

Winter's End, Part 10
Spring tries to summon the memory of warmth to keep her steady, but it is feeble and fades in and out.


Winter's End, Part 9
She clasps her hands together, allowing the brightness to all but blind her, and implores Summer to let her pass safely through her...


Winter's End, Part 8
It is by chance that Spring hears the truth of Winter’s death. The villagers no longer hold the festival of Turning in her name...


Winter's End, Part 7
The world is at odds with itself. She knows it even before she opens her eyes. The air is not so cold...


Winter's End, Part 6
She dreams of Winter. His blue eyes, his frosted beard, the hint of softness beneath the frozen exterior and hard lines made by...


Winter's End, Part 4
It is a beautiful crown – perhaps her favourite of all the thousands she has crafted over the...


Winter's End, Part 3
She turns from the shrine with flowers in hand and continues down the mountainside. Her cloak trails behind in the snow...


Winter's End, Part 2
She feels the moment his rule ends like a thousand bolts of light to the heart, and they break her from her dawn reverie...


Winter's End
The final days of winter pass in a haze of pale mornings she never sees, cold nights she hardly feels and, towards the end, an array of...


A Villain's Regrets
Kyner watched the bolt of his curse strike the upper storey of the abandoned. The stone wall crumbled and fell...


Out of the Tower, Part 2
Though the trees grew dense around me, I felt exposed. My heart fluttered at every rustle in the undergrowth, every caw of the crows...


Out of the Tower, Part 1
Once upon a time, I was told to wait for a prince to come and rescue me from my tower and so I did...


The Balcony
Today, the world beyond her balcony is a vibrant forest flooded with sunlight and birdsong. It is a stark contrast to the cold...