Predator

by Runa Fletcher

Before all the gigs, mics, and vinyl, Circ[l]e vocalist Laurel Kipling led a very different life.

Adopted into a family of occult researchers and traveling monster hunters, the future rocker spent her childhood in constant danger, endless study, and near total isolation with only a particularly inquisitive owl for companionship. When the arrival of an enigmatic new friend throws everything she thought she knew into chaos, Laurel must confront the reality of her family's nature and an unsettling truth from her earliest memories.


"Predator" is a short story from the "A Circ[I]e of Witches" anthology and Runa Fletcher's "The Corpse Diaries."

Versions of the story can be found in PDF, ePub, and MOBI formats directly from the free section of Runa's Patreon.

21 pages, ebook

Published September 12, 2025

About the author

Runa Fletcher is a disabled author living and working out of Denver, Colorado. A former martial artist and dancer, when she’s not traumatizing fictional people she busies herself giving her cat not nearly enough scritches or treats.

Just ask the spoiled little princess—she'll tell you.