Otherworldly Creatures Novels & Stories

They were fucking WEREWOLVES! How did I really not see it though? … If werewolves were real, then, what else was? Vampires, Witches? Hell, why not Leprechauns, giants and unicorns too! Was there this whole other world of supernatural creatures that we didn’t know about, living amongst us? No, this was insane. This wasn’t real. This isn’t Twilight or True Blood or Vampire Diaries or fucking Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this was the real world and these things can’t be real!

“Maybe he kept nothing important on it? Or he didn’t believe anyone would be interested in what he was doing?” “That’s sloppy. We have an internet connection on this computer. Okay, here’s something. Shadow people or shadow beings. They come from various cultures. The beliefs of what these things vary. From demons pretending to be ghosts, otherworldly beings with unknown intents, aliens, and finally, drug-fueled hallucinations.” Becky half-heartedly read this off the screen. “Well, I think we can pinpoint this to otherworldly creatures with unknown intent.” “Really? I thought they’re frightening people into doing something stupid to scare, injure, or kill them

The creatures’ aversion to bright light makes our scientists wonder if their world is unnaturally dark. Our scientists also theorize that Anomalies may have occurred naturally in the distant past, though rarely. They think the creatures that entered our world back then formed the basis of the myths and legends that still fill humankind’s nightmares, which is why so many of the monsters that come through now are familiar to us. Tales of vampires, werewolves, dragons and trolls, to name just a few, may have been inspired by real-life creatures who came through one of those naturally occurring portals long ago.

Dozens… no, hundreds of them. Some were glowing figures with wings made of pure light—neither angel nor fairy but something far more divine. Others were in their wolf forms, massive and ethereal, fur flowing like smoke. Some shimmered in human form, their eyes glowing gold, silver, or midnight blue. Every one of them sparkled like stardust, as if they were made from the bones of the cosmos itself. This was not Earth. This was before Earth. Or beyond it. “Where… am I?” I whispered to no one. But the wind seemed to hear me. It answered with soft whispers in a language I didn’t know but somehow understood.

If you ignore the spasmodic muscles of its face, it can indeed be called a smiling expression. "You see, it's imitating, it's learning..." Yes, a completely 'new' creature. I can already imagine what knowing it will do to my career. “Oh, I almost forgot one thing,” said Alice, patting me on the shoulder and pulling me out of my frenzy, “It's a little hard to say... because when I synthesized it, I accidentally mixed it with Tardigrade. Do you know tardigrade?” “Very hardy creatures that can survive even in the radiation-filled environment of space.”

They didn’t sound spoken, they felt remembered. “Aetherborn was the world of all magical creatures, the way Earth belongs to mankind. Its lands thrummed with living energy, its oceans glittered with molten light. The skies were home to dragons, and the seas whispered with spirits older than the moon. Here, every being, witch, fae, vampire, dragon, beast, or djinn was born of the same essence: Aether.” The scenery bloomed around her as the voice spoke.

Would always know if I was facing a creature. Yet Cara… I kissed the soft skin behind her ear, buried my nose in her hair to test it again, unwilling to accept… but there was no change. Cara was merely Cara. No sign of the thing that had tried to take over her body. She smelled utterly human, despite clearly being something… other. I’d never seen anything like it. The wolves were the most plentiful of the supernaturals that actually existed, but there were others. Creatures that had spurred myth—similar, but never the same as the legends wanted humans to believe. It was part of why we’d all been able to hide.

"When I chose to? Are you trying to tell me that I know who he is and still chose to marry him?" "Yes, my dear," Mom affirmed, and a slow terrifying laugh escaped me. "You know, we're living in the city where not only humans live. There are other creatures too, and they are called the paranormals. There are the werewolves, the vampires, witches, and so many other creatures. And all of these creatures live freely with the humans. They all coexist and... " She paused, taking a deep breath. "My dear, there is truly a lot to explain."

"The old world. The realm where supernatural beings ruled before humanity's rise. Before humans learned to make fire and build weapons. Before they multiplied and spread across the earth like a plague." She gestured, and a crack appeared in reality. Through it, I glimpsed something impossible. A forest, but not of this earth. Trees that glowed with bioluminescent bark. Sky that swirled with colors that had no names. Creatures moving through the undergrowth that belonged in myths and nightmares.

Ryan muttered beside me. "I'll break it down to you in the most concise way." Audrey offered. "So the thing is, the Supernatural realm consisted of a couple other creatures, asides the werewolves, vampires, faes, and witches. There were Dragons, who are now extinct by the way. There were also Tinotaurs. Now the Tinotaurs were a much improved version of wolves. They had the head of a wolf and a human body." "Okay." I nodded, urging her to go on.