The wolves crept toward the old man’s fire, for the forest was frozen, and they would not survive the night.

Curious, he greeted them as new friends. Old hostilities forgotten, they shared the warmth.

Sunrise saw his bones picked clean. When night next fell, they died with their bellies full.

William Mitchell lives in East Sussex in the South of England. He is an award-winning author, having had early success with various Horror and Science Fiction publications before winning the Writers of the Future contest in 2012. His first novel, CREATIONS, came out in 2014 with John Hunt Publishing.