Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
BORN OF THE MOORS
Coarse fur bristled where there should’ve been bare skin. Bone cracked. Stretched. Twisted into hock, stifle, and snout. Arnulf screamed. He screamed even louder when his teeth crumbled to dust and new ones burst from the vacant sockets. Wolfish teeth, fit to rend flesh and crush bone.
Eat, the twin moons crooned, but he couldn’t rise with them, only howl in frustration and torment.
Snow crunched as someone stalked out of the forest. A woman in black wool, white linen, and silvered steel.
Eat! Instead, he whined. “The curse…”
“There’s but one cure, Messere.”
Her sword hissed from its sheath.
Austin Worley writes everything from heroic fantasy to romance and poetry. A native Oklahoman, he fills his downtime with books and nights under the stars. His short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Fantastic Detectives, Sword & Scandal, and Broadswords and Blasters. Several of these stories have earned Honorable Mentions from the Writers of the Future Contest.
If you enjoyed this story you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash anthology.
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