As she made her way to the greenhouse, poppies and peonies turned their heads to follow her. Inside, succulent plantlings unpotted themselves and tottered over on mobile roots to crowd…
They found it curled between two pebbles. A mouse, eyes closed, hands curled, with perfect, brilliant blue fur. Questions crowded their mind, the most important: was it okay? When the…
Huddled under a leaf blanket in a pebble cave sleeps the queen. Her fur is not thick enough to keep her warm but she is the last hope for her…
The autumn air was crisp as the plant mage stepped out into her garden. Evergreen plantlings trundled past, rustling and chirping to each other, their needles as vibrant as ever….
She woke each day and smiled at the shadow in the corner of her room. It was a ritual. A thing that made the shadow less looming in the dark…
‘Fast travel for weary adventurers!’ read the sign. A scarfed and goggled rider leaned against it. Behind her, her mount gently rasped at a large shrub. I stared. It wasn’t…
There was something in the water. She gripped the edge of the boat so hard her hands cramped. Below, something stirred among the murk. Something fleet and strange and many-armed….
It was a stumpy thumb of a cactus. Discount stickers were layered thick over it, sharpie-ing on the low low price of 50p. The child’s pleas won out, and they…
She lay prone, skirts stained by the damp leaf mulch. Her eyes were distant. The bear considered her. She was trespassing in Vol-Athanar land. The Old Accords were very clear:…
She tossed a coin into the well, feeling foolish. Then she sat on the edge and covered her face with her hands. Something tapped her on the shoulder. She yelped…