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Flash Fiction #274 -- Dusty & Friends/19

Dusty dared not move for a moment, afraid that her legs would give out and she would fall.  Of all the things that might have happened, this was not something she had contemplated.  The Captain should have been on her side!  He wouldn't even listen --"Can I come out now?  Your hair tickles," Blue whispered.Dusty smiled despite the situation.  "Come out.  I'm afraid this isn't a very nice room

Preparing

I have not done a regular blog post in a couple of months.   I have kept up on the Flash Fiction serial -- can't miss a week of that one! -- but I just couldn't think of anything else to write here.  I got busy, I got ill, I got both busy and ill sometimes ... and I just ran out of energy.  And now....Now we are only days away from NaNoWriMo!  The picture today is the cover for my main NaNo

Flash Fiction # 273 -- Dusty & Friends/18

Some of the soldiers stopped at the oasis but four rode on, the man in the lead red-faced and looking annoyed.  Dusty and Fox still walked forward, but the feeling of hope that she'd held only moments already disappeared."What's this then?" the man demanded as he leaned down from his horse to look at them.  He did not offer water.  In fact, for the moment, he blocked the way to the oasis

Flash Fiction #272 -- Dusty & Friends/17

They hurried even though that wasn't wise in the desert.  However, both knew they needed to put at least one rise between them and the flatter ground around the river.  Dusty regretted leaving the water and the green behind, but she said nothing and only looked back once.Fox moved steadily forward. He looked better now that they were walking.  She suspected that the worry over what would

Flash Fiction #271 -- Dusty & Friends/16

Fox took care of the horses.  Dusty curled up on the ground, Blue close to her, and closed her eyes.  She slept and didn't care what happened.When she woke, Dusty remembered the trouble and she sat up with a start.It hurt to move.  She moaned and looked around.  Fox sat with his back against a tree and his eyes closed, but the moment she started to stand, he looked at her.  They'd both needed

Flash Fiction #270 -- Dusty & Friends/15

They didn't have to urge the horses to move faster. Between the fear of the orcs and the longing for the water they could clearly see, the horses proved more than willing to run.Dusty feared they wouldn't reach that safety, though.  The orcs found more energy and their own horses were flagging.  Hers stumbled, regained footing, and stumbled again.  They were going down.Fox leapt from his own

Flash Fiction #269-- Dusty & Friends/14

Riding for so long in the desert heat left Dusty half-ill by mid-morning.  Fox made her stop and poured water over her -- a shock of cold across her face and hair, but she felt better afterward."Oh, but we might have needed that water!" she protested once her thoughts cleared."We'll be fine. We aren't that far from the river," Fox assured her and sounded so confident that she decided to trust

Flash Fiction #268 -- Dusty & Friends/13

Dusty looked back and slowed -- the orcs looked confused.  That would not help."I need you to be brave again, Blue," she said and reached her hand into the bag.Blue grabbed hold, scurried up her arm and to her shoulder.   She stopped, Fox beside her, though he looked worried."You will never have the baby dragon again!" she shouted.  "And you had better hope his mother never catches you!"The

Flash Fiction # 267 -- Dusty & Friends/12

"I think we're ready to go," Dusty said as she came back out.  She put Blue in the bag.  "You need to be safe, my friend.""They'll need to see him," Fox reminded her.  "Unless we try to truly sneak away, which is not entirely a bad idea.""That would leave the orcs destroying things here," Dusty protested.  "We'll have to let them know, but we should get to the edge of town first.  If I can get

Flash Friday # 266 -- Dusty & Friends/11

Orcs shouted louder again, and something crashed to the ground.  Dusty feared a building had been destroyed.  Her heart caught with a combination of fear and anger."They have no right!" she shouted.  Blue sat on her shoulder, observing the others.  Dusty stood straighter though despair tried to make her feel helpless.  "We have to get Blue away, but we also have to make certain the orcs