This story is now out for submission!
This flash was inspired by a comment from Nerine Dorman about a misspelling, turning homemade goods into DIY deities!
#FridayFlash – Homemade Gods
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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!
What a clever craftsman – making gods to suit his own needs.
I should give it a go!
Someone once said in effect, if God didn’t exist, we would make Him ourselves. Sounds like these people took that to heart! I love how something as simple as a typo can trigger a clever story like this.
Now I have to wonder, what happens if the maker forgets the name (s)he gave the god?
I suppose it would be like forgetting a password, you’d get nothing out of the god!
Ah, great premise and fantastic twist at the end. 😀
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What a great read!
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lares and penates, nice
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The power of names…not to be lightly given away. And the idea of creating your own gods…there’s truth there beneath it all.
Great twist in this one, Icy. Nicely done.
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Such a dark (but totally smart) twist at the end, but lovely anyhow.
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This is brilliant from concept to conclusion. Nice work.
Thanks! I may do something more with this idea in future.
Very cool kind of magic and love the twist ending!