I don't read much fiction anymore, but I think that you might enjoy the works of Robert E Howard.
Howard is of course best known for his Conan stories, but I found that I liked his stories of Kull, Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn just as much if not more than his Conan works.
Kull is an Atlantean refugee who makes himself King, and due to his being an outsider is constantly on guard against a kingdom that hates him, shape shifting reptilians, and the skull faced wizard Thulsa Doom. His only real ally is his right hand man, Brule the Spear Slayer.
Solomon Kane is a Puritan who suffered under the Spanish Inquisition, and sees himself as God's Right Hand as he travels across Europe and Africa fighting vampire queens, zombies, pirates and others.
Bran Mak Morn is the king of the Picts, and the story "Worms of the Earth" might be Howard's best story.
I realize that a lot of this sounds silly - and indeed, it is. But they're short stories, so you can read the bulk of them in a sitting. Their juvenile nature is offset by Howard's dynamic and detailed prose, which elevates it. And best of all, it's unreadable to today's fragile faggots, due to it's uber violence, sexism and low key racism. It really helps establish a setting and a time before history (except for Kane's), and I can't recommend it enough .
