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Fiction | Fantasy | Drabble | Seedling

Keep Dreaming

A fantasy fiction drabble

Image by the author using MidJourney

Hello! This piece of flash fiction will later grow from a seedling! More about that below.

Vortak raised the slender sword. It felt cold in his hand… light, too. He swished it repeatedly. The gem inset in its blade glistened in the morning sun as if infused by electrical magic.

“You can dream, kid,” said the blacksmith, “but you’ll never do with that what your grandfather did.”

“I can train.”

She snorted, then shrugged. “Sure. Why not?”

Vortak carefully sheathed the sword, and lay it down. “You’re right,” he replied. Sighing, he stepped back.

The blacksmith watched as the young man bowed to the sword, then walked away towards the keep.

“Keep dreaming, kid,” she muttered.

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

The plan is to expand it from here.

My most recent stories are below. You can find more of my fiction here, or avoid missing a thing by getting all my posts direct to your inbox! 🧠

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