This post was originally supporter-only, posted March 2020. The call was for prompts for spells, which I would write microfictions for. 5 people commented on The Spell Exchange and three…
The large white rat — easily the size of a child — toddled into the café, looking delighted with herself. There were a few gasps, and the old dog sitting…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The rat watched her human look away, blushing. The cormorant watched his human tuck his hair behind his ear, mouth pulling to one side in a sweet smile. Silently, they…
‘Is that …? Here, girl! Come here!’ He patted his knees. A speck against the moon spiralled toward him. Upturned nose quivering. Long ears twitching. It hit his chest in…
I was delighted to be invited to take part in To Be Continued, a collaborative short story feature hosted by RockstarLit Book Asylum. 5 Authors work together to write a…