Tag: sciencefantasy

We sit together in silence for what must be hours, until the sky is lilac above us and the lights have settled, the pool returning to normal. Even if the magic is gone, the area is still beautiful in the daytime. Massive blossoms rest among the leaves of the trees, and the fish are jewel […]

The Umbra finishes speaking and we stand in silence, unsure of quite how to respond. Kea speaks first. ‘So you can’t… release some of the stolen colour, I suppose.’ ‘Oh, no.’ Says the Umbra, ‘That can only happen if I die. Which, by the way, if you can bring about, I would be very grateful. […]

Once upon a time… All the good stories start this way. It’s a time-worn opening, proven to work. Once upon a time, there was girl. She was young. She was naïve. She was beautiful. She had all the things that mix together somehow to make a perfect fairy-tale character. She lived a in a bright, […]