They stared up at the stars from where they lay. ‘Do you really think this’ll work?’ she asked, flipping her tail. A woman of scales and fins and fangs, she…
He stared down at the lake, hands splayed against the rocky ground. His reflection was blurry in spite of the glistening surface and high sun. He blinked, and the image…
The plant mage answered the door to find a little plantling with plump green leaves shuffling its roots nervously. Rain poured beyond the doorstep, and slipped from the plantling’s waxy…
The mouse crept into the lair, scurrying over mounds of gold, leaping from sparkling shield to silver goblet. The heat was intense, but she’d wrapped her paws in little rags,…
He skipped the stone across the lake. It bounced twice, three times, then disappeared beneath the glossy black surface. Moments later, the lake disgorged it. It skipped four times, then…
She hit the ground hard, knees bleeding, arms scraped, wings askew. Every bone ached as she got to her feet. She looked at the high cliff perch through the broken…
People came from far and wide to seek the guidance of the Great Bear. She was a fey of known importance; an enormous being with rune-carved bark in place of…
Dawn broke, casting a warm glow across the prince and his beast as they cuddled in the wooden bower. The prince curled up more tightly against the enormous black wolf,…
Birdsong. It penetrated the dream, lilting and bright. He looked around at the rolling dunes of dreamsand beneath a purple-and-silver sky. It was time to return. He followed the song,…
The plantlings stretched and sang as rain splashed from their leaves. They wriggled their roots, drinking with greedy joy. The plant mage snapped her spellbook shut. ‘Better?’ One plantling shivered…