The sun had just come up over the horizon, casting light upon the cliffside that towered high above the sea. Jonasfar sat atop a craggy perch, looking down, his feet dangling precariously over the stone lip. He could feel the sea’s reverberant drumming far below, removing fragments of stone, shifting sand, undermining the cliff itself.… Read more The Promise of the Sea

The fog sisters rolled across cold fields, and sat on the banks of frog ponds. They spent their time listening to the gulp and splash beneath the soft glow of the moon. The smoke brothers liked to billow and blow, and climb up mountain sides and shame the sun. But most of the time they… Read more Fog Sisters, Smoke Brothers

Surrounded by a primeval forest, Saro lay clutching the muddied dirt, gasping with his final breath, his body numb, the flash of his sword still recoiling in his grip. His master cast a steely eye and spoke a wounding reprimand. “This moment is trivial,” the old man said, “your aches and pains are feeble ghosts,… Read more The Battle

There once was a Grand Asylum high on a hill. To get there one only had to travel a winding road through twin rows of tall oak trees. The people of the village below feared the Grand Asylum. It was said the structure was built for a very rich man by perfectly sane people, but… Read more The Grand Asylum

He was so large he couldn’t walk, but she fell in love with him anyway. His home was a giant tent that sat in the center of the village. She was just one of a small army who fed him, washed him, and combed his long golden hair. One night, as he sat cross-legged in… Read more To Kiss the Golden-Haired Giant