The forest felt cool, shadows curling around me as I walked alone. A child’s whisper slithered through trees, soft, but calling my name. I followed the calling voice, leaves squishing under my feet, until it stopped, as I reached a twisted, ancient tree. My heart pounded. Why has I been led here?

I sat on a rotting box, thoughts booming in my skull, rear rising like a tide. The silence pressed cl...

For years, she had been lost, in a way. She had a family, a house, a normal life like any other person on the earth. In her dream one night, she saw a lady talking to her. She didn’t make out the words, but she was determined to figure out what was going on. The woman in her dream was an older woman, with gray hair in a long braid down her back, and she had a warm smile.

She was going to find her...