Birds were fairies' natural predators. They had sharp beaks to pluck the small creatures' limbs away from their bodies and claws to pick up their victims and wings to fly them to whatever vile place birds came from.

Oh, to fly. Many fairies long dreamed of being able to fly. To scatter their pixie dust in the eyes of birds as they flew circles around the feathery devils. To be able to take bites ...

"I was never a fan of humanity's focus on accomplishment," the aged voice crackled over the radio. It was a historian. An educator, and a skeptic with a southern drawl, "we've always pushed towards whatever shiny future we think we can create, without ever thinking of if we should."

A young man with pale skin, long black hair and a girlish face rested his hands on the steering wheel of his car re...

Hot tea bubbled in a pot on a lime green plastic table, around which were seated small stuffed animals. A lion with a stringy golden mane, a bear with beady mismatched button eyes, a gray hare with ears twice as long as its body, and a monkey with a grin that seemed to grow with every passing second.

A young girl with chin-length chocolate hair pranced around the table wearing a frilly pink apron...

My entire body was blissfully numb. I couldn’t tell which way was up, which way was down, or where I was. The difference between having my eyes closed or open didn’t matter anymore. My entire body was blissfully numb.

“You’re back.” I heard a melodic, smoky voice behind me. I couldn’t turn my head, but I listened as the voice continued, seeming to circle me until it was somewhere to my left. “Are...

Nothing makes sense anymore. A kaleidoscope of colors and shapes, simultaneously clear and blurry flood over the person I see. Pricks of a thousand needles run through my fingertips, each sensation dying my blood into different hues.

Nothing makes sense anymore. When I look into the mirror, I don’t see a person. I don’t see a man or a woman- I don’t even see a room. I can’t make anything out in t...