Big Black Dog — A.J. Cooper

Ep. 2: Big Black Dog
In the center of the Kalamar Forest lies the Sheeh, a forbidding region where trees have minds of their own and vines strangle passersby. The only settlement, Loxdon, exists precariously on its northernmost edge. Yet things are not well. The ghost of a big black dog kills in the night, and the villagers suspect a witch is responsible. Pirosha Shortsprout, the king, must find a solution before the apparition murders everyone in Loxdon.

Enchanted Forest: A New Short Story Series

In the Kalamar Forest, the line between the material world and the Otherworld is thin. Here, will o' wisps draw unwary travelers into quicksand; the lupine Firvalg hunt in packs; giant spiders trap victims in sticky webs; and the vicious Mandragora coils through the western swamps in her never-ending search for food.

One warrior stands against the forces of darkness and decay, and the encroaching human threat: Pirosha Shortsprout--heir to the throne of Bayne yet smallest of all his people--who will be called the greatest norg that ever lived.