‘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…
‘I don’t know if I can do it.’ The ground fell away mere inches from his feet, a chasm of rock walls and thorny brambles. ‘You can!’ she called from…
He adjusted his blindfold. ‘What do you think?’ Her eyes tracked the clouds as they rolled across the azure sky. ‘It’s beautiful,’ she replied. She shifted where she lay on…
He found it on a country lane. A beast of curling black fur and heavy paws. Its red eyes lit up its face in the dark; long muzzle, long tongue,…
She kicked the skeleton squarely in the chest, then drew her twin shortswords. ‘Still think this was a good idea?’ Her companion raised her staff and lightning cracked down from…