Ethereal Chronicles

Author: jasmineecer

  • El Silbón; The Whistler

    Disdain never touched me as a child. Not even once. Perhaps that was my problem, that I had been wrapped so tightly in a world of love that I began suffocating in its sweetness; the warmth so cloying, the affection so rich it began to spoil me from the inside.…

  • Krampus

    Each Christmas Eve, the houses would grow still, falling silent in anticipation of St. Nicholas’ visit. When the final light flickered into blackness and a soft whisper of snow swirled in the frosty air, so St. Nicholas would come. And just as quickly, he would leave, the houses behind him…

  • The Curse of the House of Atreus

    TANTALUS AND PELOPS The curse of Atreus is a long tale steeped in tragedy, the stain of Tantalus’ treachery being the first to befall the family. Tantalus was a mortal; a foolish mortal at that, tainted too harshly by his pride. He wished to test the omniscience of the formidable…

  • Poludnitsa; Lady of the Fields

    I had barely been in town for a week before Mr. Ivanova sent me out to work in the fields. Few people wished to work there, he said, and the town could use with some fresh faced volunteers. At first, of course, I thought little of his words. The summer…

  • The Erlking; Child Snatcher

    In the bleak hours that followed daybreak, a weary father and his young son travelled home on horseback after a long day of berry-picking in the woods. A thick blanket of mist had settled over the moors, casting a ghostly veil across the landscape, while a bitter chill seeped through…

  • Lamia

    By the time she reached the chamber, heart thumping and her face streaked with tears, it was already too late. The door hung slightly ajar, and from within the room seeped the sickly, metallic scent of blood. Lamia stifled a sob as she pushed the door wider, and it swung…

  • Loki’s Punishment

    Loki is a figure in Norse mythology. Now Loki had played many tricks on the Gods, but his greatest – and perhaps most cruel – was the one involving Odin’s son, Baldur. Baldur had been plagued by restless nights, waking in sweat soaked sheets with the bitter taste of death…

  • Cailleach; Winter Queen of the Celts

    The people had slept in silence until a great tremor rumbled through the town, shaking the ground beneath them. They did not dare turn on their lights, knowing all too well who had come to pass by. Instead they peered cautiously through their windows, looking out at the enormous woman…

  • Bean Nighe; The Washerwomen

    The Washer-Women were beautiful creatures by day, radiating beauty that captivated all who beheld them. But as night descended, their former beauty deteriorated so that they were nothing more than aged crones. Yet their task, never changing, saw them continue to toil beneath the moonlight until the streams they inhabited…

  • Kuchisake Onna; Slit Mouthed Woman

    I had ventured home late; perhaps around 3, 4 in the early hours of the morning, when the birds had begun to sing and the usual hum of daily life had faded into stillness. The road I walked was empty, enveloped in a deadly silence, but it was a comfort…