Here Be Dragons!

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Here Be Dragons!  Found on at least one (real-life) old map, this phrase serves as a warning to travelers that the area ahead is unexplored or that continuing on may lead to danger and death.  Write a little Flashy Fiction about a person or group who came upon the scene in the image above.  Maybe they chose to ignore a warning.  Maybe they never saw one.  How will this end for them?

SEVENTH SON OF THE SEVEN SEAS

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It's the seventh of February.

Seven being the supposed lucky number, your task is to write this character--------->

You are the seventh son of the seventh son of the seven seas. Tell of one of his adventures. Don't let this ship sail until you write a bit of FLASHY FICTION!

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: PART 1

I can smell the turkey dinner already. 

We are heading down the pike to another great gathering of family and friends. 

But it isn't always that easy.

You are away from home and have a week to make it in time

 for Thanksgiving Day. Write an adventure that will become family lore 

as to the lengths you would go for family 

(and a steaming turkey drumstick!)

LASSERBY'S LEGACY

Nigel Lasserby knew his time was growing short.

In a gathhering of his closest friends and family members he informed them of his imminent demise and offered each of them a parcel; a memento by which to remember Nigel.

Inside his Great-Niece's package was half of a medallion and clues as to where the remainder of it was hidden. Brother Christoph had been given a book of quotations with many of the sayings highlighted with underlinings. Kenneth was Nigel's man-servant. His "prize" was a key to a safe deposit box that Nigel had kept at the bank. Lastly, Kitten, a buxom stripper who had befriended Nigel in his final days, received a note book with a series of random numbers.

Before he could explain each gift, Nigel was stricken by a fatal heart attack and died.

Write from the perspective of one of the recipients about your "inheritance" and see where it takes you.