This month's theme is "Children" - sweet children, naughty children, lost children, magic children... All things child-like and child-related.

'Two By Magic' by Carolyn Traud
Series, complete: fantasy
A spoiled Princess and a wily Thief are thrown together under strange circumstances. The two must learn to work together, or they may not survive...

'Mountains in Memory' by Adena Dipasquale
Stand Alone: fantasy
Half-Elven Lirana learns lessons of love and tears as she grows.

'Nightling' by Angela Cosenzo
Stand Alone: fantasy
A retired assassin with a weakness for children adopts Elsin and Tybalt, a street urchin and a royal child, with the intent to train them in the assassin's craft.

'Opine' by Emily R. Mackey
Series: fantasy
Aulina is a child who lacks for nothing - a loving guardian, a good home, plenty to eat, and a gift for the smithcraft. But the life that awaits her may bring anything but happiness...

'The Green-Haired Girl' by Deborah Dixon
Stand Alone: fantasy
Treena tries to please, but nothing she does seems to work. And she knows she's in for trouble when she looses the spotted cow...

'Different Sight' by Emily Bisset
Stand Alone: fantasy
The Dragons give a blind child a greater gift than sight.

Minotaur Lullabye by Anna Kathryn Smith
poem
A lullabye of a Minotaur clan reknowned for their songs.

'Twin of Three' by Lisa Shannon Callju
Story, unfinished: sci-fi
Who is Avriel Taren LorEnti? Avriel eavesdrops on her mother's confrontation with authorities, only to learn something shocking... about herself.

'Coming Home' by Sanna Barsk
Story, unfinished: fantasy
"If you feed me, I'll do anything." So says the girl, Ron, when called upon to make a complicated decision.

'Odds and Ends' by Kelsey Erin Peters
Story, humorous, unfinished: fantasy
A Royal Pain of a Princess gets a new Stepmother.

'What Children See' by Sabrina E.G.O. Withers
Stand Alone: fantasy
A little boy sees into the heart of a king.

'Saga of Creare Chapter 2: A Chance Meeting' by Michael Wainwright
Series, unfinished: fantasy
A mother will do anything for the sake of her child.

'Once Upon A Time' by Debbie Fletcher
poem
Imagine a winter night, a hearth fire, children gathered round a rocking chair, and tales to be told...

Thank you to everyone who recommended stories this month, even those that didn't make the final cut. We thoroughly enjoyed reading them and we just wish we'd had room to include them all.

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Brandie Minchew is a starry-eyed believer in fairy tales, world peace, and justice for all.

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