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….
He looked down at hands that were now curled into claws. ‘So that’s it,’ he said dully. ‘I’m a demon now. Just like that.’ He looked up at the sky,…
Alice giggled as her girlfriend pulled her into a corner of the town gardens. ‘What’s the big secret?’ Her girlfriend smiled to one side, that irresistible quirk that had first…
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….
She kicked the skeleton squarely in the chest, then drew her twin shortswords. ‘Still think this was a good idea?’ Her companion raised her staff and lightning cracked down from…
He made it to the rooftop, fingers slipping on the rain-slicked tiles, skin cold and stung by the falling sky. She huddled by the false chimney. Her arms hugged her…
‘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…
Someone pushed her from the boat, the sudden plunge into icy blackness muting their laughter. She floundered in the cold and dark, the surface an ever more distant gleam of…
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…