The Vermin of Arklington

The Upways was a narrow strip of the city. It was where the Drowns straightened their alleys, had its streets drier and most of the street-lights working, casting the swaying…

The first days after she had moved into Three Knocks were so strange to her. The strangest of all was the lack of all-present mud that dominated the Drowns. For…

Jay bit the end of the magic scribbler and stared vacantly into the empty piece of paper. ‘What are you doing? Daydreaming?’ Lethe’s voice called her back from her reverie.…

Jay woke up with a moan of pain.  It was as if a swarm of nasty little beetles invaded her arms. She slipped out of Lethe’s embrace and rushed to…

As they entered the sandstone passage, Jay started to calm down a bit. The caves were deep and there was darkness so thick that the light of the orbs rarely…

Jay breathed in the freezing air, feeling the needles of the cold prickling her nose. ‘No time like now’ said Lethe, wrangling the sewer grate aside. Tentatively, Jay looked into…

The pale and snowy morning found Jay over eggs, little ‘frog onions’ and bread with a sizable mug of dandelion root tea. She was sitting on the rickety chair in…