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…
Their son shuffled his wings, staring down at the floor. He was young for an aetherial and not yet grown into his fire. He looked like a star-dusted human with…
The little boy huddled tighter under the play gym, tears stinging his eyes. It was getting dark and this was the only familiar structure he’d seen. A small furry face…
‘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…
‘And you think I can do it?’ she said, crossing her arms and folding her wings more tightly around her. Below her feet, the cliff fell away to mist and…
Earlier today Maggie Stiefvater tweeted about how she got a homophobic message about The Dreamer Trilogy, and I don’t know, it especially made me cross for some reason. I guess…
They unfurled a tentacle, blinking their many eyes, and pointed at the brightly coloured rack behind the woman. She gawped a moment, then regained her composure. ‘You’re here for yarn?’…
The tour group moved on. He glanced around as the display room emptied. When he was certain that it was just him and a lit case of bones, he took…
It pulled itself from the mud and grit, a man-sized, amphibious thing of slimy skin, narrow teeth, and dark, cold eyes. ‘Stay away,’ it hissed, holding out webbed hands tipped…