He looked down at hands that were now curled into claws. ‘So that’s it,’ he said dully. ‘I’m a demon now. Just like that.’ He looked up at the sky,…
‘It’s just a pigeon,’ said the girl. ‘Let it die.’ The boy lifted it with gentle hands. It was too weak to struggle. He could feel its heartbeat against his…
The couple spotted the monstrously fluffy cat striding purposefully toward them across the moonlit street. The first tapped his partner. ‘Cat!’ ‘Yes, I see it.’ He sighed dramatically, but couldn’t…
‘And what are the wheels for?’ she asked, flipping her tail to sun the other side. ‘They’re so that I can get around on land.’ He wrung his hands in…
She stilled, eyes locked with a sloth-like creature with mossy fur, claws like twisted roots, and a mushroom shell. It dangled from the tree, blinking first one bright green eye,…
Alice giggled as her girlfriend pulled her into a corner of the town gardens. ‘What’s the big secret?’ Her girlfriend smiled to one side, that irresistible quirk that had first…
The dragon landed in a flurry of snow and steam, black scales gleaming and red-seamed like hot coals. They turned their burning eyes to the woman face-down in the snow….
Curled on her side in the window-seat, she gazed out at the open moors. Tears made gentle tracks down her cheeks. Outside, the clouds gathered, dark with empathy, heavy with…
His feet were sore and blistered in his shredded shoes. His shirt was bramble-torn and leaf-stained, his trousers dirty and frayed. The river was a mirage-like solace, too good to…
There is a woman drifting in the deep. Her eyes are closed, her limbs loose and floating. Fish dart in and out of her hair. Many-armed things probe her face…