There are large and small crickets, each was unique.

The beast within became the beast without; ferocity and might blossoming in corpore upon the flesh.

Some sovereigns prefer a different sort of tax from their subjects - whether freely given, or taken by force.

A lot of travelling singers have a flame or incessant longing in their heart.This woman's heart holds something more as well.

What is a forest’s firm support, yet walks ‘round on its own accord?
What’s possessed of a titan’s might, stands before you, yet out of sight?
What soundly spanks with gnarled root a behind that is not good?

Another scary child's toy...

An evil that nurtures evil, a dark mother that is cradle to shadow.

For your pleasure and entertainment, here we present, thirty fiendlings seasoned with a whiff of brimstone, teasingly clad in shadow, accompanied by tunes played on pipes of angel-bone; likewise do we tell of the gifts they might bestow upon one in their favor.

So get them before Hell freezes over!

Seldom does one see a Dunshar 'nude', as an amorphous masses of jelly. They can animate mud, earth, stone or metal, and use them as a body to shield their fragile self.

A place more holy than any other

Known in folk-lore as the Blighted Storm-Serpents, the reclusive Kumbra are far more than any might guess.

To all space explorers, rogue traders and Federation colonisation and expeditionary force officers!

Thirty new alien species have been discovered. You are well-advised to inform yourselves, as to engage these entities correctly, without risk of harm to yourself or to the interests of Terra.

Ten of the described species are human in origin, yet modified to such a degree that they no longer need to be considered human.

Another ten are civilisation-building aliens competing with Terra for available space.

The final ten entries are remarkable life forms that display sapience, without using it to create civilisations. Caution is advised.

Two young nobles, enmity between their families. Where have we seen this before?

Alive with emotion -
Constantly in motion -
With inner voice, 'hind innocent face -
a cunning mind -
Metal fairies in the depths of space?

It is the tortured and imperfect souls who most often cannot find a clear path to the afterlife. Weighted down by sins unforgiven, sins for whose forgiveness they never ask, sins they never regretted.
To be added to Remaking Undead when finished

Once a tool awakened on purpose, the looming stones have outlived their masters but not their purpose

“Swiftly, repent! The Saintmaker is coming!”

In seeking to escape serving the Lord of Ravens many a hope flickered and died, for those who oppose him end up serving him after all.

When the gods were born, so was Spark ... though of little power, he did not lack drive, and so did not those whom he favored...