A winter solstice short story. Under the aurora, King Roderick meets a winter witch; he must choose glade's icy shield or war's endless conquest.

On the edge of giving up, a weary street girl is reclaimed by magic when the sky erupts in coloured ribbons guiding her home.

In 1535, George Boleyn, his sister Anne, and the exiled god Zephyr plot to overthrow the Tudor Dynasty, destroy the Church and set up the first Witch Dynasty in the Western World.

Determined to break the curse plaguing the Winter Solstice, Ellyn traps the beast she thought responsible for it. But when the revelations are nothing like she expected, she will have no other choice than collaborating with the very being she trapped and walk through the darkness she was taught to fear.

While the Darkness looms in Emberlee, the group has decided to celebrate Winter Solstice — if only to remind them of what still matters. Unsure of how to defeat the Darkness and its creatures, they discover that they already have everything they need. Each other. Join Hazel, Ronan, Lavender, Torran, and Kal on a Winter Solstice adventure in Emberlee!

In the respite of the city’s prevailing, the Saviour of Idun wishes for nothing more than to host the perfect Winter Solstice Feast as her first feat of a newly significant figure.

Phee is spending Christmas alone, something she isn't happy about. Will she find her Christmas spirit, and will her Solstice wish come true? This short story is the prequel to Thryn Knox's new cosy, witchy novella series, 'The End of Little Folk Lane', launching in Spring 2026.