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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Underrepresented Fantasy Creatures
Although I have ideas for stories in the Catalyst Chronicles series, the Season Avatar series, and even some standalone stories, I keep coming up with more ideas to work on. One idea I might pursue after I finish the Season Avatar series is an urban fantasy with a dryad as the main character. I've always had an interest in plant spirits; in fact, one of my unfinished short stories involves spirits linked to house plants. One thing that makes dryads interesting is that you don't see them often in fiction. The Belgariad contains a part-dryad character, and Jim Hine's Libromancer series also features a dryad. I can't think of any others I've read about; how about you? What little-know fantasy races do you think should be the focus of more fiction? Feel free to leave your answer below.
If you do something with plants, just don't make it anything like the movie The Happening.
ReplyDeleteYou don't see many Basilisks....
I haven't seen The Happening, so hopefully I won't duplicate it by accident.
ReplyDeleteQuite a few animals have managed to adapt to urbanization: raccoons and pigeons, for example. In fact, some species seem to thrive in cities. There's no reason certain super natural beings couldn't do the same. I love the idea of dryads making due with house plants. That could be a really fun story.
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