Collection of Short stories

A collection of short stories with different themes from fairy tales to magic to modern day to apocalypses. There are different kinds of relationships from straight to gay to siblings to parents and so on. There is LGBQ+ and straightness in some of these stories. In some of these short stories there may be death, fighting, swearing, or violence.

Coal's Black Sword:
Based off of Cinderella, but where instead of a ball it is a fighting tournament that test multiple weapons to see who is the most skilled and strongest. Coal lives with his father (who doesn't care), stepmother (bossy), stepbrothers (rude and mean), and his little stepsister (who cares about him).

A Dragon's wish that can never be:
Krostis watches his village burn in front of his eyes and his best friend is responsible for it, who happens to change into a dragon and flies off into the distance. Krostis adventures out to kill his best friend, but there seems to be more to his adventure then meets the eye.

Silver Survival:
Warning there is violence, swearing, and death since this story is based in a zombie apocalypse.

No Need to Speak to Know:
A soulmate story where the main character Hydrus can't speak so he thinks he'll never meet his soulmate.

Stormy Night:
In middle of the night during a storm a pale ghostly white little boy appears on a young woman's doorsteps seeking shelter from the storm.