By Billie-Leigh Burns
The dragon-hearted girl mans a desk for a living, claws pushing papers into files. Puny, rigid knights armored in red tape mock her—they call her “ugly,” “strange,” and “out of place.” Fortunately for them, she’s thick-skinned. Don’t they realise she could torch them all with her fiery temper?
And so, the dragon-hearted girl, smoke curling from her lips, makes the final puff of her smoke break count before returning to a black-and-white world, where they can’t see her wings and don’t know she can fly. Where they deny the magic in her veins. Where there’s no greater cage than mundanity.
Love this. So much in a short space. “They deny the magic in her wings”. So good.
Great story!
I love everything about this story. I feel there are dragon-hearted girls all around the world trapped in mundane jobs.
Wow, such a world in a short space. Love the various plays on words.
Lovely. Perfect 101 words. So much detail and dreaming.
This story rings true and I like the way you told it
I loved this on so many levels.
Great writing. Should have made the printed stories.
I think anyone who held a tedious mundane job can relate, well done!
This is so great! Well done.
Nice!