Every evening, as the sun disappeared behind the endless stretch of desert, an uneasy silence settled over the small village. Children hurried indoors, lamps were dimmed, and every family checked their doors more than once before going to bed. It wasn’t an old superstition that kept them awake at night. Two fierce demons roamed the Read more…

Long ago, in a forest where nights fell fast and stayed heavy, there lived an old woman. She had no family and no visitors, yet she wasn’t entirely alone. A horse she had raised since it was small lived with her, and over the years, she had come to care for it like her own. Read more…

There once lived a poor barber and his wife in a small village where hunger was an everyday visitor. Some houses welcomed it quietly. This one did not. The barber’s wife spoke of it constantly—how little there was to eat, how empty the vessels felt by nightfall, how different life had been in her father’s Read more…

A long time ago, a little goat used to live with its mother. They had been leading a fairly peaceful life. The mother goat often warned her daughter against treading beyond the fence. The little goat, however, was born with the heart of an adventurer. She wanted to travel the world and explore new places. Read more…