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    The Breakfast Dragon
    The Breakfast Dragon
    The Breakfast Dragon
    Ebook37 pages26 minutes

    The Breakfast Dragon

    By Blaze Ward

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    Norbert dreams of power. Fame. Respected villainy. Maybe even girls.

    If his inventions would just work how he wants them to, all that would be his. 

    And more.

    And there would be toast. 

    A Modern Gods story

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKnotted Road Press
    Release dateSep 10, 2017
    ISBN9781386117711
    The Breakfast Dragon
    Author

    Blaze Ward

    Blaze Ward writes science fiction in the Alexandria Station universe (Jessica Keller, The Science Officer,  The Story Road, etc.) as well as several other science fiction universes, such as Star Dragon, the Dominion, and more. He also writes odd bits of high fantasy with swords and orcs. In addition, he is the Editor and Publisher of Boundary Shock Quarterly Magazine. You can find out more at his website www.blazeward.com, as well as Facebook, Goodreads, and other places. Blaze's works are available as ebooks, paper, and audio, and can be found at a variety of online vendors. His newsletter comes out regularly, and you can also follow his blog on his website. He really enjoys interacting with fans, and looks forward to any and all questions—even ones about his books!

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      Book preview

      The Breakfast Dragon - Blaze Ward

      The Breakfast Dragon

      The Breakfast Dragon

      A Modern Gods Story

      Blaze Ward

      Knotted Road Press

      Contents

      The Breakfast Dragon

      About the Modern Gods Universe

      Read More Modern Gods Stories

      About the Author

      Also by Blaze Ward

      About Knotted Road Press

      The Breakfast Dragon

      POP. Fzzzzt. Darkness.

      "Hey, man. The

      power’s

      out

      ."

      "I’m aware of that. What did

      you

      do

      ?"

      "Me? Nothing. Why do you always assume it’s my fault?"

      "Because I was sitting here at the kitchen table reading the current issue of Supervillains Monthly and the lights just went out. You did something. You always do something."

      "That’s not nice, man. I just wanted some toast."

      You used the toaster?

      "You said you

      fixed

      it

      ."

      "

      I

      did

      !"

      "Well, as soon as I dropped the little lever

      thingee

      ,

      boom

      ."

      Alright, I’ll fix it again. Do you have a light?

      "Oh, I got that covered."

      Click.

      It was a dreary kitchen, even by the dim light of the little pocket flashlight in Jimmy’s hands. But it was all Norbert could afford, and even then, he had to have Jimmy as a roommate, paying half the bills.

      One of these days, Norbert would be famous. The whole world would know him as Dvalin the Builder, Super-Villain Extraordinaire, and they would fear and respect him. He’d be a big-time supervillain. Wealth would be

      his

      .

      Fame

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