Every day, the hound watched the sun set over the graveyard, walking between the headstones, nose quivering in search of a particular scent. As the sun vanished behind the mountains…
He hurried home across the park, hands thrust deep into his pockets. The moon was too sickly to light his path, leaving the lake a looming void. ‘Quack.’ The sound…
Every full moon, they locked their doors and shuttered windows. They barricaded, they barred, they held their children tight. And listened for the crystalline ringing of silver hooves. In the…
The cat turned its back to him and started grooming. After a pause, he pinched the end of its tail. It hissed and spun, swiping at the empty air where…
When her mother cut down the green jelly beast, she’d watched its remains ooze into the earth. ‘Keep back,’ her mother warned. But later, when a small chunk of green…
The fox’s fur shimmered in the streetlights — not copper, but gold. Its disconcertingly blue eyes were fixed on his face. Its tail swept aside, revealing a bracelet of golden…
The red dragon crumpled to the ground, her wings snapped, her heart bared and beating with a weak volcanic glow. The knight limped up to that hulking, steaming body. His…
She’d found him tied to a fence at the side of the road, a noose around his neck and no collar to be found. A large black dog with a…
There’s a crackle of electricity as you look up from your phone. Just as you realise it’s coming from your computer, something bursts from the screen in a flash of…
‘In the Mirrordeep, you will face your true self,’ the witch had said. So she descended into that matte black lake, and not a ripple appeared at her passage. Down…