Old Magic and Stale Ale
The Pint of No Return Gorbwick the Grumpy Fae was having a day. A long, painful, gods-forsaken kind of day. The kind of day that made him question why he ev...
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Blue Jay in the Mystic Winterwood
The Fractal Perch and the Peculiar Prophecy Jasper was no ordinary blue jay. He was, as he often reminded his reflection in frozen puddles, an exceptional b...
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Paws, Claws, and Dragon Flaws
A Hatchling's First Crime Spree The problem with baby dragons—aside from the fire, claws, and tendency to bite first and ask questions never—is that they hav...
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The Peacock of a Thousand Sunsets
Spring had arrived in the Enchanted Glade, and with it came the annual Festival of Flourish, a spectacle of nature’s grandest show-offs. Flowers bloomed in s...
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Rainbow Plumage & Petal Dance
The Diva of the Garden Spring had finally arrived, and with it, the annual awakening of the garden. The bees were back on their pollination grind, the flower...
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Mystic Feathers and Cosmic Light
Once upon a particularly weird Tuesday night, somewhere between a dream and an ill-advised fourth glass of wine, an owl named Professor Hootsworth McFluffing...
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Inferno Fang & Ocean Vein
The Awakening The legend was whispered in alleyways, scribbled in the margins of forbidden texts, and told in hushed voices among those who knew better than ...
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Aged Like Fine Wine and Dark Magic
The problem with being an immortal fae wasn’t the magic, the wings, or even the centuries of unpaid taxes. No, the real issue was the hangovers. The kind tha...
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Earth’s Fury, Earth’s Grace
There is a story whispered among the mountain towns of the Pacific Northwest, a tale the old hunters refuse to tell after dark. They call it The Burning Bear...
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Interstellar Harmony
The universe wasn’t always an empty void speckled with stars. Before time itself was counted, before the first atom trembled into existence, there were the K...
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Koi of the Cosmos
The sky had turned to water, or perhaps the water had swallowed the sky. It was impossible to tell. Stars shimmered beneath the surface of the river, and the...
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The Grumpy Guardian of the Glade
Deep in the heart of the Eldermoss Forest, where the trees whispered gossip about the birds and the mushrooms glowed suspiciously at night, there existed a t...
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The Alchemy of Fire and Water
The Birth of the Twin Koi In the beginning, before time learned to walk and the stars whispered their first names, there was the Void. It was neither light n...
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Dancing with the Breeze
Dancing with the Breeze: A Fairy’s Guide to Chaos and Confidence In the heart of the Meadow of Improbable Wonders, where wildflowers whispered secrets and dr...
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Froth and Fellowship
The Stranger with No Beard The ale flowed like a mountain spring, golden and rich, with froth thick enough to hide a dagger in. The Stone Tankard tavern was...
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