Where the ordinary world folds back to reveal the magic
living just beneath its skin.

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Short fiction exploring natural magic, grief, transformation, and the strange tenderness at the heart of uncanny things.

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Ffern the Fae

Ffern the Fae wasn’t the fairest, nor was he the brightest,  But he didn’t care, all he ever wanted was to be an artist. Every Valentine's

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Paint by Numbers

Spencer Cole was a successful accountant because success was measured in numbers, and Spencer Cole was excellent with numbers. Numbers meant stability, order and respect.

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Red Robin

I was twelve when it happened. I locked the bathroom door and I sobbed, certain my mother was the last person who could help.

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