This is the final bonus story for the 13 June 2015 Laptop Funding Prompt call. It comes from the suggestion "something about one of the reincarnated scholars/government officials/whatnots" fromcluudle which was clarified/crystallised by sauergeek to "The very first reincarnated person. Or the first one to publicly acknowledge it."And yes, these two characters ( Read more... )

This follows on from End Of A Way Of Life, Part 1 and End Of A Way Of Life, Part 2 and runs to 2,388 words.

In the morning it was time for her grandmother’s lizards to be moved and there was a great deal of frenetic activity resulting from a young drake deciding that it was time to be inquisitive and making a break for freedom. Bethany retrieved ( Read more... )

This follows on from The End Of A Way Of Life, Part 1. It is 2,973 words of 7,977.

The entire family made a showing at the Huxtable Dragon Lizard Fanciers’ Show. Bethany’s grandmother, Mistress Aimwright to her granddaughters’ contemporaries, won nine ribbons across six categories while Aunt Terilba quietly gained four across three. Aunt ( Read more... )

This is the beginning of one of the bonus stories I owe everyone from Laptop Funding Prompt Request. The prompt was "Please tell me a story about having your heart broken by your grandmother." It follows on from A Day On the Farm and the whole thing comes in at 7,976 words, but this first instalment is only 2,615 of them.

“That stuck-up beep has ( Read more... )

I wrote this as the first participation bonus for the Prompt Request. It is written to the only unwritten prompt, Anonymous' " A story about breeding magical animals." It came in at 1,672 words.

Bethany had been up all night in the hatchery. There were rarely problems, but it never hurt to have a set of working fingers and opposable thumbs on ( Read more... )

In my laptop funding Prompt Request I gave three stretch goals which were all met. Goals two and three were ( Read more... )

I wrote this to ankewehner's paid prompt "Breaking of a curse". It runs to 849 words.

When the day came, Avery found that it explained most of the little inconsistencies she’d noticed throughout her life. Little things, like the advanced age of her parents and the rigidity of her school coursework. Big things, to a teenager, like conversations that ( Read more... )

I wrote the first of ankewehner's paid prompts to her prompt '"I didn't expect those to grow in fields" (or "on trees" or "on vines" or something like that)'. This story came in at 800 words.

“I’ve heard of companion planting, of course,” said Fulgrind as he surveyed the fields before them. “My mother and wife both do it in the garden, mainly marigolds ( Read more... )

I wrote this to Anonymous' prompt "A story about a society where only one sibling is ever allowed to have children." It runs to 382 words.

“We chose Luddy to have the children to avoid this problem,” said Nyix angrily. “She’s supposed to the best gene structure of us all. Or is the problem developmental or teratogenic instead of genetic?”

“ ( Read more... )

I wrote this to ankewehner's prompt "Shiny Beetles." It came in at 353 words.

“Perhaps it was a Christmas beetle,” suggested Gianni. “Professor Tama has been doing a lot of work with those. Their stockholdings were practically undamaged and he’s been able to resurrect almost the entire genus in the original.”

“I know what a Christmas beetle looks like,” ( Read more... )