‘It’ll be simple,’ he said, voice barely shaking. ‘Run in, grab the treasure, run out.’ ‘What about the monsters?’ she replied. ‘What about the dragon?’ ‘Well … we’ll move too…
It started slowly, as most Awakenings do. She would hum as she brushed her sisters hair, and sparks would fly from the brush. She would whistle to her hounds, who…
A high-pitched howl woke her before dawn. She sat up, rubbing her eyes, as the desperate cries continued. ‘Mara, darling?’ she called. The howls stopped. They were followed by short…
She stared hard into the enchanted pool, trying to recognise these new features. Smooth skin and tumbling curls, wide eyes with long lashes. A human face she had yearned for…
This is a serial fiction posted in one toot daily (ish) during October on Mastodon. It was unplanned and experimental, and I’m pretty happy with the result. I hope you…
Every day, the hound watched the sun set over the graveyard, walking between the headstones, nose quivering in search of a particular scent. As the sun vanished behind the mountains…
He hurried home across the park, hands thrust deep into his pockets. The moon was too sickly to light his path, leaving the lake a looming void. ‘Quack.’ The sound…
Every full moon, they locked their doors and shuttered windows. They barricaded, they barred, they held their children tight. And listened for the crystalline ringing of silver hooves. In the…
There is a boy who can read the birds. He throws crumbs to the town pigeons and in the pattern of their pecking, sees illness coming to his school. He…
The dragon lowered a rainbow-hued head to sniff the small, furry morsel. To her surprise, it hissed and puffed up, and swiped at her with surprising aggression. Perhaps it was…