"The end of my tale."
The sorrow in my heart has dried away. I feel famished, but food does nothing to dampen my hunger. There is only one kind of nourishment that can replenish me. Pain burns within, and my mind battles with my body...
"My first hand experience of the powers that inhabit a nymph's body."
The first feelings of doubt have entered my mind. I have never felt this before. My life is miserable, but I have never regretted my decisions before. Why does this come to me now? What has triggered these emotions? I...
"My fiancée shows me the upsides to being a girl."
I carefully place a branch of white blackberry flowers in his hair. “I am so sorry to have done this to you.” Tears flow freely from my eyes. They are not the sorrowful tears of a lost love, but tears...
"With my descision to stay in the underworld, life takes an unexpected turn."
This is the first night in a long time that I lay my eyes upon my lover. I have heard him several nights in a row, calling my name and wandering restlessly through the deep forest. My instincts tell me...
"I find my place in the underworld, and experience real satisfaction."
The third night with him is no less enjoyable than the previous. My instincts lead me, and he follows willingly and easily. I bring him to my secret glade, hours into the wilderness and we kiss. The summer is in...
"A creature of the night recounts the beginning of her making."
“Be careful, boy. There are things in the forest that would scare any man out of his wits. I would not wish for you to experience everything I have been through. It may have been over a century ago, but...
"A human sacrifice of pleasure is required in payment for trespassing in to the land of the Fee."
"It's so good to see you." My friend Cherry throws her arms around me. "It's going to be so much fun catching up with you." "Yes it will. I'm so happy you invited me for the holidays. It was either...
"In the Norse woods are many perils. Huldra is the most feared of them all, and the most desired."
In the Norse world, the deep and vast woods are home to many strange creatures. The most beautiful and wonderful of them all is the Hulder. There are numerous tales of her ability to lure men into peril and death....
"Cindy has a date for the ball - whether she likes it or not."
Two heavy-set coachmen hauled me through the broad ballroom doors by both arms. I was just a ragdoll between them – a reluctant, powerless girl, dragged through the cavernous, resplendent hall. I was towed into an ante-chamber and dropped unceremoniously...
"Beauty isn't always as innocent as it looks."
The mansion’s pale lights flickered through the rustling leaves and swaying tree boughs, casting tendrils of sinister shadows across the garden.The clipping of heels heralded the tall, gracious figure strutting up the stone pathway. Her pace was quick; her gait...