‘That can’t be right,’ she said. ‘It is the truth,’ the fortune-teller replied. ‘See for yourself.’ He gestured with a hand laden with many rings to the crystal ball that…
She heard howling in the night: desperate, ragged calls that faded into brokenness. The neighbours’ dogs were silent. She put on coat and boots and stepped out into chill air…
They met in the soft glow of the shattered curse. Rose petals, thorns, and glass shards crunched beneath their feet. The prince reached for his lover with shaking hands. He…
In support of the kickstarter for BOOKS & BONE, I played a game on Mastodon where people could name a gem to me, and in exchange I would write a…
The queen peered through the hedge, her muscles bunched tightly. Her fur had lost its gloss and her tail, once a regal pennant, was now thin and rat-like. She knew…
A longer microfiction for Mastodon. — People were cruel to the girl with chickenfeet. ‘She’s hideous!’ they would cackle in her face. ‘The poor, ugly thing,’ others would whisper behind…
‘I love winter,’ she would say as the wind chapped her cheeks. She loved winter when she had to wade through snow and she loved winter when she came home…
I wrote a serial toot fiction for mastodon written in 1 toot a day for every day of October (or that was the plan, anyway!) It was a labour of…
This week’s microfiction from Mastodon, all in one cozy update! THE OCEAN AND THE SUN She was drawn by light rippling on the water’s surface. She breached slowly, a…
Two sisters stood at the edge of black water. ‘We should go in!’ The smaller tugged at the taller’s hand. ‘I bet there’s a whole world in there.’ But the…