Long, long ago (the dragon said), there was only One Dragon. The earth was her body, and the moon was her pearl; the waters of heaven and earth were her lifeblood, and the sun was her heart. One day, to amuse herself, the Dragon created Time. Then she knew that she was old and she knew that she was lonely.

Do you like dragons? I like dragons. Well, I like stories about dragons. Dragons, themselves, I would be pretty particular about. You wouldn’t want a mean one hanging around breathing fire all over everything, right? But I love reading stories about dragons, and I love…

[Dragonthology is OUT of print] A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Someone frees a dragon. MA