#ThrowbackThursday: Dragons Next Door

June 9, 2011: I was in the middle of 30 Days of Flash Fiction.

And I wrote two Dragons Next Door stories

My middle child was very persuasive.

I shouldn’t be surprised; she’s her father’s daughter as much as she’s mine. But she, the best and worst of both of us, was leaning every single bit of her not-inconsiderable inherited charm on me. Wheedling. Arguing. Bargaining...

continue reading "Arguing"

“I hope the noise isn’t bothering you.”

“Not at all. We were just curious; we’ve never seen a baby dragon before.”

“Oh! Well, come on in, the hatching is nearly over. Mind your step, little Cthannie is teething. Right through here…”

“You’ve done wonders with the place...”

continue reading "Visiting the Neighbors"

Someone else's Throwback: On that day, I also signal boosted rix_scaedu's short piece Monsters - definitely worth a read

Edally Academy Chapter 32C: Matters of Records

“Don’t you ‘cousin’ me, you ridiculous girl.  You have no more right to call me cousin than a weasel does to a goat.”

Enrie kept a pleasant smile on her face.  “Lady Ilonilarrona, yes?  How might we help you?”

“Associate Governor.  And you are Nerenarie, yes?  The daughter of… oh, someone uni

Read on:
http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/06/09/chapter-32c-matters-of-records/

The Expectant Wood, Chapter Four: The Sharp Exit

Chapter One: Trouble at the Stamen
Chapter 2: The Stamen End
Chapter Three: A Slippery Stamen-End

Chapter Four: The Sharp Exit

Billow’s lips were pursed and her hands were gripping Nimbus’ wrist tight enough to leave marks. Nimbus wanted to reassure her, but she needed all her breath just to keep pulling herself up the side of the slippery floor. For every three steps she managed upwards, it seemed like she slid down two.

“Hold… on…” she managed.

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The Tea Wars, a story of Rin & Girey, reposted for Patreon

This story re-energized my interest in Reiassan. Written to a prompt of eseme's ("something about tea"), it hits on a quiet moment in the journey of Rin & Girey.

Rin & Girey are, of course, the protagonists of the will-someday-be-a-novel, Into Lannamer, the beginnings of which sparked this whole setting in the first place.

Originally Posted July 17th, 2010.

Tea-time was one of Rin's favorite rituals, one of the few gentilities that remained to her after years at war. On the trail, it became even more precious - a welcome relief from the saddle, a pause to fill her stomach, the kick in the tea that would keep her awake until it was time to camp.

She brewed the tea herself...

read on...