Wyrthe

Category: Short Stories

  • The Pony, the Crow, and the Wounded King

    I. The Broken Creature In the stable of a miserly man, there lived a dappled pony named Iska. Once, she had been swift, and once, she had been strong, but cruelty is a burden that even the sturdiest back cannot bear forever. Her master, a man of narrow means and narrower affections, had decided she…

  • The Purr That Made a Home

    ~A Fairy Tale in the Style of Oscar Wilde~ I. The Lonely Girl and the Whispering Imps Alyss’s apartment was small, and the walls were thin, and the light from the single window was pale and uncertain, as though it, too, was not sure it belonged. At night, she lay in bed and listened to…