Drabbles, swing and a miss

Missed yesterday's drabble mostly because of stress induced distractions. Will try to double post today to catch up.

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365 Days of Drabbles: Day Thirty-Seven

For Naziha Zahed: "Anya cooking Draco dinner for the first time."

Note: Not my characters, but I've written about them previously.

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"The inn has a perfectly adequate dining room," Draco groused.

"I know," Anya said brightly. "I just wanted to. We've never shared a meal I'd cooked myself."

"Well, there was the deer," he noted.

"'Charred with dagron flame doesn't count."

"A point." He dipped his spoon in the stew, taking an experimental bite. Then he swallowed, nostrils flaring as he began to eat with gusto.

"Like it?"

"Yes!" He paused long enough to say. "This is the first time you've cooked. How did you get it so right?"

She smiled. "I'm an alchemist, Draco. I'm always very careful with chemicals."

365 Days of Drabbles: Day Thirty-Eight

For Naziha Zahed: "Tez telling his kids why Maria hates penguins."


"But that's silly!" Meribeth exclaimed, Swan nodding in agreement. "Everybody likes penguins!"

"Well now that the treaty has been signed, certainly," Tez agreed. "But back then they gave us no end of problems."

Maria swept into the room. "Tez, they're far too young to hear that story," she said firmly.

Tez went on, ignoring her. "When we first visited them, we ended up being chased by them, until we both fell through the ice into a lake. Being elven, I was safe, but Maria became hypothermic. So to warm her up I began to…"

"Aaaand now it's time for bed!"

Spots vs. Games Workshop just hit the MSM

haikujaguar's story is now being reported by The Guardian.

Let's see, self-publishing housewife who uses her profits to send her kid to school vs. giant bullying corporation. It's a perfect storm of Little Gal vs The System.

Can we say "Publicity Disaster" boys and girls?!