Releasethebeast Stories

What happens that started the time loop. How did it all begin for the Magicians that led them to repeat history over and over to stop the beast? Battle of the Beast cont...

Within the 39 lives Quentin Coldwater has lived, he crosses the path of a Magician sought out to protect him from the Beast by the forever cryptic Eliza. My entry for...

Challenge is to create a 1,500 word short story telling us about one of the other times that Quentin and his friends battled the Beast. Some things should NOT be born.

Ella Hoover is a single mother with 4 boys about to live the worst night of her life... the purge.

Alex Coldwater has faced off against The Beast for eleven times and has died each one. After the time loop resets for the 12th time, he plans to change fate by learning...

The Beast is on the hunt for Quentin Coldwater yet again. What challenges will Lucy Daughter face once she takes on the responsibility to save him? My Second submission...

A ~1,500 word short story for the #BattleTheBeast contest from The Magicians, on SyFy. It recounts one of the 39 unfortunate times Quentin Coldwater and his friends from...

Quentin, Alice and Penny (and the others) are battling the Beast for a shortly lived third time.

Quentin is left alone after his last run-in with the Beast. He knows it's only a matter of time before the Beast returns to finish him off. He needs the help of someone...

Quentin and company have stumbled upon a dimension looking for answers; but with doubles and dead-end corridors, what have they really gotten themselves into?

Quentin and Julia discover the tragic truth about The Beast's origin...or do they? (No, they don't.) For The Magicians short story contest.

Quentin and his friends find their way to Fillory, in order to battle the Beast for the first time. My entry for the #battlethebeast contest.

In Fillory, the air you breathe will either give you the power of gods, or choke the life out of you... An entry for the #BattleTheBeast contest promoting season two o...

Challenge: create a 1,500 word short story telling us about one of the other times Quinton and his friends battled the Beast. I introduce Luna.

This entry explores one of Alice, Margot, Eliot, Penny, and Quentin's battles against the Beast. Journey to Fillory with them and discover what went wrong on the 37th tr...

A horrific incident at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy compels Dean Fogg to investigate further. For the #BattleTheBeast short story contest, from the world o...