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The sleepers have awoken. Let 2025 begin!

“I’m just going for a walk. I need some air. It shouldn’t be long,” Wortog told his wife, then stepped out into the crisp Winter air. “Why do all these holidays always have to be about her family and friends? Come on, Wortog, let’s make merry. It will be fun—fun…

“I swear, Buba, I saw them earlier today just floating across the sky like a gliding raven,” proclaimed his friend. “I didn’t believe the stories we were told as children about the flying islands, but here you are, Anthraw, telling me that you saw them.” gasped Buba. The two friends…

Her father told her pirates were terrifying and mean, and when he died, her mother took over. Pirates are cruel and heartless, said her mother. Her brother took the helm when she died. Pirates are cunning and ruthless, said her brother, and when he died, she took the helm. Mary…

Teerak glided across the lake’s still water like he had done hundreds of times before. “Our people have been here since the beginning. We were strong, and this place gave us life. Why has the change taken so many,” asked the Lupin. The people of the lake were proud of…

“I hate Winter and Solstice the most,” grumbled the Snorgel. Each year, the Snorgel would come to the small stream that ran through his forest and watch the sunrise so he could cruise it. “There is no one to torment, no heggie to stick rotten berries on and watch the…

Winston was tired of fighting and the war. After the fall of Mörken and his Troth army, the forest defense forces were released and told to return home as heroes. Heading home meant a two-day hike through harsh wilderness with a blanket of fresh snow and freezing temperatures. Perhaps the…

Part Two of a two-part Christmas treat Templeton knew they were getting close to the North Pole. “We’re almost there, Klause; I feel them. The dark ones are reaching out, trying to twist our minds. Please focus on our task and nothing else,” warned the hare. “Yes, my friend, I…

Part One of a two-part Christmas treat. “I know it still exists, and I shall find the old Christmas magic and prove you wrong,” shouted the young man as he stormed from the building. Klause Kringle was the youngest son of the village Bergmeister and, like his father, was as…

Before Trifle came to live with Elly and Silas in our realm, she dwelt with the fae where she lived in the great forest and spent her days basking in the sun. Her close friend was a fae, Twilight, whose job was caring for the evening star. Twilight would fly…

The six figures traversed the snowy landscape in silence. Each one held a dangerous secret they hoped would return the Dark One from the void. After the Old Ones sent Mörken and his Troth into the void, the Waldvolker breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the times of trouble…

“I’m sure it’s nothing, Gojeck. Your imagination has you spooked. Now, let’s stop off for a pint and a pie at the Hollow Oak,” his friend suggested. “I don’t feel up to Malak. I’d better get home and tell Anya the bad news so she can start planning for the…

William stood eating his breakfast along the hedgerow when an odd-looking fellow came and sat down on a nearby bench. The goat continued munching away, thinking nothing of the encounter until the man said, “Let me tell you something, mister goat. I have traveled and never been asked what I…

Polyphemus wasn’t the only Cyclops. An entire community lived peacefully on the isle of Sicily near Mount Etna. When the Olympian gods left this realm, many other demi-gods followed, but some stayed in defiance, saying they preferred life with man over the immortals. Arges, an elder whose name means “bright”…

I banished Mörken the Dark One a while back to the void where I thought he would stay. But, like Professor Moriarty, a good villain is nearly impossible to shut away. With his evil dark elves, the Troth, Mörken’s greed and arrogance allowed me to explore the darkness that lives…