The town of Myrefall had always been a celebration of light in the vast woods of Ecros, a country known for its rich nature and expansive reach. Fields of flowers that stretched far beyond what the eye could see, woods so dense they were difficult to travel through without getting caught or circling the same narrow paths over and over. It was a land where the days were bright with the light of the...

Coraline watched intently at her reflection in the mirror. It was her face, her body, the very dress she wore now, although aged by 20 years and yet .. It wasn’t. This woman before her was … fragile, weak. Slender, and missing the posture of the Queen that she was with the destructive force at her fingertips from her magical prowess.

The disturbing sight of the image before her should have been ...

The call, when it came, pulled me out of bed in the early hours of the morning. My voice raspy with the sleep that every fibre in my body still needed, but the urgency in the voice on the other end of the line forced me into the realm of the living, as I scurried to grab a pair of trousers and a shirt, not quite caring enough at this hour to notice that I grabbed my husband’s sweatshirt, which was...