Episode 8 — “How am I supposed to be a gargoyle anymore? We are meant to be stoic protectors, nothing more.” The gargoyle sat, or more like perched, on a chair, its large wings spread out behind itself. …

Episode 7 — “I need a cure. Fast. Now. Immediately. Whatever the humans do, do it for me.” The satyr sat on a couch, in brown pants but no shirt, his chest as chiseled as a statue of a Greek God. …

Episode 6 — “I don’t know what happened. I just panicked and had to get out of the ocean immediately, and once the legs came in, that’s it. I haven’t been able to get my tail back.” The mermaid sat in a chair, clothed in a shimmery white dress, her dark skin glowing…

Part 1: A Long Live the King Origin Story (Part 1) 40 Years Ago . . .medium.com Part 2: A Long Live the King Origin Story (Part 2) Part 1:medium.com Eventually, August went to Yale to study politics and law, and Edmund graduated both high school and college early and then joined the Army, and was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. But when he came home after his third tour, he wasn’t the same. …

Part 1: A Long Live the King Origin Story (Part 1) 40 Years Ago . . .medium.com Five years later . . . Arthur raised his son, August, on his own — or more accurately, he threw himself even more into politics to avoid the grief, and hired a sweet nanny, Jane, to take care of August for him. One day when August was five…

40 Years Ago . . . A woman in her late 20’s sat at a simple wood desk in her living room, her long dark hair bobbing around her head in thick curls, and her chocolate brown eyes clouded with sadness. …

Episode 5 — “They just don’t understand. All they want to do is eat brains, and I’m all, why do we have to eat brains? Why can’t we wait until someone has died? Why do we need to eat human brains? Why can’t we find another food source? …

Episode 4 — “I just clam up and don’t know what to do or say. My heart starts racing, and my mind goes blank. I start sweating, which is so strange because gnomes don’t have many sweat glands. I barely ever had any sweat when I was living and working in the forest.” …

Episode 3 — A woman sat in a chair with a large purse in her lap. Her clothes were old-fashioned, like from the 1950’s, and she seemed poised, but was alarmed. “Every time I bring someone back, I go right to sleep. It just knocks me right out. That never used to happen…