microfiction A Stolen Taste Of Spring Everyone thought it harmless to wish for an early spring. And usually it was.
microfiction A Trying Reflection Avoiding all reflections for the week was annoying, but NECESSARY. Mira knew what happened to people who didn’t heed the danger…
microfiction Earthbound Passenger Riding Cargo The mess hall fell silent as Jerry walked in. Nobody looked up. Certainly nobody looked AT him. He wished he knew WHY.
microfiction A Vigilant Gaze Unpeels Nina knew the vigil was for the greater good, but of course she was going to worry about her son having been chosen for it.
microfiction Born Of Dreams Why am I afraid? This is a dream. I’m in control. But the fear persists regardless.
microfiction Blink And You'll Hear It I thought this was going to be a nice, easy job. After all the supernatural threats I’ve hunted and wrangled, this one sounded well-behaved…
microfiction Sleep Deep And Be Called I wake in a jolt, mid-step, my limbs flailing. It’s just like the others described - which means I’ve fallen victim to the curse.
microfiction Tend The Fire, Count The Stones The task is very simple. The circle has twelve stones. No more, no less…
microfiction A Guest Through Famished Pass This didn’t make sense. Gravier had ensured the caravan packed more than enough food to get through Famished Pass, so how were they running out?
microfiction Nature Abhors A Hungry Vacuum Tanith leant on her cane and eyeballed the old shed. It looked rather… SMALL to hold whatever malevolent force was causing the village’s suffering, but…
microfiction A Sacred Second Betrothal Icy wind whips against my face, yet the snow doesn’t touch me, flakes drifting coyly close only to flit away, leaving my wedding suit perfectly dry.
microfiction A Resilient Heart-Vine Karen had never understood the appeal of gardening. She was happy with her plastic plants and synthetic lawn. So where did that vine come from?
microfiction Paying At Forgotten Warmth Jim’s breath fogged on the tavern window. His hollow stomach whined. He’d heard you didn’t pay for the food with MONEY here…
1st person PoV Huntresses Of The Moon For three days now, a pack of snow-white wolves have circled the town. Each day there are more of them, and they are more desperate to get inside…
microfiction Guests Of Winter The air in the meeting hall is… odd. Here we are, about to find out who’ll be gifted to Winter, and there’s no fretting at all.
microfiction A Shelter For Winter While the rest of the region suffers a heat wave, Charles is enjoying time next to the eternally frozen lake.
microfiction A Fountain Of Frozen Secrets Today the statue was expected to melt, so nobody was in the town square. That would be uncouth.
microfiction The Voiceless Haunt The Silent Pines The path through Silent Pines is only ever taken by the desperate. Far better to spend a month traversing frozen mountain paths than risk a week on that straight, sandy road…
microfiction Raw Truth Sears Deep If only Patrick hadn’t quarrelled with his father. Perhaps then he would’ve minded the rules about windows.
microfiction Etched In Ice And Blood I spat blood and hauled myself up once more. I wouldn’t let this thief escape!
microfiction Sworn On The Serpent Winter being the slowest season, it’s also when spirits presiding over nature have the most free time - the cause of many a song or legend…
microfiction One Last Promise All that remained of that long-forgotten god was at the beginning of the year promises still froze and dropped from your lips like a perfect ice teardrop.
microfiction I'll Call Them Serendipity Any minute now the clock would strike midnight, and the geasa would be set for the year. Needed to find Beth a suitable resolution FAST.
microfiction The Door To Possibility The Door was a constant. No matter where you were, or what state you were in, at the moment where the old year turned into the new, everyone encountered the Door.
