This revision fleshes out some detail about Bitter the talking squirrel. Otherwise, I still don’t know where I’m going with this story. Grin.
“We need a wizard,” Kaither stammered.
He was nearly out of breath from trying to push the stone door open. His body was beginning to ache from his right shoulder to his feet.
“A wizard!” Bitter growled. “You’ve got to be kidding! Besides being a pain in the ass, they cost money, too!”
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Speculative fiction,
Story ideas
I don’t know when I started this story, possibly 5 years ago. As many of my story starts, this began with a simple phrase, unexplored or unexpanded idea, or a character or characters. This one, I believe, began with the open phrase from the protagonist. But it could have come from the pairing of two adventurers: a human and a rather larger talking squirrel. I’m not sure where the story is going, but I like what I’ve written so far.
“We need a wizard,” Kaither stammered. He was nearly out of breath from trying to push the stone door open. His body was beginning to ache from his right shoulder to his thighs.
“A wizard!” Bitter growled. “You’ve got to be kidding! They’re a pain in the ass. And besides, they cost money, too.” [read more]
Tagged as:
Fantasy fiction,
Fiction,
Speculative fiction,
Story ideas,
Unfinished stories
Caninas: where the talking dog, Sir John Xavier meets the human, Arec Thorne:
Sir John was an old, but nimble cur. But don’t let him know that I called his grace by such a vulgar term. He would be greatly offended and quickly point out that he was the purest of his breed. Yet, at times, he had a contemptible and snarling disposition particularly with the ignorant and uncouth members of his species as well as others including humans. (He made an exception in my case of course.) And he would certainly not suffer a coward or miserly canine. No, he was Sir John Xavier of Foggy Bottom duly knighted and conferred by King Rex XIV, Lord Protector of the Ancient and Noble Realm of Caninas. Indeed, Sir John was a good dog, of the best in the Realm. [read more]
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Fantasy fiction,
Fiction,
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Unfinished stories