Into the Woods

​I've always loved going for long walks in the woods. The local lake has a lovely walking path, and I'd set my alarm clock just so I could greet the morning with a wake-up walk. No two mornings were ever the same.​

The Great Escape

​She grabbed her laundry basket, pulled her door...but it wouldn't open. Setting the basket down, she turned the lock and tried the door again. It still wouldn't move.

As White as Snow

​There is a sound to the sky on the first snowfall. It is not a pleasant one.​

Debacle

​Cullen Rutherford had a problem. And that problem was the Inquisitor.

Creatures Real and Mythical

​Once upon a time, when magic still existed in the world, there lived a young man named Árpád. He was a bard, traveling all over the continent, regaling kings and peasants alike with his songs and tales.

Manic Mythology

​​Oh, yes, about that mythology paper. Remember Sisyphus?

Fork in the Road

​​“I want to be obese, diabetic, and have a curved spine.”

No one ever says this, and yet so many of us live as if this were our goal.

Creatures Real and Mythical

​It had started, innocently enough, with two massive, rectangular boxes on the Urdnot docks.​

Free Choice

Aurora was smiling as she headed toward the Dungeons to the Potions classroom.​

Free Choice

​​When choosing a breed, Aprile always believed she would stay with poodles, and yet each adorable face and lamb-like fur kept bringing back longing and too many comparisons.