The Faery Convention
de Brett Davis
It’s springtime in Washington, D.C., and the denizens of the supernatural world faeries, elves, centaurs, bigfoots, goblins, gnomes, leprechauns and the lot are coming to the capital city to sign a historic treaty. The supernatural’s had officially come ouf of the woods and the woodwork decades before, but ever since their initial public acceptance things have been going downhill for them, as the human citizens of the U.S. passed a series of “Elf Crow” laws, fining them for doing magic, whittling away at their freedoms. The supernatural’s have finally decided they need a homeland, a place where they can roam and do magic at will. The previously mythical creatures have buried their own internal hatchets and agreed to sign the Grimm Accord with the humans, which will give them a homeland carved from the dry parts ( most “ghosties” like it dry) of Oklahoma and Texas. Joe Cork, the half elf chief investigator for the Senate Supernatural Affairs Committee, thought he was going to have an easy week. All the work on the Grimm Accord is done, it’s just a matter of getting the ink dry. Soon, however, Cork discovers things are never that simple when dealing with the world of faery...
