Pat Barnett

Pat Barnett

Winter Sprite

As with all species of sprites, the Winter Set can only be brought into existence when the conditions are absolutely perfect. So it was on that particular January afternoon, just as the sun was casting its last beam of the…

Never Too Mighty

Oberon stared up at the tree. ‘Who hung him?’ ‘I did.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he stole something precious, he broke the rules.’ ‘Why have I been brought here?’ ‘Because you stole something precious, you broke the rules. Come with me and…

Black Friday

An animated metal statue of a bull charges a lone protester

He kicks the ground with characteristic impatience sending dust clouds across the floor and snorts before it can settle. Head bowed and horns steady he charges as the clamour of metal against brass rings around the world; thus heralding that…

Convergence

A web of lights

Convergence It was, for her, a matter of survival that her home was perfectly aligned so that every pathway she took would lead to a cache of stored treasure. Her mathematical genius was second nature, almost as important as the…