They sat together in the pouring rain. Water bounced from the scales of the woman’s tail, dripping from her elaborate fins. The other crossed their legs and tipped their ashen…
‘So you’re some kind of selkie?’ she asked casually, toying with her hair. The other woman shrugged. ‘Something like that.’ She swung the rippling hide cloak around her shoulders as…
She was in love with the lake. With the murky waters and spiralling dust lit up like stars in the sickly sunbeams. With dark fish that darted around her, curious…
They stumbled in from the cold, slamming the door to the storm outside. The cabin was coated in cobwebs and dust. They choked a little on the stale air. But…
They stared up at the stars from where they lay. ‘Do you really think this’ll work?’ she asked, flipping her tail. A woman of scales and fins and fangs, she…
Dawn broke, casting a warm glow across the prince and his beast as they cuddled in the wooden bower. The prince curled up more tightly against the enormous black wolf,…
Earlier today Maggie Stiefvater tweeted about how she got a homophobic message about The Dreamer Trilogy, and I don’t know, it especially made me cross for some reason. I guess…
This is a serial fiction posted in one toot daily (ish) during October on Mastodon. It was unplanned and experimental, and I’m pretty happy with the result. I hope you…
Red light gleamed from the dark hollows of her eyes. Her skin grew aged and leathery as parchment. She bared cruelly pointed teeth. ‘This is what I am,’ she said….
‘Can I get you anything?’ he asked. ‘A cup of tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘I insist.’ Reid found himself sipping gingerly at a cup of tea a few minutes later….