Fiction by Tessa: "Date with a Dragon-Slayer"

[tessagratton]

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[tessagratton]

So do I, surprisingly. After a day of angst, I'm shocked I don't hate everything. :D

[ljboldyrev]

Me too! Such a tease.

[bleuberi21]

*bounce* Now I want to know what happens!!

[tessagratton]

Either he lives or he dies.

Har har. I know. I'm hilarious.

[bleuberi21]

=P

[cartoon_goblin]

Schrödinger's dragon slayer?

[antimony_medusa]

This is beautifully done. I really, REALLY want the rest of the story. I also am furious at the ending, and because I'm not sure if she cursed him or wants him to survive. :D

*writes frantic happy endings with many trefoil-tattooed children and CORNELL FOR ALL*

And I loved all the norse included. WELL done.

[tessagratton]

This quasi-Nordic version of America is quite possibly my favorite world to play in ever. Glad you're enjoying.

(Here is a secret: I want this one to end happily for everybody, too.)

[antimony_medusa]

But sometimes, we don't get what we want.

This is why I am torn and angsting over the ending. *AAAAAAAAAAANGST*

And so- this is your next novel, right? ^_^

[tessagratton]

I am willing to admit that in my fantasies, several of my next novels take place in the United States of Asgard. :)

[storyteller1123]

<<333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333<-I don't think enough hearts would ever explain how much I love this
I really want to know what happens and this needs to become a book. Like magic instabook. Just add ink.

[tessagratton]

Haha - yay!

Gawd, I want it to be a magic instabook, too. Just add ink is better than the usual process of making a book, which is "Just add blood, sweat, time, tears, angst, and patience." ;)

[storyteller1123]

I think you may have forgotten 'Brain matter procrastination and doodles'

[tessagratton]

OH RIGHT how could I forget that? I know - because strive to. Haha. Must dissociate from the worst parts of I'd never start a new novel. Hee hee.

[apocalypticbob]

If you threw "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Hunger Games" into a blender, this story is what you would pour into your glass.

I loved it more than a little.

[tessagratton]

My first reaction to this: AWESOME YAY!

My second reaction to this: like HG? DAMNIT I should have made the slayer a GIRL! What was I THINKING?!

My third reaction to this: I was thinking of pretty, brave boys. Ok. That's an acceptable reason.

[apocalypticbob]

The hotel room scene was a bit reminiscent of the rooftop scene in HG, don't you think? That and the contest aspect and facing ones certain death on the morrow.

There are far, FAR worse things to be compared to, and thinking of pretty, brave boys excuses most anything in my books.

[tessagratton]

I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN READING THIS WEEK. Haha.

;)

No, seriously, I read that book two years ago and still think about it all the time. <3