He knelt, flicking back his travel-worn cloak, and dipped his hands into the trickling stream. The water, when he lifted it, was full of silt and off-colour. He frowned, then…
The shovel hit the dirt with a metallic ting. ‘We’ve got something!’ said the archaeologist. Her companion flexed their hands. ‘Give me a moment.’ They spoke distorted words and plunged…
She poured love into her fish. She sat beside the tank and admired their scales, and confided in them the wins and woes of her day. They were patient listeners,…
The village of Rotusk had a rat problem, but the baker didn’t see it that way. Every year, the rats had been getting bigger. First the size of cats, then…
‘So you’re some kind of selkie?’ she asked casually, toying with her hair. The other woman shrugged. ‘Something like that.’ She swung the rippling hide cloak around her shoulders as…
‘What the hell is this?’ he asked, holding the little creature at arm’s length. ‘Gnaaah!!’ it yelled. Its fur boiled with shadows and its eyes were like cut rubies. It…
She ought to kill it. A shroomling. Fox-like with a body of gnarled, animated dead wood. Back covered in a bright, ominous carpet of mushroom caps. Hollow eyes with points…
‘If you release me, I will grant you a wish,’ said the fish to the fisher. The fisher shook their head. ‘No wish necessary.’ They slid the fish back into…
The huntress froze, bowstring taut, arrow fletching pressed against her cheek. The forest had eyes. As she watched, the mossy hill stood up. The woody shrubs became antlers. The moss…
They gave her a pet rock as joke. A lonely pet for a lonely woman. She grew fond of it anyway. She greeted it every morning when she turned off…