Glacier dipped her muzzle, bracing against the intense headwind. She descended slowly through the clouds toward three sharp spires in the distance marking Mother’s grave. The fresh, sharp scent of the building tempest comforted her in a way only ice dragons would understand.
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I can’t just meet my girlfriend’s parents like a normal person. No, I also have to serve as a distraction so she can sneak our unconventional pets into her house.
“We’ve got this, Drew.” Kitty shoulders my backpack more tightly as we stare at her
From midnight to dawn the morning of Valentine’s Day, Angeline’s Flowers opens its doors for a special overnight shift, admitting anyone who casts no shadow, casts two shadows, or whose shadow doesn’t match their footsteps.
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“This here’s Belladona.” The guide led over a large red griffin, and I eyed the creature. Why couldn’t my parents just leave me back at the cabin, happily immersed in a book?
Belladona tipped her head and snapped her beak. Her tail swished
Dead leaves crunched under Charlie’s weathered boots as he shuffled through the woods. His fourteen-inch hobgoblin frame, yellowish and twiggy, blended in with the October colors of the forest around him. Half his face was shrouded by a patched scarf.
A few more minutes and he’d have the goods.
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Eric marveled at the pink hues of sunrise as they sailed through the sky. “Maybe dawn patrols aren’t so bad,” he said.
Then his stomach lurched as his draconic partner dove.
“Verity!” he yelped, his voice climbing to an octave more befitting
Atlas sat tall on his ten-foot throne and gripped the trident in his right hand. “It is time.”
The throne sat atop the dais; the golden tendrils of the crest swirled like seaweed. The afternoon sunlight glinted against the metal and sent
The prophecy crystal had never been wrong.
Every thousand years, it identified the legendary hero who stood against darkness. Kings trusted it. Priests revered it. The kingdom planned everything around it. So, when the crystal flashed bright gold and projected
Early morning mist hangs thick over my lake. I feel a disturbance in the waters along the shoreline.
Concentrating my will, I see them. Men with thick beards and heavy boots are pushing a small boat off the shore. Two of them row while
It was a simple task, delivering a basket of apples to the Spanish militia. The one duty a woman could perform in Zaragoza. But hidden in her basket, Agustina transported divine Aragon apples, sourced from the local orchard believed to be blessed by saints, that offered
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He paced outside the wrought-iron fence, eyeing the bright-red brick Victorian mansion as if a monster lurked within. His first time back since…
And his first time seeing her again in many years.
A plaque by the open gate read The Big House: Home for
Ivy’s position afforded her a bird’s-eye view of the most popular path to the Metro Silver Line. It was frequented by visitors to Washington, D.C. as well as commuters from the bedroom community of Reston.
People with shiny objects begging to be reclaimed.
“Shouldn’t you be working?” A familiar voice drifted upward.
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