The Optometrist and the Dragon – D. Wallace Peach #writephoto

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

photo compliments of Sue Vincent

A man of science, Irvus the optometrist didn’t believe in enchantment. But a dare was a dare, and he wasn’t about to cede his convictions to a bunch of old-timers at the Pickled Sow. It was the 5th century, for Heaven’s Sake. The last known dragon had gone extinct a hundred years ago.

The climb up the scree to the cave was steeper than it appeared from a distance. His borrowed twin-bladed battle-ax weighed a ton, and if the rusted iron weren’t strapped to his back, he would have abandoned it on the dirt track below. Sweat dripped into his eyes and plastered his hair to his scalp. He renewed his determination to begin exercising, again… maybe.

Then he saw the old skull.

His boot crunched on a human spine twisted like a skeletal snake. Farther up, a rubble of sun-bleached bones littered the loose stones below the cave’s gaping maw.

Continue reading at Myths of the Mirror

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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11 Responses to The Optometrist and the Dragon – D. Wallace Peach #writephoto

  1. philosophermouseofthehedge says:
    April 11, 2018 at 16:47

    I love that story – click over people, it’s a real delight.

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  3. Billy Ray Chitwood says:
    April 11, 2018 at 21:12

    Diana’s ‘The Optometrist and the Dragon’ was most delightful…it was fun reading it again! ♥

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  4. D. Wallace Peach says:
    April 11, 2018 at 21:49

    Thanks so much for the great prompt, Sue, and for sharing the story. It was fun to participate as always. ❤

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  5. Jennie says:
    April 13, 2018 at 00:03

    I loved this clever dragon story!

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