It was a day both hot and wet, the rain sizzling on the pavement. A young child found their umbrella missing and sighed. Out the window, they saw people running…
Beneath a hazy golden sky, you slide down from your forest boulder perch, the soft moss protecting you from scrapes. ‘Prrreek!’ You glance back to see a flash of gold…
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…
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…
‘Look — OUCH — I’m just trying to — OW — get my tablecloth back!’ A flurry of feathers, hubbub of honking, and plethora of pecks accompanied my plea. The…
‘Ouch!’ I yelped and staggered as tiny claws dug into my bare feet. A sinuous, feathered little lizard with tiny wings chirped at me and bounded away with all the…
Her cat had been behaving oddly. Skittish and snappy. Quick to slink under a normally welcome touch. The little queen had even begun stealing. Scraps of lunch meat from the…
The mouse crept into the lair, scurrying over mounds of gold, leaping from sparkling shield to silver goblet. The heat was intense, but she’d wrapped her paws in little rags,…
When she found the clawed prints gouged deep into the forest earth, she was afraid, but she was also curious. So she brought a little food every night, and watched…
‘It’ll be simple,’ he said, voice barely shaking. ‘Run in, grab the treasure, run out.’ ‘What about the monsters?’ she replied. ‘What about the dragon?’ ‘Well … we’ll move too…