"Hey guys! Look at Azlar, he can't even light a twig." Nazgib yelled to the rest of the dragonlings that were in the courtyard.

"Shut up dude, you know I'm just a late bloomer. I'm gonna be so much better than you when we're older, just you wait!" Azlar yelled back, water forming in his eyes, something that he wasn't even biologically supposed to do.

Azlar was much further behind than the rest...

I am one of a kind. Unique in a way that makes me anything but special. A fairy is born to fly, spread her wings and take flight.

A fairy is born to fly. Every fairy, except me.

I’ve got no wings, so unlike the rest I am destined to stay put. Stuck in one place, useless in every way.

Why was I cursed to forever remain on the ground, unable to feel free?

I walk while they float, I run while ...

“Hello I’m Erica Martin, welcome to Toil & Trouble. Are you currently in the province of Magical Enchantment?”

“Yes.” The voice was timid. The client fidgeted in his Norte Dame sweatshirt and khakis.

“So what brings you here, Eamon? Have you been in counseling before?” Martin asked.

“No, this is all new to me. My people don’t really ask for help. People always expect us to be happy. Unless they’ve...

It’s a terrible thing, to be a siren without a voice. Now before you get all pitying, just take a moment to think about all the life dreams you’ve never achieved. See? It happens to the best of us.

I’ve never really let it bother me, if I’m honest. I mean, I keep away from the siren crowd as much as I can - they’re all a bunch of stuck ups anyway - and live, what I guess most would call a seclud...

I don’t look up,

My head is down.

When I must,

Go into town.

I have an extra eye, you see,

Than all my other peers.

Who have the same correct amount,

Of mouth and nose and ears.

I hate this extra eye so much,

I want to look the same.

Everyone all looked alike,

Until I finally came.

I wish this thing would go away,

So I didn’t want to cry.

For being the only cyclops,

Without only one eye....

No one told me life would be this hard.

It wasn’t my choice to make.

I’m not as grand as the Golden Phoenix,

Or as mighty as the Majestic Thunderbird,

Or wise as the Gilded Gryphon.

I’m just a dragon the size of your pinky

And a heart the size of an ocean....

I’d sailed this route a hundred times, been hired by dozens of captains eager to save time cutting straight across the Siren Sea instead of taking the longer, safer route. They say you can’t hear the sirens if you stick close to shore, that they can only lure you to your doom in the middle of the sea, where it’s deep enough to sink your entire ship in one piece. I wouldn’t know; I’ve never heard t...

For hundreds and thousands of years dragons were said to to be blood thirsty killers with a breath hot enough to melt metal within seconds. We’ve also been told that trained and heavily armoured Warriors have gone up against these creatures and failed. We have listened to these stories and myths all our lives that they’ve been imprinted in our Brains, but what if I told you that dragons were not b...

The beauty was untold of. A creature with everything you could desire. They are something you wish to look upon, until you see them.

Vampires are said to be one of the most beautiful creatures that you will ever see. They have flawless skin that is soft like satin. They have voices like a siren to call draw you. Yet when you approach, you’ll notice something wrong.

They won’t look at you. They...

Griffin:

A fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.

When it emerged from the noisome indefinite darkness of the spell from which it had been summoned, and a gold and purple dawn spread itself lustrously with the piercing, cold contrast of a winter morning, the Beast knew that its crippling deficiency was both ironic and critical. Also, the Beast knew that it was...