This began as another flash fiction writing prompt, but that blossomed into a full true Chapter with a C, and I have kept writing. This is all more-or-less a sharing of rough drafts for anything long form, but an outline is writing itself, already a few chapters ahead.
A brief November 2024 synopsis:
Zenia was late returning home, a foolish mistake on the eve of one of the twelve trials. Granted shelter by a strange hermit wielding only a frying pan, someone from Ma and Pa’s past no less, something strange is going on.
Consider this page a Table of Contents, for as long as I share more in this format.
Chapter 1 (two parts due to how this grew from 1500 words to something more)
Into the Fire
Into the Fire, Pt. 2