Now to look in your own backyard so to speak. Pick a creature or figure from the folklore of where you live and write a short piece either to honour them or write from their perspective. Try and keep it to 500 words or less.
Beast of Exmoor
Find me in the obsidian dark. Among the rolling fields and open wounds of copper mines. Come find me in the depths beside the Barle. Among the bones and broken promises of daylight. Come alone. Come at night. Hear the warning in my voice. See the white dagger painted in my skin - mark you as an amusebouche. Hear the last whimpering bleat of sheep, strung from the buttresses and stalagmites; trophies. Come find me in the twilight, traveller. Come and see.
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