Years after The last dragon’s death one small and lonely acolyte of the last wizard finds her smoking burial ground digs below the gravestone and witnesses the remaining traces of the last dragon losing shape and reverting to essences of glass and charcoal. Given the choice of trying to resurrect the race or singing them into legend he puts down the tools of alchemy and takes up the lute and the pen.
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Change of Profession © 2024 Herb Kauderer
Herb Kauderer is an associate professor of English at Hilbert College near Buffalo, NY. He holds a PhD in Popular Literature from the University at Buffalo, an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and five other college degrees. He is the author of four books and fifteen chapbooks of poetry. Herb’s book THE SNOWSTORM OF ’14: POEMS FROM THE FRONT LINES (2016) recounts the experience of living at the epicenter of two of the worst snowstorms in the lower 48 states. More information is available at HerbKauderer.com
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