A terrified woman stands in a forest clearing near a giant, split tree as a faceless, moss-covered forest god emerges. A humanoid figure with bark-covered limbs stands nearby, and eerie faces are pressed into the soil around them, all surrounded by fog.

ROOTBOUND Beneath the Bark

The fog pressed in like a living thing, thick as wool and humming low in her ears. Lark didn’t remember stepping off the porch, but she found herself standing on…