STORY INFO
Beowulf: A Guard Dog's Tale
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Author
AnneMarie Miles
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Danh mục
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Update
1 year ago
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1/??
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68
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Dedicated to my furstborn, who thinks he is much braver than he is, but really just has the sweetest and most tender heart, and often gets the short end of the stick now that he has a human sister. The day I slayed my first dragon started off like any other. The sun greeted me with a gentle touch, and though my nose welcomed its warmth, I felt my body tight and tense: my toes still squeezed together, my hair still up, my jaw still clenched. Last night had been an all-too-real slaughter of tree-dwellers, and I wa...
Outstanding reviews
Congrats on the shortlist.🎉. Don't know how I missed it this week. Thought I read all my faves.Fun,fun story.
Thank you Mary! I appreciate it! And no worries. I, myself, have been sick this week and have missed quite a few stories - including yours! Hope to catch up soon while figuring out something for next week 🤪
Thank you Mary! I appreciate it! And no worries. I, myself, have been sick this week and have missed quite a few stories - including yours! Hope to catch up soon while figuring out something for next week 🤪
Thanks so much Amanda! This was fun to write and I'm so glad you enjoyed!
Such a cute story! I love how you've made everything from the dog's perspective seem so much bigger and more menacing.
Thanks for reading, Jack! Cute is definitely what I was going for. My doggo is a big scaredy cat despite the pitbull body he finds himself in. This was modeled after him and how he responds to the world around him. 🙂 Thanks again!
Anything with a dog and I'm all in. I loved this so much and it really had such a warmth to it that's sometimes hard to convey. Wonderful job.
Thanks so much Kevin! Means a lot coming from such a talented writer. It was certainly fun to piece together and I did rework it many times to get the voice just right. Glad it paid off
Wonderful. I appreciate the way the dog behaves in ways he 'knows' his master would prefer. You describe loyalty and love without using the words themselves. I felt like the little brother of that dog. Terrific story.
What a fantastic compliment, thank you! I really wasn't sure how this story would turn out or take once published. It seemed a bit silly to me, but I had fun writing it and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading and for the feedback. Appreciate it.
Congrats Marie. The face has become so familiar with this place that it is expected each week. Congrats once more.
So kind of you to say that, Philip! Thank you!
Welcome.
I was worried the story wouldn't live up to that fantastic first line but it did! An Epic Tail, so to speak. My family also puts our dog's day into first person narrative, although much less adventuresome than the Great Beowulf, defender of his house and family from creatures big, and small. Of domestic animals a dogs perspective seems more fun, cats I know, would be bitter and self involved, birds just trying to get out of their confinements. Dogs though, their loyalty is unquestioned, probably dumb, but truly noble- Congrats!
Thanks for reading and the lovely comment, Marty! I'm glad it lived up to your expectations, this was a fun one to write :)
Cute doggy pov. Your doggy voice was lovely and the way he described his world with the sense of smell was well done. What an exhausting day for a brave and fearless defender of the realm!
Thank you, Michelle! I don't often like to take on the perspective of animals but I find myself doing it a lot with my dog so I thought I'd give it a go! Thanks for reading!
Nice dog's eye view story. You really capture his voice well. And the dragon reminds of the huge water dragon lizards in australia which really shocked me the first time I crossed paths with one in a park. It turns out they are entirely harmless to people but far larger the tiny lizards I've seen in other places.
Thanks for reading, Scott! Oh man not sure if I would be excited to run into a water dragon lizard! But I suppose if I had my Beowolf with me, we'd be alright! 🦎🐶
“Stiller than gavel itself”. I like that.This was a super creative story and it caught me off guard— a small dragon, a dog POV, Mother fearless of dragon. I would have never thought of these things for this prompt! so fun! And this is my first time reading a story from a dog’s POV!!!! It was fun imagining having a tail. I guess I put myself in the protagonist’s shoes when I read. LOL
Hey, thanks for reading Jennifer! I'm honored to be your first dog POV, though I have to admit there are plenty on here that are just as wonderful, if not more! I don't usually take on the personality of animals, but my dog is a special case for that, ha! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks again!
Hey, thanks for reading Jennifer! I'm honored to be your first dog POV, though I have to admit there are plenty on here that are just as wonderful, if not more! I don't usually take on the personality of animals, but my dog is a special case for that, ha! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks again!
Ah, I'm so delighted that you liked this one! My husband and I play around with our doggo's personality all the time but I stressed over how to convey it. I rewrote this dang thing three times, trying to get it just the right mixture of epic and naive. The sheets are most certainly always laundered whenever he takes his frog pose, gliding right up to the pillow! Perhaps the MC of your story this week lucked out not having Richard bring home a dog afterall - HA!
It's my turn this week to congratulate you my dear. I must have skimmed that hope stone across the water after all. Happy celebration - well deserved! A tender and funny pooch pov.
Thank you dear sister! Who would have thought my little doggo personality would shine so bright? 😅🐶 thanks for that hope stone and certainly celebrating after being sick all week! 🤧🎉
You paint the personality of Beowulf so well here! Noble, brave, loyal to the (near) bitter end at the hand of a dragon!!! I like your tale of Beowulf so much more than his namesake’s 😂 Great take on the prompt, and great enjoyable story! 🐶
Thank you Nina! I had a great time characterizing my doggo! Glad his personality came through, I wrote this damn thing three times before I felt like it really captured him. Happy to enjoyed it and thanks for reading!
What an engaging and well-written story! I really enjoyed it. Great tension-building.
Thanks for reading, Melissa! Glad you enjoyed it :) I had fun being my dog for a day, lol
Thanks for reading, Melissa! Glad you enjoyed it :) I had fun being my dog for a day, lol
Thanks for reading, Melissa! Glad you enjoyed it :) I had fun being my dog for a day, lol
Woo! Congrats on the shortlist :D
Thank you! I was genuinely surprised "At An Impasse" was not up today. I thought for sure it would be. It deserved it. I'm sure we'll see Rumination up in lights next week! ⭐ Happy Friday!
This was so sweet. What a great doggo!!! Hilariously written and a great story angle for the prompt. I loved the way he describes his feelings — “the feeling of Father not giving me his leftover pizza crust after I asked for it several times. I could show no mercy.”
Thanks, Danie! I had fun with this one, but now I keep calling my dog Beowulf so I might have to change his name 😂
Lovely stuff AnneMarie. Great twist on the prompt. I have read first-person dog stuff before but this seemed to find another gear with the idea. Obviously it's all speculation because none of us know how a dog really thinks, but this was a very believable (and charming) account of how a dog might interpret things. Enjoyed this a lot.
Thanks, Tom! My husband and I are thoroughly devoted for speaking for our dog 😂 I've told him we have no idea we are right but he is convinced he's got my dog's thoughts to a T! Thanks for reading, glad it worked well enough for you to enjoy it. This was a gruelling third draft 😅
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