Historias de Cockatrices

|| ✨ 2022 WATTYS WINNER ✨ || || x8 FEATURED || Kill the monsters. Claim the bounty. Escape to Alaska. ------------ Ten years ago, an event known as The Turning upset the balance of Earth's ecosystems. Demons emerged from the depths of Hell, dragging along with them obscure creatures from old myths and legends. In the midst of all this chaos, eighteen-year-old Raine Barlow makes a living by hunting monsters. No price is too high, no monster is too deadly. Her goal is simple: to make enough money to escape to Alaska -- where her parents are rumored to be held. And Raine just might be able to do it: the mayor of Eureka has agreed to pay her $10,000 to escort his young daughter to the City of Dust -- a former metropolis surrounded by walls and secrets. Armed with poison-tipped crossbow bolts, her own brand of small magic, and an aging battle-elk named Winston, Raine and her charge must trek across the dust-covered and desolate stretches of a California highway, all the while trying to avoid the monsters and demons who are trying to take over the world. Cover created by @Shreya_VA

** FIRST PLACE WINNER: #OFMONSTERSANDUS CONTEST ** The Turning: an event which upset the balance of the world's ecosystems and brought forth deadly creatures from the depths of mythology. In the present day, a lone woman and her battle elk trek across the dust-covered and desolate stretches of a California highway, all the while trying to avoid the monstrous cockatrices which lurk in the shadows. Created for @fantasy 's #ofmonstersandus Contest.