Some of my favorite additions to The Fiend and the Forge (September 2010) are undoubtedly the haglings.  These toothy creatures might be small and dressed in starchy little uniforms, but don't turn your back on Bellagrog's hungry little brood.  In fact, according to some, haglings can be even more ferocious than their full-grown counterparts.  A few things to keep in mind:

• Hag reproduction is a mystery.  In Bellagrog's own words, "there ain't no male hags."
• Haglings seem to be spawned and, like sharks and serpents, are almost immediately lethal
• Haglings don't receive names until they reach their tweens.  Relatively few haglings reach their naming ceremony as the life of a hagling is often nasty, brutish, and short.
• A wee hagli [...]
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Alright, I promised an update post-dancing lessons and I'm a man of my word.

Danielle and I opted for the special "introductory" package of lessons at the Fred Astaire dance studios in Manhattan.  We arrived to see a variety of students and teachers gliding gracefully about the floor, engaged in everything from the rumba to the foxtrot to cha cha cha.  Alas, there was no one engaged in Lamada...the infamous "forbidden dance" popularized on the silver screen.

Anyhow, back to the lesson.  Nadia - our very patient, very skilled instructor - explained that the rumba is a stationary dance while the foxtrot is one which travels.  We tried both and spent the next forty-five minutes giggling, blaming one another for missteps, and doing our best to master the basic [...]
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