This week marks the return of one of my favourite Year of Stories characters so far, Captain Blackbird the fearsome pirate!
Captain Blackbird returns, with an all-new crew ready to do his bidding in the quest for treasure and adventure. But the Captain has to whip these landlubbers into adventuring shape before adventuring finds them, first!
This week you get three free short stories instead of just one! They all centre around the same character; meet Leon the dragon.
My friend Tally Heilke has put together some awesome hand-crafted plush figurines based on some of the characters in these stories, and they’re available through her Etsy store, so check them out!
Here’s the blurb for the first story in the series, Leon Meets a Mudge:
It’s almost Leon the Dragon’s birthday, when he will get to show everyone what colour fire he breathes! There’s just one problem: he doesn’t know how to breathe fire yet…
Check out this week’s free short story, Adaptations.
An apocalypse has ravaged the planet, dousing the world in deadly radiation. But nature has a way of rolling with the punches, and humans are pretty resilient, themselves, when they have to be. Certain species of worms have turned out to absorb radiation while they’re passing through the intestines, and a new industry has grown up around the incredible creatures. Now Boss Osman and his crew have taken to breeding the grubs in illegal labs and exporting their crop to the desert. They’re going to be rich! What could possibly go wrong?
Thank you to everyone who watched me live-write the first draft of this story, and who provided feedback and suggestions throughout that process.