"I knew I was in over my head when Punzie's mother called"

September 4, 2020 3:24 PM

"And you know if we both have to spend our time with dragons, at least yours is a cute one." "The Thing In the Walls Wants Your Small Change" by Virginia M. Mohlere (published 2018) is a short fantasy story about recovery from abuse, a tiny cute dragon, and how we protect each other. On a similar theme: "Four Things that Weren't Adequately Covered in Mulan's R.A. Training" by NaomiK, a short fan fiction piece published in 2013. "Mulan is a Resident Assistant on a dormitory floor at a college. Gosh, some of the students on her floor come from really screwed-up families."
posted by brainwane (8 comments total)

Can a kritzer tag be added? Because Naomi Kritzer is the author of the Mulan story. (Also, both stories are terrific, and thank you for posting them, brainwane.)
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 5:31 PM on September 4, 2020 [5 favorites]

ALeaflikeStructure: I have added the tag! And yay!
posted by brainwane at 7:27 PM on September 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

That was really good. I've been thinking of trying a Princess fanfic of my own, but this one was a delight.
posted by lhauser at 7:54 PM on September 4, 2020

I KNEW IT WAS NAOMI KRITZER! I looooooove her.
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:21 PM on September 4, 2020

I was way too far into this before I realized what it was, and had to start over when I got the joke.

(it's delightful, by the way)
posted by Paladin1138 at 9:37 AM on September 5, 2020

This Naomi Kritzer This American Life fantasy story is also awesome.
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:02 PM on September 5, 2020

Virginia Mohlere is so great! I spent a blissful four days reading an amazing fanfic by her thanks to an askme thread last week.
posted by beandip at 6:55 PM on September 5, 2020

These are absolutely wonderful; thanks for sharing!
posted by rebekah at 8:13 AM on September 6, 2020 [1 favorite]