Author

Jess Hyslop

Jess Hyslop is a writer and sometime blogger living in the UK, where she spends the majority of her time avoiding the realities of life after university. She studied English at the University of Cambridge, and was there awarded the Quiller-Couch prize for creative writing in 2010. Her winning story, "Augury," has since been published by Shortfire Press. Her short fiction has also appeared in Bewildering Stories, Abandoned Towers, and Doctor Fantastique Books�s "Steampunk Shakespeare" anthology. She tweets @JinxedJester.

How to Love a Necromancer

The first time he knocks at your door, be cautious. Your mother will pluck at your sleeve, hiss at you to come away--but do not feel you have to obey her. Do not feel you have to open the door either. Watch him instead through the window. Note the oil in his hair, his newly…

Ichor

***Editor's Note: Disturbing. For adults.*** Now "Peter Whitt, you have been sentenced to death by the order of the High Priesthood. Your crime is that of the grossest treason: the attempted assassination of our most treasured Angel Ikrael, upon whom this nation's spiritual…

The Sandman's Dreams

When the Sandman returns, Susan knows it. On Tuesday night, after she puts Liam to bed and slips under the duvet beside Neil (already snoring, bless him), she dreams of a swan. The bird's feathers are silver-bright, and it glides down a current of crystal-clear water, and in the…