Goblin Garden Novels & Stories

She was getting tired of her life, and Gabriel offered her an escape, momentary, but an escape nonetheless. She quickly became friends with his wife, Anabel, and frequented their home almost every day. Her affair with Gabriel started about a month after that. It was thrilling and dangerous, and it breathed life into her. Their encounters were brief and at times right under everyone's noses. They would step out and meet in the laundry room or in the shed of their garden. It was all wonderful and exciting, and lasted for a few months. And then she got pregnant.

And if the occupants of the house were truly gone, they wouldn't care. He suspected they'd left as he listened at the door. Nothing stirred. His ears picked up no sounds so he proceeded down the steps. He was now in the third floor hallway. The basic layout was similar to his house so he knew where he was going. This floor looked to be bedrooms only. Beds had been stripped, but the frames were still there. That spoke of leaving in a hurry. His nose crinkled from the smell. Goblin. One summer there'd been a garbage strike, and the smell of the rotting garbage had reminded him of the smell of a goblin. That couldn't bode well for Billy's future. Why would goblins want to adopt a human child?

His heart skipped a beat at what he saw below. Goblins. There must have been at least a hundred of the foul creatures, running and waving their crude swords and spears. They streamed down from a gap in the far valley wall, some distance West of where Randey stood. Where they had come from he couldn’t imagine. But though he had never actually seen a Goblin, he knew that’s what they were. He’d heard enough tales from his parents to recognize them. Their wild, guttural cries echoed from the valley walls, wafting up to Randey’s horrified ears.

He asked in a teasing manner. She wanted to throw her macaron at him, but recalling Agathus’ warning voice she held back with a frown. Alastair was glad to see that Alexis didn’t return his behaviour with a smile. ‘I should give Agathus that bonus’ he thought with a smile. ‘But more importantly…’ he frowned, knowing how difficult goblin infestations were to control. Countless deaths had been at the hands of those extremely small but strong beings. A goblin was the result of a feral dwarf. They lose their mind and shy away from the sun and then their skin changes colour and they attack any humans on sight.

“ We are sorry master but we won’t release him. He has been interacting with another world where goblins reside… those filthy creature are … ” Hayden interrupted Neil as soon as he hears the word “ Goblins ” “ How do you mean? Goblins live in the other world ? ” “ Yes they do. Those dirty creatures won’t he allowed in double world. They are as dangerous as they are ugly. Even if … ” “ Enough! ” Hayden yell to Neil’s surprise. “ Do not speak ill of the Goblins and I shall need to see my father ” Hayden stunned Neil and his two men by his words of defense towards the Goblins. He look extremely angry and murderous that Neil quickly make way for him to pass when he demanded to see his father.

"There is a spell in each one of these petals, a curse in each thorn, and salvation in the rosy hips' fruits. To you, my garden, my life. May it bear us fruit." "There's so many colors!" I gasped at the rainbow of florid blooms, taking my whale ivory dagger to a blue rose. "May I take a clipping, as a - as a keepsake?" Gullinkambi pecked at the dirt, an otherworldly cerulean worm at his beak which he gulped down, delighted, then shuffled on his blazing chicken legs and let loose a cock-a-doodle-doo.

The canyon was filled with large hoodoos and tent rocks that formed natural paths and winding roads through the canyon. The report had said that the Goblins had been coming out of the canyon to attack the nearby villages, taking stolen goods from farm animals, weapons, food and even human girls as their loot. No one had seen exactly where the goblins had retreated too, but both Gwen and Owen had already fought them, having followed them back as far as this point. "So this is where you last saw the Goblins?" Xolvion said as he took one last look at the map, seeing that they had arrived at the large X.

After that, a high fence that's over 6ft tall stood there and after that she couldn't see what lays behind the fence, but she's sure it's another set of traps. "I'm sure you already know what this is, but to be clear. You're to move into the next tyre perfectly with both of your legs while avoiding the punching bags, yes, they will start moving at a very alarming speed when you start." He explained and Elle just sighed deeply and looked up "Any questions?" "Yes, how did these pop up? They weren't here when we came earlier" "Oh.. it was actually set up earlier but we hid it with a spell" "Ohkay.." Elle said, for a moment she forgot she isn't in a normal place.