There was a gift on the table. A small box, neatly wrapped in brown parcel paper and twine and a little tag that read ‘Happy birthday!’, unsigned. She unwrapped it…
Every day she added to the jar. Just a thin layer of dirt at first. Then grass. A bit of moss. Seedlings. Sticks. A flower. She pooled water into a…
It was a day both hot and wet, the rain sizzling on the pavement. A young child found their umbrella missing and sighed. Out the window, they saw people running…
You pant as you crest the mountain. Before you lays a vast, still lake, so clear and so brilliant in the setting sun that it appears full of pink clouds…
Beneath a hazy golden sky, you slide down from your forest boulder perch, the soft moss protecting you from scrapes. ‘Prrreek!’ You glance back to see a flash of gold…
Two figures huddled behind a rock, staring through goggled eyes at the smouldering crater where even now a fiery light bloomed. The flaming lioness emerged, her mane sharp rays of…
The plant mage stood beside the tree, gesturing to a trail of small plantlings that trundled along on their many roots. Her flower-printed robes were sweat-pasted to her skin beneath…
‘Our scanners are picking up an anomaly.’ ‘Give us a visual.’ Empty starscape blinked onto the screen. Distant stars like glitter. None of the expected confetti of asteroids. No planets…
It was meltingly hot, which was a problem for someone made of ice. She stared at her hands, normally a perfect cloudy glass, now slick and shrinking. ‘That’s it,’ said…
Thunder rumbled. He gazed out the window in frightened fixation. His was the only house around. Lightning struck the tree outside. When the storm passed, he ran out to mourn…