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…
‘Is that … a human?’ We crowded around the snivelling thing, bald and pink as a baby rat. I flicked my ears at my sister; she quirked her whiskers and…
She screamed as she walked through the door and something heavy landed on her head. ‘Surprise!’ trumpeted the dragonling. ‘I got you! I got you!’ She picked up the dragon…
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…
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….
‘I’m … not really into all that “mate for life, sexy pheremones” sort of stuff,’ they said. The werewolf blushed. ‘No, no! Nothing like that. It’s mostly going for runs…
The cat guided the raven around the hut. ‘And here’s your perch, and she’s decorated the tree out there with little mirrors for you …’ The cat boffed his head…
I can’t wait to hatch, thought the dragon. I wonder what my elf will be like? I hope they are fun! But when they nosed their way out of the…
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…