Nightbloom
Rayla Heide
For a moment I forget the cold, the hollow wind, and my own bitterness.
A pale light flickers and I flinch. A glowing shape approaches. My bark tingles.
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Stone Cold
David Slagle
I yell, and I pull at the person’s shoulder—but when they topple into the light with a dull thwunk, I immediately realize… they’re stone, too! 
A Piece of Shadow Cake
Odin Austin Shafer
Around Xayah, the forest shone with light. Will-o’-the-wisps pulsed to life like miniature stars. Oddly-shaped beings of wild magic, glimmering with the light of the spirit realm, faded in and out of existence all around her.
Seams and Scars
Dana Luery Shaw
Muramaat tried to keep her voice light. She had never felt uncomfortable sharing a campfire with other travelers along the road to the markets before.
Daredevil Impulse
Michael Luo
The tattoo artist, now without the guise of dark sorcery, walked out from the shadows to reveal a woman’s shape, her face pale under the light.
“Captain Indari. You will give her whatever she wants—the empire needs Samira.”
The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower
Amanda Jeffrey
Around them, humming walls of violet light stretched between claw-like pillars, forming an eldritch henge. 
In Search of Things Lost
John O’Bryan
With a squeeze of the grip, Akshan fired the Absolver, illuminating the bedroom as countless bolts of relic-stone light pierced the warlord’s body.
Guards poured into the room, though not quickly enough to catch the fleeing Akshan, who disappeared through a window into the cool desert night.
Trouble
Michael Yichao
Then chaos erupted.
A flare of light and a burst of heat erupted from the girl. Too late, Marcin threw his arms up, crying out in pain.
The Stranger Who Sews
Michael Luo
Threads of mist, white with glints of light, flow from each needle. One boy covers his eyes. The other looks on.
Message on a Blade's Edge
Michael Yichao
It also crashes to the floor, the last sources of light flickering out. At the same time, I sidestep the swing of a charging soldier, letting momentum carry him into the two rushing me from behind. 
All That Glitters...
The arched roof was carved with bas-relief, and every wall glittered with colored chips of glass to form a mosaic of vivid landscapes that rippled with light and life. Ivory tablets engraved with ancient Shojin parables were situated upon pillars of carved bronze, and gem-studded idols of jet stood watchfully in sunken alcoves. 
The Garden of Dreaming
David Slagle
Glittering pollen drifts from between its petals, and the shadows around me recede, fleeing the light before I can.
My— My hoof is showing? Eep!
I sprawl and contort all four of my legs to fit in the shrinking shadow, wobbling as my balance threatens to give.
Severed
Michael Yichao
He fell back, the breath knocked from his lungs, and his lantern clattered to his side, its weak light fluttering wildly. Surprise and pain shifted quickly to fear as he saw the figure looming over him. 
Zac
They showed him the moon rise over the Sun Gates, the play of rainbow light on the stained glass roofs of Zaun’s commercia halls, and the bustling, vibrant beauty of their city’s heart. 
Fragile Legacies
Dana Luery Shaw
Their warmth is in others, and their light still burns
As long as we honor their spark that we each hold.
Shield of Remembrance
Anthony Reynolds
The sun had finally climbed over the peaks, with golden light filtering through the canopy and dappling the forest floor, when the wind changed.
The Final Reign
Michael Yichao
It glowed brighter, almost seemed to breathe—as thirteen points of light rose from the broken bodies, then sank into the earth.
Mordekaiser turned his attention back to the book, still floating in its place, ahum with spirit magic.
The Monster of Kalduga Outpost
Matt Dunn
Even the outpost commander seemed uncertain what the source of all the trouble was, and Neeko didn’t take his shape at all! This fact came to light and only fueled more suspicion. Was the commander secretly harboring some monster? 
A Fair Trade
Rayla Heide
Hirin held them up to the light.
“These are beautiful,” she said. “I don’t know how they fit together so perfectly.
The Thrill of the Chase
The caged flames atop the fluted lampposts bathed the dozens of surprised people staring at her with a warm, amber light. Her pale blue eyes darted from person to person, seeking Devaki’s distinctive silhouette.