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 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... )

Dear Gentlebeings,

I need to close my current Prompt Request to new unsponsored prompts tonight. I intend to do this at 11:30pm my time, ie in about two and a half hours.

Please, if you want to take part, now is the time to do it!

Rix

I wrote this to ankewehner's prompt "Patchwork Crow." It runs to 329 words.

The bird hopped across the ground, cocking its head to examine what it found as it went. Its feathers were iridescent, the black feathers shining blue, green and red where the sunlight hit them.

“I’m not sure it’s supposed to look like that,” ventured Gianni critically.

“The base ( Read more... )

I wrote this in response to tuftears's prompt "Steal the Dragon". Because it wouldn't end, it got to 1,251 words.

“It’s the only known surviving example of Empirion work, so of course the client wants it.” As always Lupien Calwilder was careful not to say the client’s name. Mr Calwilder was, officially, an attorney at law and this meeting in his office ( Read more... )

Okay, everyone has been more generous than I expected and we have reached the stretch goal:

"If we reach $30 - I will call upon those who have paid for prompts and extensions to craft a devious and confusing prompt for me to write to."

So, dear all, what set of writing hoops do you want me to jump/move/teleport through for your amusement?