The Demon's Dominion

What if everyone, everywhere, could use magic? What if magic, as a weapon, or healing force, was normal for all?
What if there was a magical, mind-bending Demon whose only reason to exist was to kill everyone, everywhere?
What if every animal in the World had been warped by the Demon into a weapon, that attacked Humans on sight? What if every Human who died became a slave of the Demon, re-animated faster and stronger than before, as yet another weapon against living Humans?
These stories are not feelgood fairy tales for children in search of flashy descriptions of romantic lust and violence. There is nothing romantic about a struggle to avoid the extinction of your entire species, even if you succeed.

I'm expanding the scope and size of some of the stories in this collection, taking advantage of what more I've learned of writing. A couple of them are likely to become novellas.

For the Shaders.
You know who you are.