Favorites The Library of Forgotten FablesNo one knew where it had come from. It had stood at the edge of the city for ages, to the point some sources even believed it had existed before the city. Though, of course, there was no way to be certain. Curse of PeaceShe could feel her strength fading, thin rivulets of crimson seeping free of the wound in her abdomen. Her clothes grew sticky and sodden with the essence that had once brought her life. The God of NothingYou weren’t sure when you received the title or how. You didn’t know where your power came from or why. You only understood what your role was, and nothing more. Perfect Little RoseYou stared at your partner, unsure of how to feel. Your entire life, you’d built yourself up into the perfect human being. At the behest of your mother, you’d striven for excellence in everything. You never settled for anything less than perfection, and you didn’t know how to. Damage Control“Look, even damage control in a situation such as this is extremely finicky.”She paced back and forth in her office, contemplating the suggestion. As much as she was grateful for the opportunity, heading up an entire branch of the Time Bureau had its stressful points. This was one of them. You Got a PackageThe knocking on the door couldn’t have come at a worse time. Who in their right mind would disrupt a mother during birth? Everyone, including the doctor and nurses, couldn’t help but stare at the door, wondering who had decided to intrude. New Stories The Sound of GravityIt was an honest mistake on our parts. How were we to know that life elsewhere didn’t speak through sound? How were we to know that we were the odd ones out, instead of them? Eldritch HumansYou always assumed that the others were lying when they spoke about humanity like some cosmic horror. The thought was absolutely absurd. Every civilized species across the galaxy knew that any wound larger than a cut would leave someone bedridden for months, let alone such an injury as a lost limb. Victims of the TreeWhen the tree came for humanity, it was a simple ash tree, growing from the ground in Northern Europe. We thought nothing of it at first, because it presented as a simple ash tree. From the way its leaves grew to the way its roots soaked up water and nutrients, it was nothing more than a sapling meant to help a forest heal after a wildfire. Court of LiesYou stared at the runes before you, wishing beyond all hope that you weren’t reading them right. There was a pretty good chance of that, after all. They were hundreds, if not thousands, of years old, in a language no one spoke anymore. You were probably pronouncing them all wrong, too. BrainchildThis was the first time you’d encountered one of these asexual individuals yourself. You’d heard all about them from those Fey beneath you, though you’d always treated them as nothing more than myths or folktales. You knew that they could fall for the same romantic traps as anyone else, but it was the child-making that filled them with no interest. The Greatest Magic“There’s an elegant simple-mindedness to your logic, respectfully. I am fully aware of the magic I can wield, and I understand entirely that the person I’ve chosen pales in comparison to countless others in that same regard. But that isn’t what love is.