The growl sent shivers down my spine as my feet sunk deeper into the golden sand. It would be beautiful, if I had time to admire it. Instead, I tried to pull my leg free and scurry for my life, to no avail. The creature emerged from beneath me, cloaked in jewels that ran down its forehead and back. I thought of what they said about this beast, how it used to be worshipped by the people whose lands...

The cat rolled over on the beach towel, and half-awake grumbled, “Feed me already. It is time for my lunch.” He growled once more and rolled back over, to resume happily, lazily soaking in the rays from the sun.

My housecat begrudgingly enjoying the beach and all it had to offer....

I cringed at the crunch of sand beneath my foot, hoping the black and blue creature didn’t hear me.

Until it growled.

I stopped in my tracks and looked at it. Its long ears cover its body except for its eyes. This thing would hear every movement and action that I did. He breathed slowly from his mouth because it was the quietest. My shoes were especially made for stealth making noise unless some...

I was finishing a smoke in the back of the bar when Mike poked his head out the door. It was dusk, mid November, a chill in the air. Typical for South Jersey.

“Ashley, you ain’t smokin weed, are ya?” He asked.

“Noooo,” I answered, rolling my eyes.

“A bear has gotten into the dumpster again. I called animal control. Can you wait for them to get here?”

“Are they sending that cute girl out or...

Arose a giant beast

One with three beastly heads

The chimera rose and bore it’s fangs

Venom dripped from snakes fangs

Blood soaked the lions maw

Intestines adorned the goats horns

The mighty chimera is gigantic

It snared and bore all to see

How am I to survive?

How to take on this great beast?

I grind my teeth and stared deep into its eyes

From the side I notice the snake moving towards m...

Staying still was unthinkable. Running seemed unwise. Two yellow eyes glared at me over a half-open beak, the growl coming from deep in its leonine throat. It raised its wings - to flee or to attack, I would never know, because its growl turned into a hiss as its muscles shifted around the thick black arrow stuck in its side, and it quickly lowered its wings again, still glaring at me from its hud...

“Ronan, sorry was our meeting scheduled for eleven? I’ve been writing so many reports I’ve been running behind all day.”

Reluctantly I followed Starbuck from the sea edge back to his office cave. Headquarters were damp and dark and pretty much impossible to heat. The brownies had moved into a modern office park on the outskirts of Glasgow and the wee fairies had left the clover patch to go compl...