• Monday Shorts: The Merrow’s Cap

    The Merrow’s Cap   The cap sat in all its scarlet splendor in a forgotten nook in the attic. Once it had flown through the waves, singing with the sea and laughing at the wind. Nowadays, it simply sat, slightly crushed between trunks and crates, and was home to at least a hundred generations of …

  • Mira Morganstein: Queen of the Nearly Dead Fae: Episode Two, Part 2

    MIRA MORGANSTEIN: QUEEN OF THE NEARLY DEAD FAE: EPISODE TWO, PART 2   Faerie! At Last!   Mira lay on the mound of leaves, aching, winded, jubilant. She was in Faerie! And she’d done it on her own—well, with some help from Changeling. The grownups and Auntie Bluebonnet’s friends, could go on talking about her …

  • Mira Morganstein: Queen of the Nearly Dead Fae: Episode Two, Part 1

    Mira Morganstein: Queen of the Nearly Dead Fae: Episode Two, Part 1   Updated Report by Bodkins A Hatpin to Her Majesty of the Realm Subject: Mira Morganstein a.k.a Queen of the Nearly Dead Fae Topic: The Subject’s Reaction to the Knack Her Many Greats Grandmother Nicked   Your Majesty, Despite a rather inauspicious beginning …

  • Monday Shorts: Bottomless

    Bottomless From the world of Tales of the Snow Queen *Note: Apologies in advance. I’ve been out for nearly two weeks dealing with a stomach bug–large family and we all believe in sharing. I got hit last and am still working through the bug (may it die a fiery death!), so I wasn’t able to …