Responsibility For A Wish

If Annie’s grandparents had known she would wish for her “best friend” to come to life, they would’ve picked a smaller, lighter doll to gift her. Now that Annie was seven, Belle was half her size.

The Shop Which Didn't Exist

There was a shop in the royal city which didn’t exist. Ask anyone.

Winged But Flightless

"God's a right jokester, eh? Imagine if She'd made birds and not taught them to fly. But us and the Weave..."

Forever Loved

At first you thought I was delusion. Your grief playing tricks on you. I didn’t know enough to tell you otherwise; I was barely five months old when I died.

The Spill And The Scarflette

Mildred had noticed the red scarflette wrapped around the old woman’s left wrist; when you worked a cafe you got to know people by traits rather than names. But she hadn’t taken particular heed. The scarflette was just… there. Unremarkably remarkable. Until the spill happened.

RIP Debbie

Judge Evans wished this case was being handled by someone with proper knowledge of werewolves. Or pet chickens.

Check The Basement

I was woken by a tapping sound. For a moment I thought it was the oak tree outside my window. Then I remembered this new house doesn't have trees near it...

Barking Up The Correct Tree

It was Gary's first time collecting materials from a magical tree, and while the tree being able to talk helped it also made him feel awkward.

Netherworld Botany Conference Newbie

At least baffling ominous prophecies encouraged investment in research.

Harbingers Of Life And Friendship

“Never look a crow in the eyes”, I was told as a child. “They steal away souls. They’ll lay death upon you, then eat your ghost before it reaches the After.”