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Beneath the Archtopis lives the hermit Torpuk. Scavenger of rats and mushrooms, his mind has become twisted toward those who live in the light. Mörken has tried to win him over, but his efforts left ten Troth warriors headless. The creature becomes more restless as the war moves closer to the Archtopis. “Enough waiting. The time has come to silence this foolishness. My rats are leaving me. That can’t be allowed,” whispers the troll.

Long ago and far away, a cranky old tree lived in a land forgotten by most. No one liked the tree, so no one talked to it. Well, almost no one. A cantankerous crow named Phiby lived in a nearby forest and loved to harang the old tree. Day or night, the two would argue about the weather or other nonsensical things. The ones who suffered were the forest folk, having to put up with the racket constantly. But as old Granny Knot says, “Better them yapping than to leave them on their own.” I think she was worried they’d come to talk to her.

The Rusalki: A traveling scholar falls prey to a Rusalki and is saved by the water spirit’s sister. He must now place judgment upon her. To the Queen’s and sisters’ awe, the man proposes a unique solution that will bring pleasure to many. Read the full story at the Tea Time Tales story archive.

Zwedel was the youngest and smallest graduate of Miss Filligree’s Homeopathic School for Wizardry. While most serious wizards scoffed at her methods, many wise women nodded to her ways. When Zwedel stumbled into the Folksbury Vale apothecary and dried goods requesting powdered death angel to rid Mrs. Tweedy’s barn of black slugs, the chemist gave a long stare of disbelief. In a new storyline from Auntie Millie’s Tea Time Tales comes the Misadventures of Zwedel Novice Wizard, only at Folksburywood blog and story archive.

Baba Yaga prepares a forest dweller to become another of her minions. At the summer solstice, the witch of the East can summon the power to control a beast’s mind and twist it toward her evil purposes. What will become of others if she is not stopped?