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  • The Keres; Demons of the Battlefield

    The air had grown thick, hot with the stench of death and fire that suffocated us all. The sun, red and swollen like the wounds that streaked my chest and… Read more

  • Shtriga

    I was tasked with helping a young woman in distress, tormented with insomnia which she insistently claimed was caused by a demon on her ceiling. Now I had encountered many… Read more

  • El Sombrerón

    Rosalia was a woman of such remarkable beauty that left every man in town captivated by her. She had received countless abundances of flowers from admirers, endured the longing, often… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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;… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

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