Sloane Cambell sat in a comfortable office chair across from Martan Kosmatka. Though they were underground, with the room’s only illumination being three computer screens behind him, Martan wore sunglasses. A snake head hovered behind his left shoulder, its gaze fixed on Sloane. The tail attached to the back of Martan’s head and had given her the initial impression that it was a ponytail. She had never met a gorgon before and, until today, had not known that male gorgons wer

[Content Warning: strong language, violence, gore] Amber eyes pierced the swirling dust cloud, pinning Jordan Deakes in place. Beneath his feet, the broken road continued to shudder as the creature wrenched itself from the hole it had torn open. ‘What the hell is that?’ Jaq’s hoarse voice barely registered over the crack of bone snapping against bone. The beast advanced, its head appearing through the murk. Between the eyes and a black mouth, sinewy feelers extended left an

Jordan Deakes knew he was being watched. It was a feeling he was getting familiar with. His legs ached and his lungs burned but he pushed himself to run further. One more circuit of the park to determine who was spying on him. On the swings, five children egged each other to go higher and the roundabout held another three. An elderly couple rested on a park bench, looking over the sloping ground at the city laid out before them. Two teenage boys rode pushbikes, racing a girl