She caught the nightmare with a carefully baited trap: her little sister after she kept her up really late watching Halloween with her. It worked, and it was totally worth it, even if it did make her mother ground her for a month. And her little sister's constant nightmares for the next week gave her something to feed the nightmare colt with while ( Read more... )

The children entered the holiest of holies, the sepulcher of light, with tears in their eyes. They snuffled to themselves as they walked in the single file up to the high priest. Their parents knew the importance of following the traditions that kept them safe, that kept the evil dark at bay, but they could not help showing their fear and sorrow ( Read more... )