The fires blazed a deep and bloody
red, inflicting on the world a twisted sort of light. Alice clutched
her sleeves as she fell into the shadows for some small comfort. She
knew what would come next, and she hated it.
The fires flickered in the distance,
swirling up for a moment before vanishing and leaving all the world
around her in utter darkness. For a moment she looked skyward, her
mind wistful for the forgotten sight of the moon. It should be a
full moon tonight, she thought to herself,

“I think I see it, but it’s wedged
in there pretty bad,” the doctor said as she straddled a large dull
tooth, one foot safely on the ground while the other dangled in the
long maw of a wolf the size of the very hill it rested upon. Dan
sighed at the news as he glanced up at the wolf’s large yellow
watery eyes. The wolf hated having to rest awkwardly on the hill like
this, Dan knew, and she hated having to hold her maw open while
someone poked and prodded her ceaselessly. Every now and th