Writing Prompt: Harlequin

Writing Prompt: Harlequin

Follow along each week for a 50-word Fantasy writing prompt and comment your own responses!

The king stared at the groveling peasant with unwavering disapproval. As the royal executioner padded closer, whetstone gliding across his blade, the whimpering peon’s pleas only grew louder. When the blade came crashing down, silence came with it. Even the king’s gathered nobles were stunned.

And yet the harlequin danced.

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