Releasethebeast Stories

What happens when Martin has to get creative when he breaks into BrakeBills. Who will die? Who will stay alive?

One of Quentin Coldwater's thirty-nine failed encounters with the mad magician known as The Beast. This one's particularly disastrous! For the #battlethebeast contest.

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.

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

A quest for a magical artifact leads Quentin and his friends into confrontation with the Beast, with horrifying results (but you knew that already). For the #BattleTheBe...

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...

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...

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...

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?

My first entry for the #BattleTheBeast competition. What if Quentin never went to Brakebills? Written in first person.

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...