"Visiting the river, a man invites pleasure as well as risk."
Legend said if a man lay naked on the riverbank beneath a waxing gibbous moon, she would emerge from the water to please him, but he must keep his eyes closed or the fearsome creature would steal him away.He waited...
"He spent years loving the witch, and now he needs to burn her."
In the middle of the forest, there was a wood cabin, circled with willow trees and lit by the reflection of the moon, with a crooked oak door and a twisted chimney; it was the witch’s cabin, and Dave knew...
"Will you answer the siren's call?"
He sat in the front of his ship, fiddling with the teal flower between his fingers, rubbing the petals as the movements of the sea rocked him from side to side. He felt the salty air burn his nostrils as...
"A retelling of a very old story with a prideful twist"
Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a beautiful girl whose name was Ashley but who acquired the name Ashsweeps, or Ash, since it was her job to sweep the ashes from the hearth every morning, gather the...
"He loved her until the very end whether he got her or not"
The mango grove with a lass called Paro perched on a treeamong thick bush of leaves that Devdas could not seebleeding she came down as a stone was peltedsweat and spattering rain divulging her femininity fully wettedsweetness exuberant youth and...
"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...
"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....