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    </div><blockquote id="e832"><p>Tagging <a href="undefined">Sam W.</a>, who loves firedrakes, <a href="undefined">Sieran Lane</a>, a fan of dragons of all kinds, <a href="undefined">Cathylouise</a>, who was curious about the seedling challenge, and <a href="undefined">John Fanidis</a> who liked ‘Tooooommbbsssss’ for the title. Perhaps you folks would like to have a go at the mashup, too?</p></blockquote><blockquote id="bde3"><p>Below is my scorecard (I overshot with the constraints <i>😅</i>):</p></blockquote><div id="3d3f"><pre><span class="hljs-selector-tag">Main</span> prompt:</pre></div><div id="a7df"><pre><span class="hljs-comment">#1 – Explore a character's phobia (dragons; protagonist's reaction to the little firedrake and overcoming it; the title) - 2pts</span></pre></div><div id="264c"><pre><span class="hljs-symbol">Constraints:</span></pre></div><div id="e2b1"><pre>A unique writing <span class="hljs-keyword">method</span> <span class="hljs-params">(dust)</span> - 1 <span class="hljs-title function_">pt</span>

<span class="hljs-title function_">The</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">color</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">ORANGE</span> <span class="hljs-params">(ginger-ly)</span> - 1 <span class="hljs-title function_">pt</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">A</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">tired</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">animal</span> <span class="hljs-params">(the firedrake)</span> - 1 <span class="hljs-title function_">pt</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">An</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">unlikely</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">sidekick</span> <span class="hljs-params">(the kobold)</span> - 1 <span class="hljs-title function_">pt</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">The</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">color</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">GREEN</span> - <span class="hljs-title function_">n</span>/<span class="hljs-title function_">a</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">The</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">color</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">GOLD</span> - <span class="hljs-title function_">n</span>/<span class="hljs-title functio

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n_">a</span></pre></div><div id="0eea"><pre><span class="hljs-attribute">Literary Device</span><span class="hljs-punctuation">:</span></pre></div><div id="af00"><pre>An example of hyperbole <span class="hljs-string">"just die"</span>. An internal monologue (line <span class="hljs-number">2</span>). (I <span class="hljs-keyword">just </span><span class="hljs-keyword">did </span>them <span class="hljs-keyword">both. </span>Again.)

<span class="hljs-number">5</span>pts</pre></div><div id="cb79"><pre><span class="hljs-symbol">Bonuses:</span></pre></div><div id="b3ea"><pre><span class="hljs-attribute">This</span> score box - <span class="hljs-number">1</span>pt <span class="hljs-attribute">Hardcore</span> prompt: Childlike innocence (innocent sleeping firedrake, small and therefore childlike) - <span class="hljs-number">2</span> pts <span class="hljs-attribute">Eligible</span> for Seedling Challenge – <span class="hljs-number">10</span> pts</pre></div><div id="a3f0"><pre><span class="hljs-attribute">TOTAL</span>: <span class="hljs-number">24</span></pre></div><blockquote id="380b"><p>Btw, Medium is weird with word counts, it treats “green-and-gold” as 3 words. If (as is more standard) we treat this as one, the story comes to exactly 50 words.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="1e02"><p>You can find more of my fiction <a href="https://medium.com/@jfdanskin/list/jf-danskins-poetry-and-fiction-9fecb0f7ea81"><b>here</b></a>, as well as all of my advice and guidance on creative writing <a href="https://medium.com/@jfdanskin/list/author-skills-jf-danskin-21e9b9065794"><b>right here</b></a>. Or avoid missing a thing by <a href="https://jfdanskin.medium.com/subscribe"><b>getting all my posts direct to your inbox</b></a>! <i>🧠</i></p></blockquote><h2 id="01cb">Follow-up story below!</h2><div id="4e9d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://thekrakenlore.com/tribulations-in-the-tombs-of-terror-e4f50ddf4de0"> <div> <div> <h2>Tribulations in the Tombs of Terror</h2> <div><h3>A fantasy story with an elf, a kobold and a firedrake!</h3></div> <div><p>thekrakenlore.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*qbmySV-RkzXwvj_m9sL5CA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Fiction | Prompt Response | Fantasy | Dribble | Seedling

Fire-Breathing Foes in the Tombs of Terror

A ‘dragon heist’ fantasy fiction dribble

Hello! This piece of flash fiction is a response to Monday Mashup writing prompt #23, and will later grow from a seedling… I hope! More about that below.

Roznia glanced behind.

What’s taking that kobold so long?

She looked again at the green-and-gold firedrake below the trapdoor, and shuddered. Innocent… but petrifying!

And bad enough asleep. If it woke, she’d just die.

But time was pressing.

Roznia traced an arrow in the dust, then gingerly let herself down.

Thanks for reading! This “dribble” was written in response to Bradan Writes Stories’s Seedling Challenge:

What’s the Seedling Challenge?

A writing exercise to develop your fiction writing.

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It is also a response to the Kraken Lore’s fortnightly challenge, Monday Mashup, set by Jonathon Sawyer:

Monday Mash-Up #23

Story writing prompts to spark your creativity with a challenge

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Tagging Sam W., who loves firedrakes, Sieran Lane, a fan of dragons of all kinds, Cathylouise, who was curious about the seedling challenge, and John Fanidis who liked ‘Tooooommbbsssss’ for the title. Perhaps you folks would like to have a go at the mashup, too?

Below is my scorecard (I overshot with the constraints 😅):

Main prompt:

#1 – Explore a character's phobia (dragons; protagonist's reaction to the little firedrake and overcoming it; the title) - 2pts

Constraints:

A unique writing method (dust) - 1 pt
The color ORANGE (ginger-ly) - 1 pt
A tired animal (the firedrake) - 1 pt
An unlikely sidekick (the kobold) - 1 pt
The color GREEN - n/a
The color GOLD - n/a

Literary Device:

An example of hyperbole "just die".
An internal monologue (line 2).
(I just did them both. Again.)
- 5pts

Bonuses:

This score box - 1pt
Hardcore prompt: Childlike innocence (innocent sleeping firedrake, small and therefore childlike) - 2 pts
Eligible for Seedling Challenge – 10 pts

TOTAL: 24

Btw, Medium is weird with word counts, it treats “green-and-gold” as 3 words. If (as is more standard) we treat this as one, the story comes to exactly 50 words.

You can find more of my fiction here, as well as all of my advice and guidance on creative writing right here. Or avoid missing a thing by getting all my posts direct to your inbox! 🧠

Follow-up story below!

Tribulations in the Tombs of Terror

A fantasy story with an elf, a kobold and a firedrake!

thekrakenlore.com