The wind billowed the girl’s skirt and set the flowers around her to gentle swaying. She stood in her grandfather’s tulip field as the blooms bobbed around her in rows of yellow, red, orange, and pink. The sky was a brilliant blue with cotton candy clouds scudding overhead. It should have looked like a painting. …
My mother’s nails dug into my arm as she yanked me from the faerie ring. She dropped me to my knees on the grass as she paced and raged. I watched her red face and heaving chest as she scolded. “I told you to stay away from the faerie rings!” It was an old argument. …
“Are you sure you wish to live here?” His guide frowned up at the gray stone before them. “This place is said to be full of ghouls and demons.” “Oh, yes! I’ve always wanted roommates!” He laughed and patted the man’s shoulder as he took his first steps up the castle’s cobblestone walkway. givethispromptatry.tumblr.com There are …
This book review may contain spoilers. This article contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission off of qualifying purchases made through the links on this page. An inheritance of shadows. A love in chains. An unconquerable foe. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father …
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A fantasy short story about magic, dragons, and not believing everything you hear starring a transgender protagonist. “If you treat creatures kindly they will return the favor.” He watched as his teacher reached out to the dragon. His breath rushed out when the creature’s aggressive scales gently tapped her palm. “No one really wishes to be …
This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission off of applicable purchases. “Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make …
This is not how I expected this blog to debut. Here we are, with more Black lives taken by police. We are still fighting for something that should be simple and basic: Black Lives Matter. They do. And I don’t want anyone to think for a second that I disagree with that. I don’t want …
She was beauty. She was light and love. The only good thing in my dark existence.
Before her there was only anger. Rage, to be more accurate. I wanted peace. I wanted quiet. This is my house. I lived here and I died here, and that makes it mine. And yet, there is a steady stream of intruders.