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A glint on the glassy sea. A trick of the eye. Nothing more than seafarers’ tales, they say. Yet, you swear you saw the glimmer of scales beneath the waves. Heard the barest of laughs and an ethereal voice from the fog, a siren’s lure you cannot erase from your mind. Are you going mad […]

Move to the suburbs, they said. It’ll be safer, they said. Until you’re running through the maze of carbon-copy streets, heart-pounding, breathing frantic. The pup in your arms is getting so heavy, but you’re terrified to put it down. All you wanted was to take the pup for a quick potty break before bed. The […]

Panic grips you as you push through tangled tree branches, stumbling over upraised roots. Unearthly baying surrounds you. The sounds of pounding paws in the dirt echo your own frantic footsteps as you struggle to escape the endless forest the creatures are pushing you deeper into. As you peer into the darkness, reddened eyes stare […]

Tempted A Little Too Far Hunger beats at you, a thirst like you’ve never known before. You’re ravenous, but no matter how much you eat, you can’t satiate your appetite. There’s only one thing you crave, the only sustenance you know might give you a few moments of peace from the gnawing ache in your […]

I am so super excited to announce that I have accepted a position as a weekly columnist for Gothic Bite Magazine! My column is something near and dear to my heart, mythological creatures and legends. Every week that a post of mine goes up, I’ll share it here so you can check it out. Hopefully […]