And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring…
Until someone whispered, “Trick or Treat”.

Here are five more stories from the fertile imagination of Darragh Metzger, inspired by the magic of our favorite holidays:

 The Return of the King:  Mab, the Queen of Dreams and Madness, has devised a cunning plan to restore faerie to power in the modern world on April the First.  There's only one problem…

Trick’ed Treat:  When little costumed callers arrive on your doorstep on Halloween, it's never wise to choose the trick over the treat.

Dreams Come in Painted Clay:  A woman in a house emptied by death and surrounded by memories of Christmas past learns something new about grief…and love.

Nutcracker Sweet:  Julie returns to the scene of her glory days as a prima ballerina with her students in tow, only to be offered a double-edged Christmas gift by the strange and glamorous dancer who replaced her.

Cody’s Day:  A dog's gotta do what a dog's gotta do.  Cody has one chance to give his beloved master and mistress the best Valentine's present ever.

Merry Christmoose:  Armed with the best of the great poets of yore, an unusual suitor begs the help of a farmer in the pursuit of his true love.

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