Fingertips: Who Is That Standing At My Window?

Fingertips: A Flash Experiment, is a project where I’m writing a different flash story for each bit of the They Might Be Giants’ “Fingertips” songs from Apollo 18. See info here.

Who Is That Standing At My Window?

Princess Penelope Peppermint was the softest, prettiest, most delicate princess in the land. Knights flocked to the land to prove themselves with dragon slaying. Dragons flocked to the land to snack on all the knights who sought to slay them. Fairies blessed and cursed her daily.

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