So we had a little writing crew at a former workplace, and the group’s founder had us each bring in a writing exercise for the group.

I remembered one of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman stories: Calliope, from the Dream Country collection. In it … well, there’s a panel where Mr. Gaiman just drops a slew of awesome story premises, without pomp or circumstance. I couldn’t imagine a better starting place for a writing exercise.

I love the idea of someone who inherits a library card to the Library of Alexandria, but that wasn’t the one I rolled with. Instead, I give you the Werefish.