Episode 16: "Firedogs"
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 16, for Wednesday the 16th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
Firedogs
The feast-frenzied guests waited restlessly for the firedogs to dance against the midsummer sky. My lord, fury covering his fear, sent us to the cave.
"Prick them out!"
No red glow flickered, and I blundered in assuming it deserted. A hissing bulk loomed above me, then slumped to the floor.
I crept closer: lanternlight bounced back from a dull eye. One scaled beast coiled…
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