Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #12 March 2015 | Page 56

Animals
Kolovertish
It’s very cool to be a witch because, with all the spells
and the potions, you can even have this little helper, a
familiar. Kolovertish is like that, although this animal
is your ordinary petty thief. It looks like an overgrown
hare or sometimes a black cat, but its distinctive
feature is a big bag-like goiter on its neck. Kolovertish follows the witch around and puts everything she
gathers into that ‘bag’. At home it belches everything
onto the plates the witch puts out for it. That’s a neat
idea of a bottomless bag you don’t even need to carry,
if you don’t mind the slime.
Buka
When parents are
tired and their kid just
wouldn’t go to sleep and
keeps bouncing on the
bed, one of the easy options is to tell them Buka
will come and take them
if they don’t behave.
Buka is a small, nasty,
furry creature that lives
in a wardrobe or under
a bed. (Sound familiar?)
It either grabs the child’s
legs and drags them away
or swallows them whole,
because apparently Buka
is bigger on the inside.
Children are so scared
of Buka, they immediately calm down and go
to sleep, which leaves
adults enough time to
wonder about their parenting choices.

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Cat Bayun
Everyone, bar a few odd exceptions, loves cats. So try
not get too excited about the next character. Firstly, it’s
bigger than an average horse. Secondly, it tells tales.
Those tales must be really boring, though, because
everybody falls asleep immediately when they hear
them. That makes the Cat terribly angry because it
kills everybody who fails to resist that sleeping spell.
Honestly, I’d be angry too. However if you resist the
desire to sleep, listening to those tales will heal you of
all ailments.