In the dusky predawn, the Carnival changes. The rides speed up. The music turns frantic, and the dancers match the pace. Fairies, earlier drifting and enjoying the sights, clear the rows between tents and stalls as a new crowd strides the carnival grounds ( Read more... )

Summer in the Wood has always belonged to the Fox, and the weather has taken a distinct turn in that direction now ( Read more... )

As evening approaches, the barracks are greeted to an unfortunate sight- beasts crawling out of the wood, their eyes glowing in the darkness and surrounding the barracks. They don't attack or lunge at the doors, just stand in droves around every possible corner of the little township and stare, waiting.

If you open the gate, they won't rush in, but ( Read more... )

Either the Doctor didn't get the memo about the monster attacks around the barracks, or he simply doesn't care. Guess which is more likely. He seems to have made it through the woods and to the barracks without incident, though. At least, he's not injured, and his suit's no more tattered than it was before, so at the very least, if he ran into any ( Read more... )

Meredith is stalking from one cabin to the next, sticking her head in through windows or doors or whatever's open, glancing around just long enough to be sure that the person she's looking for is not there, and then hurrying on to the next cabin to check there.

Whether or not anyone's in those cabins at the time... she doesn't really care. She's ( Read more... )

Something has been lurking in the cornfield for the past week, growing and maturing and regrouping. Tonight, at roughly midnight, they venture out of the safety of that familiar place for the first time ( Read more... )

There's a book in the library that wasn't there before, sitting on the table where anyone walking through the door can't help but notice it. It's huge, leatherbound, and - perhaps most importantly - it's completely intact, ending included. It carries with it a feeling of overwhelming forboding and, to anyone with psychic abilities, a vague and ( Read more... )