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Larry stared into the burbling, black water swirling with an eerie tranquility. Weight flocked to his chest. Surely, he would be fine? It was a straight shot from point A to point B, and he was a crocodile, after all—crafted by nature to reign in the water. So why was it that fear gnawed at him so tenaciously? “I’m a crocodile,” Larry muttered under his breath, clenching his grinning jaws in a futile attempt a...

Lyonsia clambered out from the salty ocean waves, from the deep abyss as if awakened from a dreamless sleep, each droplet cascading off her shimmering scales like liquid silver. Seraphine followed. A plume of mist curled around her talons, and the land beneath them, frail and crooked, was stripped of the vibrant life she’d dared to imagine. The beach stretched before her, an expanse of golden sand, deceptively inviting beneath the smog sky. Yet, when she takes a he...

In the heart of a serene underwater realm, far below where sunlight danced upon the lapping waves, Lyonsia nestled within her secluded cave—a sanctuary made for raising a hatchling. Tucked into the belly of the cave was a giant clam cradle, near it a jar of bioluminescent jellyfish as a nightlight, and all around were squishy sponges cushioning sharp edges (for both Lyonsia’s and the fry’s safety). She stared out the small slit of the cave’s mouth, curtained with wisps of seaweed. The...

Larry wasn’t what you would call a “hands-on dad.” Sure, he could barbecue with the best of them and assemble IKEA furniture—not without some questionable leftover screws, but still—he shied away from things that required delicate manipulation, like Rosie’s math homework or, heaven forbid, repairing electronic toys. He was meant to get his paws dirty with sputtering car engines, dig into artificial monoliths and get their gears turning again, not dai...

Screaming, claws scraping against gravel, a sea of metal, mayhem erupted around Glitz as the monstrous ice dragon descended upon the city. Its cobalt wings stretched across the world as it flapped to the ground on a sunken tower, and each wingbeat brought a blizzard, stabbing her skin like thousands of tiny needles. Chaos was everywhere, with people scattering like insects disturbed by a heavy boot, their panic flooding the air with hysteria. Amicabots scrambled...