by Stephen Herczeg I found them at the bottom of the garden. Sparkling. Beautiful. Little winged people. They looked hungry, so I left a table covered with treats on the lawn. Mummy and I went out. Daddy did the mowing. As the garage door went up, Mummy started screaming. There was the table. There […]
by Zoey Xolton “Please!” the girl begged. “Let me free. I’ll give ye’ anythin’ ye’ desire!” The faery turned to face her, the macabre collection of small animal skulls, and silver trinkets that adorned her waist jingling as she moved. She squatted before the terrified girl, fingering a cruel rippled blade. “I’m afraid ye’ […]
by Stacey Jaine McIntosh The cold lingered, seeping into her bones. Nobody had thought to warn her what it would mean when she took up the mantle of the Faerie Queen. “Majesty,” the centaur went down on one knee and bowed before her. “You came,” she whispered. “Did you bring it?” “I did.” He […]
by Hari Navarro I was sixteen the first time. Never sensed anything like it. Such wonder. Worlds away from the fantastical lies that curled my toes and suppressed my exasperated sighs as the father spoke down from his pulpit. Poor Charlie, loved since he was but a ball of foundling fur. His rot grabbed […]
by Kelly Matsuura Celyna examined Davenall’s face with a critical artist’s eye. “Your irises are like their own universe. Do all faeries have such icy blue eyes?” “Just the naughty ones,” Davenall teased. “How will I paint the moving colours?” she mused. “Look deeper.” “Okay.” Celyna locked her gaze on his. She tried to […]
by Chris Bannor She held the knife between her teeth, hands buried second knuckle deep into the beating heart of her prey. In the deep of the woods, no one remembered to look for her kind anymore. They were easy prey, especially when they saw her diminutive size. She might be no taller than […]
by Beth W. Patterson Why is the flora on my family’s land suddenly so much thicker? The sharp cry of a baby freezes me in my tracks. If someone abandoned a child, I have to make sure that it doesn’t die. Wriggling on a bed of ferns is an infant girl. But the most […]
by V.A. Vazquez He sat on the secondhand couch in their mobile home, springs prodding into his lower back. Flipping the tab on another can of Bud Light, he watched the moths flutter around the trailer park. One of them, with wings the same colour as greasy pizza boxes, flew a little too close […]
by S.O. Green The mirror is cracked and the cracks are spreading. It started when I scratched the symbol on the glass. The one from the book. The one I couldn’t get out of my head. In every line, I see a nightmare. In every facet, I see a dream. In the centre is […]
by Rowanne S. Carberry Blood-stained lips framed by onyx hair. Her body sculpted by rubies and starlight. The prince cannot look away. Drawn to her by magic, they dance until the room blurs. As midnight draws near, she leans in. “I must leave.” Without a thought he follows, tripping as he does, before finding […]