What the researchers discovered was that magic came not from humans, but from animals. Or rather, from the relationship with them. Those who gave their cats warm affection developed magic…
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…
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…
The couple spotted the monstrously fluffy cat striding purposefully toward them across the moonlit street. The first tapped his partner. ‘Cat!’ ‘Yes, I see it.’ He sighed dramatically, but couldn’t…
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,…
Her dog was a creature of moonlight and chill wind. It lived on the hill behind her house, in the ruins of the old stable. She’d been up there to…
Another microfiction for Mastodon. — She pricked her finger on the crooked needle and let the blood drip and swirl into the bowl below. It clouded pink, then cleared. She…