The rules for objects being wished away were much looser than they were for people and other sentient creatures. Sarah was personally familiar with the correct words and intent required for the latter, but the former could be achieved with a certain level of frustration, creative swearing and a decent throwing arm ( Read more... )

Sarah had been concerned about Jareth’s meeting. It was one of those things that he really needed to attend, but he had little interest and the speaker, while extremely knowledgeable in his area of expertise, was so boring that anyone present yearned for the excitement of watching paint dry ( Read more... )

Sarah stomped up the castle stairs. While she was confident in porting herself, especially within the Goblin Kingdom, after the day she’d had, she felt in need of a good stomp ( Read more... )

The small community near the border of the Goblin Kingdom was a picturesque, agrarian idyll of neat stone cottages surrounded by a patchwork of fields. It was a threat to those crops that had drawn the monarchs, most of their domestic guardians and a large contingent of warm bodies eager to assist ( Read more... )

Once Sarah had finally moved Underground permanently she’d always assumed that the things she’d miss most would be technology related, but magic had a way of filling in the gaps. Media from Above readily made its way into the Labyrinth’s vast library and current events took on a less urgent tone when she wasn’t either directly impacted or ( Read more... )

When Sarah had first seen a goblin sporting a bright, neon splash of colour on its colander helmet, she’d blinked as the goblin raced past her, then almost immediately dismissed the incident. She just assumed it was a fresh find from the junkyard based on anything in contact with a goblin for an extended period of time unsurprisingly ended up dirt ( Read more... )

The gathering had broken up quite rapidly in the aftermath of a minor heiress with a penchant for plastic surgery, collecting trophy husbands and manipulating family members for entertainment, coming up hard against the wrath of a Goblin Queen. While she was under no illusions that she’d personally burned bridges with this particular branch of ( Read more... )

As she looked over the venue, Sarah didn’t bother to conceal her sneer of disdain. The façade of the building clearly showed that it was once an art deco ballroom, but that illusion was shattered when you walked through the doors. It looked like the interior had been scooped out, to be replaced by something thrown together by the lowest bidding ( Read more... )

Sarah was currently wondering about her life choices. What was supposed to be a quick visit Above to catch up with her family, went a tad sideways when her awareness of the time zone difference had been out of whack enough that what she had thought was a free weekend turned out to be anything but ( Read more... )

Sarah had finished for the day when she stepped into the studio to see if she could entice Jareth to join her for dinner. He had a terrible habit of forgetting to eat when he was working on a project and always appreciated the respite when she dragged him away ( Read more... )