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Zerzura      My eyes could be playing tricks on me. I didn't know. Lost for a week in the desert it seemed impossible that I was still alive. I tucked the shirt against my face, blocking out the sun as I squinted at the two black pillars that gleamed at the edge of the dune.      God, another dune.      Climbing the bast

Yggdrasil      It loomed over me, the largest specimen of its kind that I've seen. Among the other trees of the National Park it wasn't exactly out of place. All the Red Woods and Sequoias were massive. The largest trees in the world.      But this was an Ashwood.      How had it gone unnoticed? The branches spread so w

Xindhi      The shadow walked back and forth beneath Jak's door. The thing was going to try to eat him again. His parents wouldn't believe him that the creature visited his room at night.      But tonight he would prove it..      With a creak, the door opened and Jak buried himself deeper into the pile of stuffed animal

Wild Hunt      It's happening again.      I stood outside my house in the large field and the wind howled around me. Angry, sounding like the call of wild dogs.      This was the third time. I couldn't tell if it was a dream or if I was sleep walking.      Out in the field the sound came again. A

Vivian      She caressed the bark of the tree, and leaned forward, resting her forehead against its rough texture. The wind blew through the branches, wiping at the leaves so they fell in multicolored swirls around her.      Vivian swallowed hard and bit back the tears that threatened to burn tracks down her cheeks.      

Unicorn Horn      Unicorns are despicable, selfish, loathsome creatures.      Of all the beasts, people and places in the world they are the only ones that have magic, and they will not share. Masters of manipulation all of them, a Mage must never fall for the deceitful disguise of a unicorn.      We call ourselves Mage

Teles         "I'm hungry," I said through a yawn.      "The others have already left," a voice said.      I rolled onto my stomach and my wings stretched large and bright, a mixture of midnight blue and purple.      Struggling to my feet, my talons dug into the earth as I looked over

Scholomance      It's been exactly a year since I came too Scholomance.      I shifted the dark blue robe around my feet and bounced on my heels. The older men glared at me.       I was the youngest person admitted to the school, and out of the ten of us, over half of them hadn't spoken to me for the entire year. &n

Rama Empire      The dark grey flakes caught in my hair and I brushed them away. I wiped the tears from my face, smearing the dirt as I watched the city burn. The large beam slowly razed the city, glowing like heaven fire in the night and the fire raged onward.      I stood on the hill overlooking the chaos, my heart in my throat.   &

Qutrub      He touched the stones as he wandered through the graveyard. Tapping this one, caressing the next.      Inhaling deeply, he held the musty scent of earth and decay deep in his lungs before letting it out.      Delicious.      Had his brothers started without him?    &nbs

Prima Materia      The mixture blackened.      I let the contents boil before adding a few ingredients for the whitening, and when the process was complete I settled the mortar on a bed of ice.      Once cooled, I added the seven ingredients for the yellowing, and the solution sparked to life, bursting into a yellow flam

Oak King      The staff twisted in my chest and I cried out, clenching the blackened wood.      "Wha...what are you doing?"      Impossible. Every year was the same, it had been the same since the dawn of the seasons when he and I came into being.      How can he stand over me now old, hunched an

Nanny Button-Cap      I reached out and ran my fingers through the soft brown hair of the small boy sleeping in the bed.      Beautiful, angelic.      This is what I lived for. Lolling these kids to sleep, making sure they were safe and had beautiful dreams.      I rose from the end of the bed an

Moo      The dagger sunk deep into my brothers chest and I hissed in pleasure as his blood bubbled up and poured over my hands. His chest heaved and his eyes widened, staring at me. Asking me why as he slipped into death.      This Kingdom and everything that it was, would be mine; the crown; our sister.      All mine. &

Lotus Tree    Our boat crashed on an island. In its center stood a large tree with a crooked trunk; its branches were covered in white flowers; Red juicy fruit hung from each flower. “Wow, I've never see anything like it,” Rim said. “Is it edible?” He plucked a piece and pulled it apart. The inside was the color of a graph fruit and it looked like a cross between a pomegranate and an

Kaf Mountain      Artakama didn't believe the mountains were the edge of the world. Small paths revealed themselves the higher she got up the cliff side, and her breathing came in small gasps as she neared the peak. The wind bit at her like angry snakes, and she collapsed to the ground.      She needed to see it.     &nb

Jack Frost      In the center of the ice hut a fire burned so blue that it no longer gave off heat but cold. Jack looked out the window and tapped his bare foot.      The cry of children echoed in the distance, happy and loud, but mean.      It was the third time the children of the near by village ganged together to torture

Ichor      Athena brought her finger to her mouth and bite down, her sharp canines pierced the white flesh. Holding her finger away she squeezed and a single golden drop rose to the surface. Her lips twisted into a mean smile as she held her finger over the barrel of wine. The essence of her Godhood dropped into the grape wine. The liquid shimmered brightly for a moment befo

Holly King      The sun shone bright and he moved through the forest, hunched over feeling old and worn. The snow had melted, leaving piles of slush and water behind. Animals that usually hibernated for the winter began to reemerge. He pulled at the piece of holly tangled in his hair and the last withered berry dropped to the ground.      His be

Galdrabók      The fire cast a harsh glow across his face, but he refused to look away. His only hope to be cured from this Endlessness was going up in flames. Having tracked the book for four centuries it finally lead Kol to this library, half a world away, in a war torn country.      Why was it even here? He couldn't figured it out, he only kn

Fairy Ring      "I double dog dare you," Jake said. My twin smirked at me.       "Cut it out," Will said. He was more my friend than Jake's. But Mark, more Jake's friend than mine, egged me on.       "Don't be such a chicken," he said.       I stared at the ring of mushrooms. They were white

Echtrae      The fairy lights sparkled in the woods and I watched from my backyard, legs curled up beneath me, a hot cup of tea clasped in my hands.     The wind picked up, blowing through the tree tops and I pulled my shawl tighter. The lights in the woods scattered with the breeze and disappeared into the darkness.    &n

Demons      The thump of his tail drummed against the floor as he waited. Around him lay the remains of the "toilet paper" the slave brought into his domain unaware, again. And once again he was forced to protect them. These humans, they understood nothing.      The door opened and the male slave stumbled into the house, jostling the bags tha

Camelot      I tripped into a small clearing and jumped to my feet, brushing myself off before someone saw me.      There was no one.      Everyone discounted me as fanatical.      But I couldn't be wrong. Not this time.      The forest around me was ancient, undistu

Bubak      “Owww,” he grumbled as the bone needle stabbed his finger. The wind picked up the sound, turning it into a chilling howl of the night. He rose his finger to his mouth and sucked before returning to the task. Once finished sewing the garment he shook it out and grinned at his handy work. The long coat glimmered beneath the full moon, gleaming white with th

Abhartach      The ground surrounding him hummed with vibrations. Within his deep sleep he felt the shift of the earth, heard the soft murmur of voices come to gawk at his grave. The thorn tree had grown monstrous; the root that pierced his chest, and pinned him in place had tripled in width and continually grew. With each passing year his longevity stretched out