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…
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…
They stretched and turned over in bed as sunlight streamed through the window. It was surprisingly luxuriant. They opened their eyes and saw not hands but furry paws at the…
‘It’s just a pigeon,’ said the girl. ‘Let it die.’ The boy lifted it with gentle hands. It was too weak to struggle. He could feel its heartbeat against his…
‘And what are the wheels for?’ she asked, flipping her tail to sun the other side. ‘They’re so that I can get around on land.’ He wrung his hands in…
She stilled, eyes locked with a sloth-like creature with mossy fur, claws like twisted roots, and a mushroom shell. It dangled from the tree, blinking first one bright green eye,…
‘I don’t know if I can do it.’ The ground fell away mere inches from his feet, a chasm of rock walls and thorny brambles. ‘You can!’ she called from…
He adjusted his blindfold. ‘What do you think?’ Her eyes tracked the clouds as they rolled across the azure sky. ‘It’s beautiful,’ she replied. She shifted where she lay on…
He found it on a country lane. A beast of curling black fur and heavy paws. Its red eyes lit up its face in the dark; long muzzle, long tongue,…