As readers of the newsletter know, R.J. Blain / Lilith Daniels  (and all her AKAs) and I have been challenging each other to short/short/short story duels. At least that is what it has become — a series of writing challenges, (at dawn, with a glove slapped face, perhaps?). We are posting the challenges on our websites and PR materials and the shorts as giveaways on our own sites as fan-freebies. And since she made my challenge so difficult, I’m slyly upping the ante just a … just a dragon scale.
 
Her dragon world is all about cupcakes. So… RJ, In your “dragons feed on cupcakes” world …
 
A child offers a dragon a lollipop. Is it a gift, or a grave insult … and what does the child want.

Her link —   https://www.thesneakykittycritic.com/2025/03/18/booked-for-theft-has-released-plus-faith-hunter-responded-to-my-latest-short-story-challenge/