Stories & Articles RSS

    I Belong To The Night Written By Margeaux Wex Gazing into a saffron sunset as darkness begins to fall— A serendipitous affection awakens within me, perceiving the creature calls. Scratching, squeaking, fluttering— Their blossoming cries before me, the screeching inside the walls. My curiosity a wondering, as the black angel falls. One after the other, into the sky and flying— Gliding, twisting, diving. Swooping and plucking their prey, consuming the night— Seraphs at play, a splendiferous sight. Moonstruck, by the elegance, of it all. This sentiment entrances me, takes me, possesses me, and I give in to its call....

Garden Heroes Written by Margeaux Wex Scaling stems and covered in slime is a beast of a creature with spiral armor and lanky tentacles who maliciously munches away at your marigolds. A most destructive varmint indeed, they can assemble an army and destroy the most tenacious vegetation in a few short days. Most assuredly, you can bet on the plantal carnage they will leave behind.  But have no fear…   Painted in olive and covered in warts comes a fierce protector who fights crime against greenery and destroys the most disturbing of garden villainy, including but not limited to the...

The Story of the Killwinkle Estate Written by Margeaux Wex     Nestled upon the largest hill in Northwestern Illinois and surrounded by towering trees and impenetrable thicket lies the hidden village of Killtown.      Once known as a retreat destination off the Mississippi River, no roads lead to it and it is now left dark and abandoned.       While nature’s over-growth is keeping it’s secret from the rest of the world, the neighboring townsfolk still know the legend of the Killwinkle Estate and the formidable wrath of Eliza Killwinkle, but you’ll be hard-pressed to get them to speak a word...