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That it was a converted church made the former Abbot queasy, but the vane on the steeple didn’t look too much like the Christian symbol. After his humiliating defeat at Stains Castle, he needed a place to lie low.
The war had been going poorly lately, what with the arrival of those cursed lawful dragons. The demons and chaos dragons had predicted an easy victory when they attacked the mortal world, but hadn’t counted on all of the students in a world full of magic schools.
The vampire laid himself in his coffin and dreamed of the blood of nuns.
It’s Wednesday and time once again to participate in Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ 17 May 2024 edition of Friday Fictioneers. The idea is to use the image at the top as the inspiration for crafting a poem or short story no more than 100 words long. My word count is exactly 100.
I’ve been working on a short story that combines the general themes of “magic schools” and “war.” To that end, I did some research on vampire legends in Scotland and came up with the legend of a vampire Priest at Melrose Abbey. Don’t worry. He was beheaded hundreds of years ago by other priests but did have a fondness for the blood of nuns.
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Wow..that last line…spooky!
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Exactly. Incidentally, the castle I mentioned was Bram Stoker’s inspiration for the castle in his novel “Dracula.”
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Spooky indeed!
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Thanks, Dawn.
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Nuns must be easier prey than demons and dragons!
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I would imagine so, Dale. Thanks.
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Do dragons find the blood of nuns purer? 🙂 I like the build up and denouement. Very gothic.
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Dragons don’t drink blood but vampires do. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about that in my story. The vampire only works for the chaos dragons and their demon allies.
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Love your fantasy offerings. I’m getting into this concept of dragons!
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Thanks, Rosemary. I appreciate it.
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in the end, the good will prevail over evil. i’m counting on that. 🙂
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In the larger story, it shall. Thanks.
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Oh I love this James! I’m hooked. What a battle that must have been.
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It certainly was (or will be since I’m still writing it). Thanks.
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The blood of nuns must be something special!
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I think it’s more a matter of it being his fetish.
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Creepy! And intriguing 🙂
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Thanks, Linda.
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Cool story, James. Excellent closing line!
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Thank you.
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creepy!
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As it should be. Thanks.
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