Mightier Than the Sword
BY KAT CLEMENTS Once upon a time, there lived a powerful, but cruel and ruthless king. While his subjects starved, he lived in plenty. The poorer his subjects were, the higher his taxes, and the richer he became. If anyone tried to leave his kingdom or spoke out against the king’s merciless laws, they were …...
To See the End of Those Tears
BY GIOVANNI CARMINE COSTABILE
An original fairy tale.
Black Milk: A Myth Retold
“From that day, there was great change in Hecate and in her dealings with men. She who had been sought for kindly help in matters of fertility, now was feared by all living things.”
Forests of Grief
BY BEN STAPLEDON A slow, rolling breeze blew through the trees in the forest behind the farmhouse, and the leaves began to rustle under the sinking sun. Michael shivered, and turned his collar up against the wind. He heaved the unhitched harvester into the barn, where the workhorse slept. Seif, his daughter’s grey-coated dog, followed...
My Crown I Gave Up for You
BY G. CONNOR SALTER
Halfway through the coronation, Merlin felt something infernal had entered the courtyard.
Incorrigible Guests: A Lady and the Tramp Story
BY HANNAH SKIPPER
Scamp’s eyes popped open early on Christmas morning, sparkling with a mixture of joy and mischief when a car rattled down the street.
Waking Up: A Lord of the Rings Story
The ale had dulled even the ever-present ache in his shoulder and there were no impossible tasks looming on the horizon.
Mysteries of the Deep
BY MICHAEL GOTH
The old man lit his pipe. He shook out the match, tossed it away and took a drag.
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
“The arches would rise more than a hundred feet, like majestic cathedral windows or the portals of a triumphant gateway”
Shadowlands Narrated by David Attenborough
BY G. CONNOR SALTER
Richard Attenborough directed the movie Shadowlands. But what if his nature documentarian brother narrated it?
