‘We await your response by sparrow?’ I murmured, reading the letter again. Something about destiny, the fate of many, and ‘answering the call’ … I turned it over and looked…
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…
The red dragon crumpled to the ground, her wings snapped, her heart bared and beating with a weak volcanic glow. The knight limped up to that hulking, steaming body. His…
It was a kiss with teeth, all hunger and bloody mouths as the rain soaked them to the bone. The elf leaned back, pressing a finger to her wounded lip….
The dragon landed in a flurry of snow and steam, black scales gleaming and red-seamed like hot coals. They turned their burning eyes to the woman face-down in the snow….
Curled on her side in the window-seat, she gazed out at the open moors. Tears made gentle tracks down her cheeks. Outside, the clouds gathered, dark with empathy, heavy with…
His feet were sore and blistered in his shredded shoes. His shirt was bramble-torn and leaf-stained, his trousers dirty and frayed. The river was a mirage-like solace, too good to…
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…
Their eyes meet across the burning glade. Fire still trails from the hands of the first, and the flames dance in her sad eyes. The second is covered in ash….
They met at twilight: a woman, scratched and sore, and a fox with mauled ears and eyes like reflected stars. The fox had one leg lifted, poised to flee. The…