heir he has sex with many virgins, including a certain Hebrew woman.Winged Pharaoh
Far Memory
1938
1974: Hazell Watson/Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult 
translations:
Danish:
Den Vingende Farao
1958
Dutch (Tony de Ridder):
Gevleugelde Pharao
1954: Leiden
French (Louis Colombelle):
Le Pharaon Ailé. Les Initiations dans l'Egypte Ancienne
1980: Paris
German (Anna-Liese Kornetzky)
Sehket-a-ra, Tochter des Pharao. Roman aus dem Ägypten der ersten Dynastie
1957: Hamburg
1987: München (as Sehket-a-ra - Tochter des Pharao. Ein esoterischer Roman aus dem Ägypten der Ersten Dynastie)
Icelandic (Steinum S. Briem):
Vængjaur Faraó
1960: Reykjavík
Swedish (Frans G. Bengtson):
Jag Var Egyptens Drottning
1975: Malmö
Princess Sekeeta, able to bend time and space with her extrasensory perception, becomes both pharaoh and priest during the First Dynasty.
Gray, Mary
The Temple of Amon Ra
1945: New York: Margent Press
A woman is destined to give birth to the last Seer of Egypt before the Age of Darkness descends upon the world when the temples are closed.
Gygax, Gary
DANGEROUS JOURNEYS MYTHUS
1 -- The Anubis Murders
1992: New York: Roc
Setne Inhetep, an Egyptian magician, is called upon by the mages of Avillonia to solve a rash of murders.


2 -- The Samarkand Solution
1993: New York: Roc
Setne tracks down those who would destroy the Triple Kingdom of Egypt.


3 -- Death in Delhi
1993: New York: Roc
Haggard, H. Rider
Moon of Israel
1918: New York: Longmans, Green
Miriam leads the Exodus from Egypt.
Morning Star
1910: London: Cassell
1950: Famous Fantastic Mysteries (February)
1978: New York: Zebra
A princess and a female magician flee to Cush, where the princess's would-be lover has been exiled by a royal usurper.
Queen of the Dawn
1925: New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
No Date(?): Collection of British Authors Tauchnitz Edition Vol. 4686
No Date: Gillette, New Jersey: Wildside Press
An Egyptian princess, raised by a secret society beneath the Great Sphinx, is crowned Queen of Egypt although the oppressive Hyksos still rule the country from Tanis.
The Wanderer's Necklace
1914: London: Cassell
Olaf, who dreams of an earlier incarnation in Egypt, is caught up in the intrigues of the Byzantine court and finds half of a scarab necklace.
Wisdom's Daughter: the life and love story of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed
1923: London: Hutchinson
1978: New York: Ballantine/Del Rey
An Arabian princess is the incarnation of Isis at the time of the Persian conquest of Egypt. A prequel to She.
The World's Desire
1891
1972: New York: Ballantine Books/Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
Helen of Troy and Odysseus in Egypt after the Trojan War: pharaoh's wife falls in love with Odysseus.
Harlan, Thomas
Shadow of Ararat
Oath of Empire 1
1999: New York: Tor (cover illus. Steven Hickman)
An Egyptian sorcerer and his Hibernian pupil are drawn into intrigue between the Queen of Palmyra and the Emperor of Rome in the year AD 600 (if years were reckoned in the current system).
Hart, Michelle
Whispers of the Gods: a New Kingdom novel 
c. 2003?: AuthorHouse
Anas, a high priestess of Isis, comes to earth from Orion, to ensure the security of the Tutmoside [sic] kings.  She must help Tutmoses III become king, against the wishes of Hatshepsut.
Hauge, J. D.
Sanctuary on the Nile, River of Life
2000: Alpha Imagery
After the destruction of their home, Tep and Nefra journey to discover the River of Life and learn the mysteries of the sphinx.
Heliodorus of Emesa
Aethiopica (The Ethiopian Story)
3rd century CE
1534
1587
1804
1856
1888
1895: London: Athenian Society (ltd ed: 250)
1900
Conceived by her mother's sight of a statue, the daughter of the Ethiopian (Meroitic) king's wife is secretly sent to Egypt and then Greece to become a priestess of Apollo. She falls in love with a Thessalian nobleman, and together they have adventures and eventually arrive at Meroë, where even more danger await.
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki
"Whatever Was Forgotten"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 141-152)
Horemheb reflects on his life, his death, and his afterlife.
Hooker, Le Roy
Enoch the Philistine: A Traditional Romance of Philistia, Egypt and the Great Pyramid 
1898: Chicago & New York: Rand, McNally
Howard, Robert E.
Conan the Conqueror: The Hyborean Age
1950: New York: Gnome Press
Conan is now king of Aquilonia but enemies external and internal threaten the peace. The land of Stygia is an Egypt-analog.
Huff, Tanya
"Succession"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 13-42)
The chief wife of King Menes contends with a wizard's plot that would deny her husband's descendants the crowns of the newly-united Egypt.
Isidore, Sarah
THE DAUGHTERS OF BAST
1 -- The Hidden Land
1997: New York:  Avon Eos
A Celtic girl is chosen by Bast to protect her people against the conquering followers of Sekhmet.

2 -- Shrine ofLight
2000: New York:  Avon Eos (cover illus. Rowena)
The Celtic worshippers of Bast must confront both the new religion of Christianity and Sekhmet, arch-rival of Bast.

3 -- The World Tree
2001: New York:  Avon
The Celtic healer Serona is caught between a clash between the old gods and Christianity.
Jacq, Christian
L'Abre de vie
Les Mystères d'Osiris 1
2003: Paris: Editions Xo
The Tree of Life
2005: Simon & Schuster.
Osiris's sacred acacia tree at Abydos is dying, and, with the aid of a young magician, King Sesostris III confronts an traitor whose actions threaten all of Egypt.
La bataille de Kadesh [French]
Ramsès 3
translations:
English (Dorothy S. Blair):
The Battle of Kadesh
Ramses 3
1998
La Conspiration du mal [French: The Conspiracy of Evil]
Les Mystères d'Osiris 2
2003: Paris: Editions Xo
Iker, the young magician trying to save the Tree of Life, proposes to build a pyramid at Dashur to strengthen the god Osiris.  King Sesostris is threatened with assassination.
La dame d'Abou Simbel [French]
Ramsès 4
translations:
English (Dorothy S. Blair):
The Lady of Abu Simbel
Ramses 4
1998
Rameses II negotiates peace with the Hittites, displays his love for Nefertari by constructing the monuments at Abu Simbel, and confronts his long-lost childhood friend, Moses.
Empire of Darkness
Queen of Freedom 1
2002
2003: Pocket
Barbarians from Asia conquer Egypt.
La Femme Sage
La Pierre de lumiere 2
2001: Xo Editions 2001
translations:
English (Sue Dyson):
The Wise Woman
The Stone of Light 2
2000: New York: Pocket
Le fils de la lumière [French]
Ramsès 1
translations:
English (Dorothy S. Blair):
The Son of Light
Ramses 1
1997
German (Annette Lallemand)
Der Sohn des Lichts
Ramses 1
1999: Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
The Flaming Sword
Queen of Freedom 3
2003: Pocket
Queen Ahhotep lays seige to the Hyksos city of Avaris.
Nefer le silencieaux
La Pierre de lumiere 1
translations:
English (Sue Dyson):
Nefer the Silent
The Stone of Light 1
2000: London: Simon & Schuster
2000: New York: Pocket
At the end of the reign of Ramses the Great, an artisan struggles to take his rightful place among the royal tomb-builders, while an ambitious officer covets the Stone of Light. This series is sequel to the "Ramses" series.
Paneb l'Ardent
La Pierre de lumiere 3
2001: Xo Editions 2001
translations:
English (Sue Dyson):
Paneb the Ardent
The Stone of Light 3
2000: New York: Pocket
Le pharaon noir [French]
translations:
English (Dorothy S. Blair):
The Black Pharaoh
2000
Dutch (Ingrid Jap-Tjong):
De zwarte farao
1999: Areopagus
La Place de Verite
La Pierre de lumiere 4
2001: Xo Editions 2001
translations:
English (Sue Dyson):
The Place of Truth
The Stone of Light 4
2001: London: Simon & Schuster
La Pyramide Assassinee [French]
Le Juge d'Égypte 1
1993
La Reine Soleil [French]
1988
Sous l'acacia d'occident [French]
Ramsès 5
translations:
English (by Dorothy S. Blair):
Under the Western Acacia
Ramses 5
1999
Le temple des millions d'années
Ramsès 2
translations (by Dorothy S. Blair):
English:
The Eternal Temple
Ramses 2
1998
Jenkins, R. Wade
"O King, Live Forever!" or, The Last Days of Babylon
1911: London: Watt
Jessup, J. W.
Chaim: the Collossus of Rhodes
2003: Infinity Publishing
Alexandria is attacted by occult scholars in AD 641. The novel is narrated by Chaim Alhazred, a demon offspring of Lilith, the first wife of the biblical Adam.
Jong, Erica
Sappho's Leap
2003: New York: W. W. Norton & Co.
The young poetess's forced marriage takes her to, among other places, Egypt, as well as the Land of the Amazons and Hades.
Kerruish, Jessie Douglas
"The Beemaster's Daughter" 
1934: Babylonian Nights' Entertainment, Jessie Douglas Kerruish: London: Denis Archer
Feuding villages.

"The Hoplites from Hellas"
1934: Babylonian Nights' Entertainment, Jessie Douglas Kerruish: London: Denis Archer
Two Greeks go AWOL from the Egyptian army.

"Seneferu and Sebek"
1934: Babylonian Nights' Entertainment, Jessie Douglas Kerruish: London: Denis Archer
A king is told that he will desert his throne for love.
Kobylarz, Karen L.
"The Book of Thuti" NEW 03/08
2007: Leading Edge 54 (November) (pp. 49-63)
When Lady Sit-Thuti, magician's daughter and former Great Wife of Pharaoh, joins forces with two thieves, she finds robbing graves can be quite lucrative, if they can avoid the curses.

"Cleopatra’s Needle"
2004: Paradox,  5 (Summer) (pp. 42-48)
Upon arriving in Rome and hearing of her twin-brother’s death, Selene, daughter of Cleopatra, is drawn back into her mother’s world of Egyptian magic

"Expecting Miracles"
2002: Fables Webzine (www.fables.org) (Spring) (pp. 1-10)
Sit-Thuti travels to Gubal at the request of a fellow magician/scribe and must discover the cause of a boy’s mysterious malady.

"Imperishable Stars"
2005: Leading Edge 49 (April) (pp. 128-148)
Seshat, the Egyptian goddess of writing, and her father Thuti become drawn into the assassination of the Emperor Galba.
Kotzwinkle, William
"Blues on the Nile"
1989: The Hot Jazz Trio, William Kotzwinkle: Boston: Houghton Mifflin (illus. Joe Servello)
1991: The Hot Jazz Trio, William Kotzwinkle: Ealing: Transworld Publishers (illus. Joe Servello)
A dead king sails to the afterlife.
Kratts, Aimee
"One in Ten Thousand"
2002: Sword and Sorceress 19, ed. Marizon Zimmer Bradley: New York: DAW (pp. 135-149)
Those with a certain kind of soul can impart magic through their manufacture of papyrus scrolls.
Lackey, Mercedes
DRAGON JOUSTERS
1 -- Joust
2003: New York: DAW
In the Egyptianesque kingdom of Tia, a young serf from Atlan becomes a dragon boy to a Tian Jouster.

2 -- Alta
2004: New York: DAW
Lanier, Thomas (= Williams, Tennessee)
"The Vengeance of Nitocris"
1928: Weird Tales (August)
1980: Mummy! a Chrestomathy of "Crypt-ology," ed. Bill Pronzini: New York: Arbor House
1981: The Arbor House Necropolis, ed. Bill Pronzini: Arbor House
1986: Tales of the Dead, ed. Bill Pronzini: Crown/Bonanza (pp. 382-396)
2001: Into the Mummy's Tomb, ed. John Richard Stephens: Berkley (as by Tennessee Williams)
Based on the tale of this infamous Old Kingdom queen as reported by Herodotus.
Lewis, C. S.
"After Ten Years"
1966: Of Other Worlds: essays and stories, ed. Walter Hooper: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1977: The Dark Towers and Other Stories, C. S. Lewis: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Fragment of an unfinished novel of the Trojan War, in which the gods have replaced Helen in Troy with an eternally-youthful double, while the real queen lives -- and ages -- safely in Egypt.
Linton, Mrs. Linn (= Linton, Eliza Lynn)
Azeth: The Egyptian
1847: London:  Thomas Cautley Newby
A story of initiation.
Linville, Susan
"Light"
2001: Sword and Sorceress 18, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley: New York: DAW
After a fatal accident, Nekhti is determined to restore her older sister to life again.
Livingston, Marjorie
Muted Strings
Karmic Destiny 2
1946: London: Andrew Dakers
Reincarnated Atlanteans in ancient Egypt. Set during the reign of Rameses III. Second in a trilogy, the first book being Island Sonata, the third, Delphic Echo.
MacArthur, Arthur
After the Afternoon
1941: New York: Appleton Century
1953: New York: Universal Publishing (as Aphrodite's Lover)
A Greek faun is given immortality and the ability to take human form. Set in Greece and Egypt.
MacLeod, Ian R.
"The Golden Keeper"
1997: Asimov's (October/November)
1998: Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture, ed. Jim turner: Collinsville, Illinois: Golden Gryphon Press
Ancient secrets are found in desert goldmine by a Roman who has taken the job as overseer with hopes of repaying his father's debts.
Mailer, Norman
Ancient Evenings
1983: Little, Brown & Co.
1984: Picador 
translations:
Italian:
Antiche Sere
1983: Milan: Club degli Editori
Spanish:
Noches de la Antiguedad
1984: Buenos Aires: Emece Editores
Rameses II - Rameses IX.
Martin, George R. R.
"Path of the Dragon" 
2000: Asimov's Science Fiction (December)
To reclaim her rightful place, an exiled princess must travel to the Egyptianesque slaver-city of Astapor. Excerpted chapter of the novel A Storm of Swords.
A Storm of Swords 
Song of Ice and Fire 3
2000: New York: Bantam
2003: New York: Bantam/Spectra
To reclaim her rightful place, among many other travails, an exiled princess must travel to the Egyptianesque slaver-city of Astapor.
Massie-Ferch, Kathleen M.
"Ancient Enchantresses of War"
1995: Ancient Enchantresses, ed. Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch, Martin H. Greenberg & Richard Giliam: New York: DAW
Set in the 17th Dynasty.

"The Cast of Card"
1997: New Altars, ed. Sandra Hutchinson & Dawn Albright: Angelus Press
Hatshepsut.

"Warrior of Ma-at"
1998: Warrior Princesses, ed. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough & Martin H. Greenberg: New York: DAW
The story of Princess Nyt-akerti (Nitocris), who became pharaoh at the end of the Old Kingdom.

"United Powers"
1996: Worlds of Fantasy & Horror 33 (Autumn) (pp. 51-56)
A princess reluctantly becomes the wife of King Narmer, the brother she despises.
McCay, Bill
"Alliance" 
2002: Familiars, ed. Denise Little: New York: DAW
A healer and Bast, her familiar, confront a disease that affects only young children, while a new cult has declared cats evil.

"To See Beyond Darkness"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 184-204)
A cat travels to the feline-worshiping city of Per-Bastet and discovers a priest who sacrifices cats to the snake-demon Apep.
Mitchison, Naomi
The Corn King and the Spring Queen
The Hera Series
1931
A Scythian woman falls in love with the man whom she is supposed to destroy, and together they flee to decadent Egypt.
Montross, Sanford A.
Dagger: A Love Story About A Great King And His Princess 
Xlibris
The wife of a Babylonian general has telepathic powers and a psychic connection with King Nebuchadrezzar's wife Amytis, who is kidnapped. There are battles against the Egyptians.
Moore, Thomas
The Epicurean 
1827
An Athenian is duped by Egyptian priests of Isis.
Morris, Gwendolyn R.
"The Nile" 
2004:  Nubian Passion: A Collection of Six Sensual Romance Short Stories, Gwendolyn R. Morris: iUniverse
Set in ancient times, this is the first of six stories of interracial romance; following are tales set in the 17th, 19th, and 21st century, and a post-apacalyptic future.
Mouhy, Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de
Lamekis, ou les Voyages extraordinaires d'un Egyptien dans la terre intérieure avec la découverte de l’îsle des Silphides  [French:Lamekis, or the Extraordinary Voyages of an Egyptian into Inner Earth, with the Discovery of the Isle of the Sylphs]
1734: Paris: L. Dupuis
1737-1738: Paris:  Chez Poilly
1787: Voyages imaginaires
1788: Amsterdam & Paris: Rue et Hôtel Serpente
forthcoming (2004): Subterranean Worlds: a critical anthology, ed. Peter Fitting: Wesleyan University Press (excerpt) 
translations:
Dutch:
Lamekis Buytengewoone Reize van een Egyptenaar, Naar de Onderaardsche Wereld. Met de Ontdekking van 't Eyland der Silphiden. Door d'Heer Ridder de Mouhy
1736: Amsterdam: Geertruy de Ruyter
German:
Lamekis oder Wunderbare Reisen eines Egypters in die Tiefe der Erde: Nebst der Entdeckung der Silphideninsiel. Aus dem Französischen des Chevalier de Mouhy übersetzet
1737: Leipzig: Lanckisch
A utopian novel.
Muhammad, Yolanda
Heket: The Goddess Who Birthed the Gods
2002: Eye of Ra Publishing
The frog-headed goddess of magic goes to Egypt in predynastic times, looking for men and women who embody universal forces. Planned as the first of a trilogy.
Muller, John (= Fanthorpe, Robert Lionel)
The Eye of Karnak
1960: Badger Books
Mundy, Talbot
Queen Cleopatra
1929: Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill
1929: London: Hutchinson & Co.
1962: New York: Ace
1978: Zebra
Nye, Jody Lynn
"Purr Power" 
2001:  A Constellation of Cats, ed. Denis Little: New York: DAW
General Horus-Semnet, whose Egyptian forces are outnumbered by the invading Persians, must defend the temple of Bast during a festival.

"The Voice of Authority"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 43-66)
The unexpected death of Rameses III foists kingly power -- political and magical -- upon a prince who does not want it.
Patton, Fiona
"Games of Fate"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 231-257)
A godling offers to change the fate of a condemned man in exchange for the man's name, and so begin the games.
Pratchett, Terry
DISCWORLD
Pyramids
British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel
In the Egyptianesque kingdom of Djelibeybi, funerals are big business, the king is responsible for the sunrise. Teppic, an apprentice assassin, is summoned home upon the death of his father.
Preston, Peter
Hor
Xlibris
The story of Re's travels through the Underworld.
Remy, Katharina
Am Horizont der Sonne [German: At the Horizon of the Sun]
2000
At the age of eighteen, Tutankhamun survives an assassination attempt and, influenced by an oracle, goes on a journey from Egypt -- and back again.
Resnick, Laura
"The Spin Wizard"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg: New York: DAW (pp. 258-284)
The deified Imhotep (architect of the Step Pyramid) and mortal Miriam come to the aid of Rameses II, whose reputation as king is being torn to shreds by the press because of the Battle of Kadesh.
Rice, Anne
Blood and Gold
Vampire Chronicles
2001: London: Chatto & Windus
Marius, a Roman vampire, becomes entangled with Maharet, an Egyptian vampire queen who enslaves thousands with locks of her red hair. Prequel to The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned.
Rosenbaum, Benjamin
"The Book of Jashar"
2003: Strange Horizons e-zine (March 17)
The translation of an ancient Hebrew text written during the First Temple Period, telling the story of a vampire in the temple of Dagon, who fears the sun-god Ra, of whom he was once priest. He seeks to kill the young warrior David.
Samphire, Patrick
"The Land of Reeds"
2006: Realms of Fantasy (February)
A murdered man finds that the sun-god is no longer traveling the netherworld, and he is unable to contact his living family, which is threatened by his murderer.
Schmidt, Dennis
TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
2 --  Groa's Other Eye
1986: New York: Ace
Voden Wanderer seeks the other eye of Groa in Egypt, where he hears of the legend of Horus and acquires some companions for the rest of his quest in the lands of the Jotun.
Schweitzer, Darrell
SEKENRE THE SORCERER
"To Become a Sorcerer"
1991/1992: Weird Tales 303 (53.2) (Winter) (pp. 92-129 (illus. Stephen E. Fabian)
Egyptianesque milieu.

"Lord Abernaeven's Tale"
2004: Weird Tales (January/February)

"The Sorcerer's Gift"
1996/97: Worlds of Fantasy & Horror 4 (Winter) (pp. 56-66) (illus. Stephen E. Fabian)
Sherman, Josepha
"Setna and Se-Osiris (Two Magicians from Ancient Egypt)" 
1998: Merlin’s Kin: Tales of the Heroic Magician, ed. Josepha Sherman: August House
A retelling of this ancient Egyptian tale.
Silke, James
FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER
2 -- Lords of Destruction
1989: New York: Tor
The Nymph Queen of Pyram seeks the death of a maiden whose demise will secure divine powers. Setting is pre-Atlantis with Egyptianesque elements.
Sizemore, Sharon
"That God Won't Hunt"
2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 285-303)
A scholarly and magically-talented young woman is brought to the city of Menfi to be the bride of the young King Pepi II.
Smith, Clark Ashton
"Sadastor"
1930: Weird Tales
1942: Out of Space and Time, Clark Ashton Smith: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House
In ancient Egypt, a demon comforts a lonely lamia with a tale of the death of a planet.
Smith, Wilbur
River God
1994: St. Martin's Press
The eunuch Taita recounts the tale of his mistress, young queen Lostris and her lover, the warrior Tanus.
Warlock
2001: New York: Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's
Taita, now a master of secret magics, returns to Egypt where the grandson of Taita's beloved Lostris is threatened by evil forces. Sequel to River God.
Somtow, S. P.
The Shattered Horse
1986: New York: Tor
Astyanax, son of prince Hector and heir to the destroyed throne of Troy, must renew the war of his father and kidnap Helen, aided by the Egyptian mage Memnon.
Stover, Matthew Woodringt
Heart of Bronze
1998: Tor/Science Fiction Book Club
Omnibus edition of Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon.
Iron Dawn
1997: New York: Roc
1998: Heart of Bronze, Matthew Woodringt Stover: Roc/Science Fiction Book Club
After the fall of Troy, a Pictish Amazon, an Athenian warrior, and an Egyptian sorcerer battle an evil necromancer in Tyre.
Jericho Moon
New York: Roc
1998: Heart of Bronze, Matthew Woodringt Stover: Roc/Science Fiction Book Club
Sequel to Iron Dawn: the three heroes travel to Canaan to rescue the captive prince of a besieged city.
Swann, Thomas Burnett
The Minikins of Yam
1976: New York: DAW (cover/illus. George Barr)
While his loyal expedition leader Harkhuf is meeting a sexually-charged female Minikin in the land of Yam, the young pharaoh Pepy II is in grave danger.
Tarr, Judith
"In the Name of the King"
1995: The Book of Kings, ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg: New York: NAL/Roc
There is power in names.
King and Goddess
1997: New York: Tor/Forge
1998: New York: Tor
The life of Hatshepsut.
Lord of the Two Lands
1993: New York: Tor
1994: New York: Tor
The invasion of Egypt by Alexander the Great.
Pillar of Fire
1995: New York: Tor
1997: New York: Tor
A Hittite slave, servant of princess Ankhesenpaaten, witnesses and participates in the events of the Amarna Period. Novelization of Ahmed Osman's theories, which identify Moses with Akhenaten.
The Shepherd Kings
1999: New York: Tor
The White Mare, incarnation of the horse goddess who has led her people, the Hyksos, into Egypt, chooses an Egyptian girl as chief priestess. Ahmose seeks the alliance of the Cretans and the goddess to reunite the Egyptian kingdoms.
Throne of Isis
1994: New York: Tor/Forge
1995: New York: Tor
The life of Cleopatra.
Tides of Darkness
Avaryan Rising 6
2002: New York: Tor
An untrained mage and the former emperor pass through the Gates to Egypt (or an Egyptianesque world) as a dark void threatens to consume all the worlds.
Tartasky, Lorraine
Lioness of the Sun
2003: Frederick, Maryland: PublishAmerica
During the reign of Hatshepsut, Sekhmet is central to the struggle among gods, kings, and their subjects.
Taylor, Keith
SATNI-KAMOSE
"Daggers and a Serpent"
1999: Weird Tales 316/55.4 (Summer) (pp. 14-24) (illus. Stephen E. Fabian)
A raid on a temple of Anubis by Libyan bandits enrages the high priest Satni-Kamose, who has a half-woman/half-snake lamia at his disposal.


"Emissaries of Doom"
1999/2000: Weird Tales 318 (Winter) (pp. 16-24)
Kamose, the court wizard of King Setekh-Nekht, must battle court intrigue and a Kushite magician.

"Haunted Shadows"
2000: Weird Tales 321 (Fall)
Against the advice of a grave-robber, a priest seeks the power of the cursed Scrolls of Thoth.

"The Emerald Scarab"

2001: Weird Tales 323 (Spring)(pp. 18-27) (illus. George Barr)
Archpriest Kamose confronts the theft of a heart scarab from the mummified body of King Setekh-Nekht.
"Lamia"
2001/2002: Weird Tales 326 (Winter) (pp. 55-66)
Mertseger the Lamia is left to her own devices during the funeral of King Setekh-Nekht.

"What Are You When The Moon Shall Rise?" 
2002: Weird Tales 328 (Summer)
Knowing that a powerful magical attack will be made against him, Kamose risks his life to see the future.
"Corpse's Wrath"
2006:  Weird Tales (August/September) 
One of Kamose's agents, Si-hotep, goes after the man who stole an emerald scarab from a dead king and finds himself facing a vengeful corpse.
Temme, Mark E.
Pharaoh's Scribe 
2003: Stockton, California: Temme Haus Press
Set during the Pyramid Age.
Tierney, Richard L.
"The Ring of Set"
Cthulhu/Simon Magus
1997: The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones, Richard L. Tierney (ed. Robert M. Price): Oakland, California: Chaosium (cover illus. H. E. Fassl)
"The Scroll of Thoth"
Cthulhu/Simon Magus
1997: The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones, Richard L. Tierney (ed. Robert M. Price): Oakland, California: Chaosium (cover illus. H. E. Fassl)
"The Soul of Kephri"
Cthulhu/Simon Magus
1997: The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones, Richard L. Tierney (ed. Robert M. Price): Oakland, California: Chaosium (cover illus. H. E. Fassl)
"The Treasure of Horemkhu"
Cthulhu/Simon Magus
1997: The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones, Richard L. Tierney (ed. Robert M. Price): Oakland, California: Chaosium (cover illus. H. E. Fassl)
The Winds of Zarr
Cthulhu Cycle
1975: Silver Scarab Press (limited ed., 1,000 copies)
The Zarr visit Earth during the 19th Dynasty to free Yog-Sothoth.
West, Paul
Cheops: A Cupboard for the Sun
2002:&nb